Description
System Administrator & Automation Specialist
Location: Bahrain
Bank ABC seeks to recruit a System Administrator and Automation Specialist in the Group Information Technology Department based in our Head Office in Bahrain.Responsibilities of the role:
Reporting to the Automation Lead, the job holder will be responsible for the following:
- Manage all IT operations jobs like End of Days, Start of Days, File transfers etc. Via Control-M.
- Control-M application software Installation, Configuration, Deployment and upgrades..
- Advise on improving the way of working bringing an automation-based perspective, proactively suggesting areas of improvements.
- Ensure all the Control-M components are always designed and implemented with a High Availability concept and increasing overall process resiliency.
- Should be work with Operating System like Solaris, Linux, Aix and Windows.
- Scripting in various platforms and languages (powershell, bash etc.) to automate operations within Control-M jobs
- Install and manage Control-M modules i.e., Control-M for backups, Control-M for OS, Control-M for Database, Control M for applications.
- Installing Control-M Server, EM and Agents (Windows, Unix and Linux) along with monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Keep everything documented and all documents constantly up-to-date to let team aware of how procedures are running.
- Manage the complete Control-M infrastructure in the Bank like Installation, Upgrade, Configuration of Control-M Workload Automation tool version 8/9+/Future versions.
- Running all operation tasks on all Banking applications including Development, Test, UAT/SIT & Production environments.
- To the maximum extent automate the above operations and other tasks under Control-M
- Document all tasks configured under Control-M with contingency plan of running the above Jobs manually in case Control-M is not available.
- Utilize the full functionality available under Control-M to innovate and make better all the tasks running in GPH.
- Configure Reports on Control-M to report on all operations being performed under Control-M to higher management
- Enhance the reports available in Control-M or build Custom reports by using 3rd party tools like Crystal Report
- Integrate Control-M with Backup software to make backups part of End of Day Workflow
- Be part of operations team for smooth running of operations in GPH
- Be part of project team to automate tasks on new products
- Support any Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Test activities.
- Monitor the alerts and ensure service availability for 24x7 hours.
- Co-ordinate the patch / vulnerabilities management .
- Willing to work in shifts (8 hour shifts rotated weekly)
Areas of Knowledge, Qualification and Experience
- 2-5 years of proven IT Operations related experiences with Unix/Linux & Windows System Administration experience, 2+ years programming experience with proficiency in Unix Shell (Korn, C, Bash) scripting
- A minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Solid experience working as a Control-M Scheduler in a distributed environment of Windows/Linux/Solaris/AIX
- Knowledge of crystal report and other tools to generate customized report on end of day and other banking operations from Control-M
- Experience working in financial services, banking or other fast paced 24/7 regulated financial organizations
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong documentation and automation skills
- Excellent troubleshooting, root cause analysis and permanent problem resolution skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Data Center Operations experience in monitoring, incident handling and escalation for Control-M jobs
- Database knowledge Oracle/SQL, IT Certifications and other certification like ITIL, PMP etc.
- Experience on Hybrid Cloud environments and certifications on AWS or Azure.
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