Environment Support Analyst at Rand Merchant Bank

Job description

The key responsibilities of the Environment Support Analyst are as follows:

• Technical Administration
• Build Environments
• Support
• General Requirements

Key Focus Areas:

• Develop and maintain scripts
• That monitor the health of the system
• Perform regular clean up and archiving activities
• Execute various processes for end-of-day batch schedules
• Manage system performance by using System Reports, monitoring System Degradation and Capacity Planning

• BUILD ENVIRONMENTS
• Build systems with specified software versions by:
• Checking out from source repositories, or
• Using pre-compiled packages.
• Execute Software releases and upgrades as well as build and maintain:
• Production
• UAT
• Dev
• SUPPORT
• Provide Technical support on trading systems Applications
• Assist with technical queries
• Analyze possible causes
• Perform corrective measures
• Monitor stability of systems during the trading day
• Perform overnight and weekend support based on weekly rotation
• GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• Behavioural Skills
• Ability to work efficiently in a team
• Being able to remain clear headed and work well under pressure
• Building and maintain relationships
• Have a collaborative mindset
• Adopt a broad, long-term perspective
• Contribute to the success of the team; co-operate with other employees to improve personal and team performance

COMPETENCIES

• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving
• Solid understanding of applications, domains, toolsets and processes in area of expertise
• Ability to take decisive action
• Ability to present and communicate (verbal and written)
• Ability to work independently as well as produce results as part of a Team
• Demonstrate sensitivity to, and respect for, a diverse user group
• Completer / Finisher
• Commitment to operational and service excellence
• Keep abreast of changes and trends in systems and relevant technologies

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• The successful candidate must have:
• B.SC Degree or Advanced Diploma in IT
• Understanding / being aware of source versioning technologies such as
• Subversion
• TFS
• CVS
• Other
• Experience in Linux / Windows script development
• Shell scripting
• DOS scripting
• Ant

Experienced in working on the following Operating Systems

• Linux
• Solaris
• Windows
• 3 years minimum
• Database experience
• Sybase
• Oracle
• MS SQL 2005/2008
• 2 years minimum
• Practical experience with middleware applications
• Jboss
• Tomcat
• Practical implementation experience with build and deployment tools
• TeamCity
• Experience with batch scheduling tools
• Control-m
• Understanding of integration / messaging systems
• Tibco
• Experience in financial services
• Knowledge required:
• Software Development Life Cycles
• Project Life Cycles

Skills required:

• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Visio

Experience in the following systems advantageous:

Calypso