Senior SAS Administrator at Santam Insurance

THE PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The purpose of this role is to ensure the stability and availability of Santam SAS servers by doing application maintenance, administration and end to end configuration of integration technology. Manage and report on system resources to ensure pro-active action that prevents capacity and performance related issues. Manage overall system upgrades and patches to stay up to date with technological advancement and new application features.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Responsible for threat management by applying security vulnerability patches and fixes.
• Provide technical support to developers to enable a productive development environment, solve technical issues and propose solutions.

Reporting and Administration: 

• Ensure user access and roles are managed with SLAs and enable management of audited functions via reports produced to manage role access and privileges

Quality, Compliance and Accreditation: 

• Ensure that Oracle license agreements are honoured and managed pro-actively
• Ensure SLAs are met for Security and Vulnerability Management – including decision making and solution formulation

Analysis of end-to-end configuration: 

• Production system integration technology is available, stable and handles peak loads within acceptable processing times

System stability and availability:

•  Manage daily health checks and real time monitoring of production systems and environments to ensure system availability and performance pro-actively
• Manage and resolve critical technical production issues

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCESSFUL IN THE ROLE? 

Knowledge & Skills

• Completed IT Diploma or Degree (BSc Computer Science, B-Tech Degree) is essential for this role
• Good knowledge of Linux and operating systems.
• Good Java skills will be advantageous.
• Must have a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• Ability to partake in solving technical problems in the technology stack
• Ability to engage with SAS technical support to resolve application issues
• Assist in ensuring overall system stability and availability
•  Ability to manage SLA and implement governance principles in domain

COMPETENCIES

• Collaboration
• Client focus
• Drives results
• Cultivates innovation
• Analytical and systems thinker