Systems Engineer at Capitec Bank

Purpose Statement

• Responsible to engineer, maturity and ensure the efficient operations of the server and storage product offering within Capitec Bank. 

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Engineering of the product offering, 
• Deployment, 
• Testing, 
• Tuning, 
• Optimizing, 
• Diagnosing problems, 
• Problem resolution,
• Repairing, 
• Upgrading,
• Managing, 
• Monitoring,
• Maintaining,
• Reporting 
• of the hardware, storage, operating systems, and any other supporting software/products/tooling related to providing the server and storage product offering.

Experience

Minimum:

• External candidate: 2+ years’ experience in Server and Storage Engineering and Administration
• Internal candidate: 0+ years’ experience in Server and Storage Engineering and Administration
• Internal candidate: 1+ years’ experience in Capitec IT Operational Support

Ideal:

• 3+ years’ experience in Server and Storage Engineering and Administration
• 3+ years’ experience in Virtualization (VMware)
• 2+ years’ experience in Microsoft Server and Linux Operating Systems

Qualifications (Minimum)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology - Programming or Information Technology - Systems Engineering

Knowledge

Minimum:
Detailed knowledge of:

• Systems Engineering and Administration (Windows Server) 
• Server & Storage architecture
• Virtualization administration (VMWare preferred) 

A sound understanding of:

• IT systems development processes (SDLC lifecycle)
• Business continuity
• IT Operations
• Systems Engineering  and Administration (Linux – RHEL preferred)

Ideal: 

A sound understanding of:

• Storage/SAN 
• Networking fundamentals
• Automation and scripting (PowerShell and Python preferred)
• Database management systems and software
• Server and Storage performance and capacity analysis
• Cloud (AWS preferred) 
• Enterprise infrastructure automation, management, and reportingvery procedures to ensure business continuity