System Administrator - Banking

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Manama; On-site; BHD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

VAM Systems in Bahrain is seeking an IT Operations Specialist to manage mission-critical banking applications, monitor 24x7 service availability, perform data backups, and coordinate data replication between Bahrain and DR sites.

The role requires 1–2 years in IT operations, knowledge of Windows, Linux and Solaris, and experience with Oracle and SQL Server databases; familiarity with backup tools like Veritas NetBackup and VEEAM, plus after-hours support and collaboration with IT teams.

Qualifications

• Data Center Operations experience in monitoring, incident handling and escalation.
• Banking domain / financial institutions experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of databases like Oracle and SQL Server.
• IT certifications in Windows, Linux, SQL etc. helpful; ITIL is a plus.
• Experience with end-of-day/start-of-day processes, backups, restores, and replication.

Responsibilities

• Run all operation tasks on mission-critical banking applications.
• Monitor and ensure 24x7 service availability.
• Take data backups of all business applications.
• Ensure data replication between Bahrain and DR site.
• Escalate user-reported and system/application faults.
• Takeover first-levels help desk after-hours.
• Support other IT teams.

Skills

Data Center Operations

Banking domain

Oracle

SQL Server

Windows

Linux

Solaris

ITIL

Veritas NetBackup

Veeam

Control-M

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

VEEAM

Control-M

Oracle

SQL Server

Windows

Linux

Solaris

Job description

VAM Systems is currently looking for IT Operations Specialist for our Bahrain operations with the following skillsets & terms and conditions:

Qualifications

Experience

Minimum 1-2 years of experience in IT Operations.

Scope of the Job:

• Running all operation tasks on all mission critical Banking applications
• Monitor and ensure service availability for 24x7 hours.
• Take Data Backup of all Business Applications.
• Ensure data replication main sites to DR site (Bahrain and London).
• Escalate user reported and system/application faults.
• Takeover first-levels help desk responsibility after normal working hours.
• Support other IT teams.

Areas of Knowledge / Experience

• Data Center Operations experience in monitoring, incident handling and escalation
• Should have worked on Banking domain / Financial institutions.
• Working Knowledge on DB like Oracle, SQL Server Databases.
• IT Certifications in Windows, Linux, SQL etc. Will be added advantage.
• Non-IT certifications like ITIL is plus.
• Running IT operations like End of Days, Start of Day, Backups, Restores and replication etc.
• Knowledge of the bank operation procedures to give support to the Bank for round the clock.
• Knowledge of operating systems including Windows, Solaris, Linux.
• Knowledge of Hardware components and their functions.
• Knowledge of the bank data replication procedures.
• Knowledge of how to use Help Desk application.
• Able to manage and maintain Backup / Restore procedures.
• Monitoring the database performance and tune the memory, I/O, SQL etc. escalated when necessary
• Database recovery in case of failure.
• Knowledge of how to activate and operate the disaster recovery centers.
• Monitor & escalation database growth and disk space.
• Monitor & escalation the alert log files for the possible database problems.
• Monitor the offline & online cold backup using Veritas NetBackup and VEEAM software’s.
• Monitor alerts and Job flows on Control-M