System Engineer

Capitec Bank Ltd.; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading South African bank is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to manage server and storage systems. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years' experience in IT operations, excellent troubleshooting skills, and the ability to mentor others. This role requires a commitment to maintaining security, performance, and reliability in a collaborative environment. A Grade 12 certificate and a relevant IT qualification are required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience as a Systems Engineer or similar role.
• Strong background in system administration and network management.
• Experience with performance monitoring and optimization tools.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, implement, maintain and support server and storage product offerings.
• Troubleshoot issues, optimize performance, and implement new technologies.
• Coach and mentor level 2 system engineers.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Commercial Thinking Skills

Leadership Skills

Education

Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Job description

Overview

We're on the lookout for energetic, self-motivated individuals who share our passion for service in the banking industry. To be part of the journey, follow the steps below:

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Responsibilities

• To engineer, implement, maintain and support the Capitec server and storage product offering and environment, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, security, and performance of systems and networks. The Systems Engineer is responsible for troubleshooting issues, optimizing performance, and implementing new technologies to support business operations and acts as escalation for level 2 engineers on at least 1 technology and acts as escalation for level 1 engineers on multiple technologies.
• Initiate, plan and deliver product improvements based on customer needs. Coaching and mentoring of level 2 system engineers in the team.
• Liaise with vendors to maintain relationships and level of service.

Education

• Education (Minimum): Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

• Education (Ideal or Preferred): A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Knowledge and Experience

Experience:

• 7+ years’ experience as a Systems Engineer or similar role, with a strong background in system administration, network management, server/storage engineering and administration and IT operational support capacity
• Experience with server/storage equipment and technologies.
• Mentoring and coaching experience.
• System planning and design experience.
• Experience with performance monitoring and optimization tools, troubleshooting methodologies, and incident management.

Knowledge:

• Expert knowledge of networks, security, virtualization, hardware, cloud and systems development processes.
• Business continuity
• IT Operations
• Sound understanding of automation and devops practices

Skills

• Attention to Detail
• Commercial Thinking Skills
• Leadership Skills

Additional Information

• Clear criminal and credit record

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.

Capitec Bank is an authorised financial services provider (FSP 46669) and registered credit provider (NCRCP13). Capitec Bank Limited Reg. No: 1980/003695/06