Engineer, Platforms

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To provide comprehensive Infrastructure technical support services for all business technologies, including network infrastructure, to ensure a reliable and secure IT environment. Continuously improve and correct technical solutions to guarantee they are robust, efficient, and meet the highest standards.

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in an infrastructure environment, can include servers, virtualization platforms and storage systems.
• Good understanding of ITIL principles, particularly in the Service Operation space, covering Service Desk, Incident Management, Problem Management and Knowledge Management.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Analyse data and network centre operations to make recommendations that fit the company's strategic goals and follow industry best practices.
• Contribute to keep the data centre running smoothly and efficiently to make sure services are always available.
• Implement the operational plan for multiple data and network centres to ensure they match IT and business goals.
• Carry out tasks to improve daily operations in the data centre, ensuring it runs well and reliably. Use best practices and proactive steps to keep everything available and efficient, quickly fixing any issues to reduce downtime.
• Implement data centre floor space plans according to objectives. Understand requirements, optimise space use, plan for future growth, support infrastructure needs, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Checking Things
• Establishing Rapport
• Following Procedures
• Interpreting Data
• Producing Output

Technical Competencies:

• Infrastructure and Platforms Support
• Network Management
• Technology Orientation
• Technology Planning and Roadmaps
• Telecommunications (Data&Voice) Network