Senior Systems Engineer - Banking & Financial Services - 6 month contract
Systems Engineer - Banking & Financial Services - 6 month contract
Mid / Senior
R250 - 400
6 years - 8 years
Overview
Our client within the banking sector is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to provide specialist technical expertise across enterprise infrastructure and systems platforms. The successful candidate will be responsible for installing, configuring, maintaining, monitoring and optimising critical production environments while ensuring platform stability, performance, resilience and security.
Working within a highly regulated banking environment, you will support business-critical systems through proactive monitoring, incident resolution, automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex infrastructure problems, improving operational efficiency and maintaining highly available enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities- Install, configure and maintain enterprise operating systems and infrastructure platforms.
- Monitor production systems to ensure maximum availability, resilience and performance.
- Perform system upgrades, patching and lifecycle management.
- Investigate system failures and perform detailed root cause analysis.
- Implement performance tuning across operating systems and enterprise applications.
- Support disaster recovery, backup and business continuity initiatives.
- Automate repetitive administration tasks using scripting and automation tools.
- Maintain enterprise monitoring solutions and respond to production alerts.
- Support incident, problem and change management processes in accordance with ITIL standards.
- Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Networks, Database, Middleware and Application Support teams.
- Ensure compliance with security, governance and operational risk requirements.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, standards and operational procedures.
- Provide technical support during planned maintenance windows and major incidents.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance platform stability and operational efficiency.
- Windows Server Administration
- Linux Administration (RHEL preferred)
- VMware
- Azure Infrastructure
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Enterprise Storage
- Active Directory
- DNS
- DHCP
- IIS
- Web Servers
- Load Balancers
- Monitoring Tools (SolarWinds, SCOM, Dynatrace, Zabbix, PRTG or similar)
- Backup Technologies
- Automation
- Infrastructure Monitoring
- Performance Tuning
- High Availability
- Disaster Recovery
- Patch Management
- Server Hardening
- ITIL
- 5–8 years' experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
- Experience within Banking, Financial Services or other highly regulated industries.
- Exposure to Cloud technologies and hybrid infrastructure.
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capability.
- Experience working within change-controlled production environments.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
- Calm under pressure.
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
- Customer and service focused.
- Continuous learner with a proactive mindset.
- Strong team player.
- Azure Administrator
- Microsoft Certified
- Red Hat Certification
- VMware Certification
- ITIL Foundation
- Microsoft Azure
- Enterprise Architecture
- IT System Engineering
- AWS
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Financial Technology (Fintech)
Company Description
Our Client is a specialist IT and business contracting consultancy, connecting highly skilled professionals with leading organisations across South Africa. We specialise in placing contract, fixed-term and project-based resources within Technology, Data, Digital, Cloud, Cyber Security, Business Analysis, Project Delivery and Business Transformation.
Our clients trust us to deliver experienced professionals who can add value from day one, whether supporting critical projects, driving digital transformation or providing specialist technical expertise. We take a consultative approach to recruitment, carefully matching the right talent to the right opportunity while building long-term relationships with both our clients and contractors.
If you're looking for your next contract opportunity with a leading organisation, we'd love to hear from you.