Absa Bank Specialist Support Engineer Jobs in South Africa

Absa Bank Specialist Support Engineer Jobs in South Africa


Job Summary

  • Work as part of an integrated (run & build) tribe in lower complexity environments to provide enterprise wide application support across multiple stakeholder groups by maintaining & optimizing enterprise-grade applications (tech products & services).
    Job Description

    Devops & Support

  • Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills to solve technical problems on existing applications

  • Implement all configuration, optimization (e.g. upgrades) & maintenance activity (e.g. regular maintenance patches) for enterprise wide applications

  • Provide efficient and effective support of applications including continued development of the application and security, software patches, reliability, disaster recovery and ensure the application meets the business needs

  • Schedule and oversee planned maintenance tasks, such as backups and performance tuning, for production IT services to prevent and to minimize issues

  • Maintain correct and current application documentation and making it available to application users

  • Oversee application implementation and configuration, patches, upgrades and maintenance, and ensure that application performance meets agreed SLAs and OLAs

  • Ensure minimal business operations impact due to upgrades and maintenance activities

  • Coordinate and execute unplanned maintenance tasks, such as disaster recovery procedures, for production IT services to prevent and to minimize issues

  • Manage applications throughout their lifecycle and assist in the application-related aspects of designing, testing, operating and improving technology products & services services

  • Coordinate & communicate across Tribes & Squads (all businesses) to successfully complete application upgrades

  • Coordinate with infrastructure & architecture teams to ensure that the impact of system / platform migrations on applications is minimised

  • Develop and maintain knowledge in application functionality, user workflow, and business processes

  • Develop sufficient knowledge of application infrastructure (server, network, security) & broader organization architecture to assist with application upgrades and troubleshoot issues

  • Compile and maintain inventory of applications and related details

  • Manage and provide support aligned to all SLA’s

  • Develop the skills required to operate and maintain the technical products & services (applications)

  • Ensure that a backup system for applications and files associated with business operations is in place

  • Advise on software installation and upgrades, troubleshoot problems and provide resolutions.

  • Work with Information Security teams to define and implement access permissions for applications

  • Develop and maintain expertise in application
    functionality, user workflow, and business processes.

  • Receive and screen user programming requests for new applications or modifications, and determine appropriate priority and response.

  • Develop and communicate training and documentation for end users.

  • Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and customers, external solution providers, and IT stakeholders for application support specific requirements

  • Develop and / or assist with the development and / or execution of project plans for application upgrades

  • Provide input to current and future application requirements to meet the organization's needs

  • Prepare assessments for proposed applications, projects, and define appropriate integration and access requirements

  • Maintain awareness of application risks and opportunities for improvement

  • Identify and recommend application improvement to enhance capability and performance, and minimize costs.

  • Ensure that application users are aware of the application capabilities for enabling their effective use

  • Assess vendor proposals for appropriateness and compliance with organization and industry standards.

  • Participate in development of Requests for Proposals (RFP) and vendor evaluation and contract management for IT applications services.

  • Supervise and maintain the organization's repository of applications

  • Help diagnose problems and resolve incidents / issues related to applications.

  • Validate the known error database for application-related entries

  • Work with Tech Centres of Enablement to define the operational activities related to the applications

    Application Monitoring & Performance Management

  • Monitor application modification requests and ensure best practices are being utilised

  • Conduct diagnostic investigations of program errors, and implement or recommend solutions or methodologies for resolution.

  • Maintain metrics of operational performance and evaluate trends

  • Analyse business systems to determine effectiveness, identify inadequacies, inefficiencies and problems and recommend solutions

    Governance, Risk & Control

  • Enhance methods and procedures for collecting, analysing, and documenting application issues, and completing user change requests.

  • Enhance IT processes for transitioning completed configurations from development to production.

  • Plan and coordinate the processes for the provision of user applications and systems necessary for business operations.

  • Define and maintain application assessment, development, and support standards, and work with other IT and business stakeholders to establish configuration and use guidelines.

  • Provide inputs to availability and capacity management process for effective planning.

    Education

  • Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

    How to Apply

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