Job Description

• We are seeking a hands-on technical Platform engineering lead who will manage a team of Platform Engineers accountable for enterprise-wide system administration, availability, performance, costs, security and risk management for our global infrastructure estate.
• The infrastructure landscape spans across multiple geographic regions including UAE, KSA, South Africa and wider Africa. It covers core platforms like Oracle/x86, Oracle VM, VMWare, Hyper-V, Unix, Linux and Windows servers, storage systems, data protection, Network, Network security and Databases.
• The Platform engineering team provides 24/7 engineering support for this complex interconnected system ecosystem that underpins the company’s technology operations and services delivery.

Requirements
Education:

• Educated to Degree level from a recognized university in Computer Science or relevant subject in Technology. Preferably holds an Engineering Degree.

Professional:

• At least 5+ years of experience in a Technology / IT function in a recognized international organization
• In-depth knowledge of x86 & SPARC Hardware, Solaris OS & Oracle Virilizations (LDOMS/Zones)
• In-depth knowledge of RedHat Linux OS + Windows Server
• In-depth knowledge of VMWare vSphere, vRCLI & vROPS, ARIA
• Excellent Knowledge in High-end and Mid-range storages (PowerMax/PowerStore/DataDomain/ECS) including design and replication technologies.
• In-depth Knowledge of Enterprise backup solutions (Networker/NetBackup).
• In-depth Knowledge in Veritas Cluster including fault tolerant configuration and maintenance.
• Design and deploy systems with HA.
• Should have very strong working knowledge on OS & Infrastructure Application patching, maintaining Oracle Solaris (11) Patching Repository, RedHat Satellite servers & Qualys patching tool.
• Performance Tuning skills in OS (Unix/Linux) / Storage & Backup.
• Excellent Knowledge in Ansible automation tools and scripting
• Experience in Public Cloud (OCI/Azure/AWS)
• Proven expertise in computer science, software engineering and information systems preferably for financial services industry
• International certification on RedHat Linux, Solaris, VMWare, Storage, Backup products will be added advantage.

Personal:

• Excellent analytical and problem management skills.
• Dedicated approach to service management
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.