Typical Day in Role:
• Working on project end-to-end to define procedure/processes and push changes through delivery.
• Providing application support tasks (OS Level and Application Level).
• Addressing vulnerability issues and working with L2 support for OS issues.
• Reporting to the Manager.
• Work with multiple business lines scaling from payments, back office teams and supporting end of day jobs.
Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:
1. 5-7+ years of working experience as a Technical Analyst.
2. 3+ years of progressive & current hands-on technical working experience with the systems administration of Oracle Solaris (Sun Solaris).
3. 3+ years of progressive & current hands-on technical working experience with the systems administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
4. You can demonstrate hands-on technical working experience in supporting application / web servers (e.g., Apache Tomcat®, Red Hat® JBoss®).
5. You can demonstrate a technical working knowledge of critical business application support from a systems perspective.
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Working experience in IBM MQ is an asset.
• Previous exposure to the banking industry/financial services is an asset.
• Working experience as an Oracle WebLogic administrator.
• Working experience in the use of korn shell (k-shell) scripting to perform automation tasks.
Soft Skills:
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization.
• Strong decision making, forward thinking and creative problem-solving skills to anticipate and respond quickly to technological/market influences.
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction.
Education:
• Post-secondary degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related IT field is an asset.