System Administrator & Automation Specialist

System Administrator & Automation Specialist

Bank ABC seeks to recruit a System Administrator and Automation Specialist in the Group Information Technology Department based in our Head Office in Bahrain.

Responsibilities of the role :

Reporting to the Automation Lead, the job holder will be responsible for the following :

• Manage all IT operations jobs like End of Days, Start of Days, File transfers etc. Via Control-M.
• Control-M application software Installation, Configuration, Deployment and upgrades..
• Advise on improving the way of working bringing an automation-based perspective, proactively suggesting areas of improvements.
• Ensure all the Control-M components are always designed and implemented with a High Availability concept and increasing overall process resiliency.
• Should be work with Operating System like Solaris, Linux, Aix and Windows.
• Scripting in various platforms and languages (powershell, bash etc.) to automate operations within Control-M jobs
• Install and manage Control-M modules i.e., Control-M for backups, Control-M for OS, Control-M for Database, Control M for applications.
• Installing Control-M Server, EM and Agents (Windows, Unix and Linux) along with monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Keep everything documented and all documents constantly up-to-date to let team aware of how procedures are running.
• Manage the complete Control-M infrastructure in the Bank like Installation, Upgrade, Configuration of Control-M Workload Automation tool version 8 / 9+ / Future versions.
• Running all operation tasks on all Banking applications including Development, Test, UAT / SIT & Production environments.
• To the maximum extent automate the above operations and other tasks under Control-M
• Document all tasks configured under Control-M with contingency plan of running the above Jobs manually in case Control-M is not available.
• Utilize the full functionality available under Control-M to innovate and make better all the tasks running in GPH.
• Configure Reports on Control-M to report on all operations being performed under Control-M to higher management
• Enhance the reports available in Control-M or build Custom reports by using 3rd party tools like Crystal Report
• Integrate Control-M with Backup software to make backups part of End of Day Workflow
• Be part of operations team for smooth running of operations in GPH
• Be part of project team to automate tasks on new products
• Support any Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Test activities.
• Monitor the alerts and ensure service availability for 24x7 hours.
• Co-ordinate the patch / vulnerabilities management .
• Willing to work in shifts (8 hour shifts rotated weekly)

Areas of Knowledge, Qualification and Experience

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