QNB1255 - System Administrator

  • Business Unit
    QNB - Qatar
  • Division
    Information Technology
  • Department
    Information Technology
  • Country
    Qatar
  • Closing Date
    31-Dec-2014
About QNB

Established in 1964 as the country’s first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grown to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines.

QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor’s (A), Moody’s (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications.

Based on the Group’s consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.

QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.

Role Summary

You will responsible for the administering of the main server operating systems and applications of Distributed Systems & will ensure maximum security, operational continuity and contingency controls for every assigned operating system platform.

Role Description

Maintain relations with selected vendors for systems software, application, and hardware delivery and maintenance.

Build and maintain strong and effective relationship with all other related departments and units to achieve the Group’s goals/ objectives.

Provide timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the Compliance function as and when required.

Install, monitor and maintain the main servers systems and applications for Distributed Systems.

Provide a reliable operating systems environment in order that the applications meet the required service levels.

Monitor assigned main systems operating systems and application performance sizing and utilization.

Provide automated and documented scripts for backup and retention of data on external storage within the backup and retention policy of each main system.

Ensure timely resolution of operating systems and application failures on main systems.

Possess in depth technical knowledge in operating systems of assigned main servers to provide a convenient platform for systems delivery, understanding the network and systems architecture to resolve any business disruption or inconvenience to the users that may critically impact the Group.

Understand assigned systems’ internals, architecture and limitations in deciding on methods of problem solving which may impact overall resource availability and time to deliver changes. Perform careful analysis to ensure congruence with the Group’s long term planning and approved strategy.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.

Minimum 2 years experience in financial services with a specialization in systems technical design, implementation and maintenance of main server systems relevant to the environment (Main frames, AS/400, Equation, Misys Applications, etc.).

For further information, please refer to the attached job description.

Note: you will be required to attach the following:
  1. Resume/CV
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