MONITORING ENGINEER AT CAPITEC BANK LTD

 

MONITORING ENGINEER AT CAPITEC BANK LTD

• Permanent Senior position

• Winelands, Western Cape

• Posted 16 Jun 2021 by Capitec Bank

• Expires in 30 days

• Job 2417745 - Ref 680840401

ABOUT THE POSITION

Purpose Statement

• To embed enterprise monitoring, end user experience and APM monitoring skills in the Monitoring team with a focus on Capitec's Cloud adoption journey, powering digital and data solutions.

• To build out and maintain secure, resilient, scalable, cost effective and high performing Monitoring solutions that will assist Capitec to become the best bank in the world.

Experience

Minimum:

• 3+ years' experience in design and implementation of Infrastructure and Application Monitoring.

• 2+ years in Application Performance monitoring (APM monitoring) with focus on End user experience.

• 1+ years' experience in working with Infrastructure DevOps teams.

• Experience in Monitoring systems on Cloud Platforms.

• Experience in supporting and enhancing build and release processes through automation using a combination of processes and existing tools.

• Experience working in a DevOps environment.

• Experience in document management systems, such as Confluence.

• Experience working with CI/CD tools.

• Experience with authentication and Authorization technologies and protocols (LDAP, Kerberos, AD, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML).

• Experience in working with proxy setups and configurations for systems.

Ideal:

• 5+ years' experience in setting up Monitoring and alerting with focus on Cloud adoption.

• 2+ years' experience in Data Science / Analysis.

• Experience working with scripting and provisioning tools like Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation or equivalent

• Experience in engineering data and/or setting up log pipelines using technologies such as ECE.

• Experience in log and big data analysis.

• Implementation of full stack monitoring.

• Experience with Prometheus/Grafana, ELK, New Relic or similar products both on premise and Cloud Platforms.

• Previous experience in a Devops role and incorporating security controls in the build process.

• Experience in working with Cloud technologies (Cloudwatch).

• Experience working in a fast paced Agile/Scrum environment (Atlassian Stack).

• Open telemetry understanding, experience and skills.

• Network monitoring experience, including VOIP systems.

• Payment switch understanding, with monitoring setup experience (Postilion, Visa, Mastercard)

Qualifications (Minimum)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Arts

Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Engineering - Other

Knowledge

Minimum:

• Ability to transfer skills and knowledge regarding new systems to support staff

• Understanding of Monitoring capabilities and toolsets (ECE / New Relic / PagerDuty / Solarwinds)

• Basic Understanding of Information Technology Frameworks. (ITIL)

• Basic understanding of at least one high-level programming language (.net / Java)

• Advanced scripting skills in at least one interpreted language (Java scripting / Bash / PowerShell).

• Design, deployment and maintenance of highly available, enterprise-scale Monitoring solutions.

• Understanding of Monitoring technologies best practices.

Ideal / Optional:

• Understanding of modern software engineering patterns, including those used in highly scalable, distributed, and resilient systems.

• Strong design and hands on troubleshooting background on Monitoring and analytics toolsets (ECE or New Relic will be advantageous).

• Integration of monitoring toolsets into Event Management toolsets and automation of the relevant processes.

• Advanced experience in providing event De-duplication, correlation and seasonality and related events analysis.

• Ability to deliver long-term, repeatable monitoring solutions that incorporate directly into an overall CI/CD process.

• Advance knowledge of infrastructure concepts, technologies and patterns. (SDLC, IaC)

Skills

• Communications Skills

• Computer Literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook)

• Analytical Skills

• Problem solving skills

• Presentation Skills

• Researching skills

• Attention to Detail

• Project Management Skills (Methodolgy Specific)

Competencies

• Deciding and Initiating Action

• Working with People

• Relating and Networking

• Persuading and Influencing

• Presenting and Communicating Information

• Writing and Reporting

• Applying Expertise and Technology

• Analysing

• Creating and Innovating

• Adapting and Responding to Change

• Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives

Conditions of Employment

• Clear criminal and credit record

• Ability and willingness to work in an open plan environment

• Willingness to work or be available overtime and / or weekends if required

• A valid driver's license and own vehicle is required

• Willing and able to use own home as a formal office / base of operations (including space for ad hoc storage of paperwork, stock, etc.)

FOR APPLY CLICK HERE