With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Work as part of an integrated (run & build) tribe in lower complexity environments to provide enterprise wide application support across multiple stakeholder groups by maintaining & optimizing enterprise-grade applications (tech products & services).
Job Description
Absas CIB technology team provides technology support to the organizations Corporate and Investment Banking sector. This IT Services team is specifically dedicated to our Markets business area and is responsible for the support, enhancement and maintenance of all Trade and Post Trade vendor and bespoke application suites that fall within the Markets business area.
What youll get to do:
- Point of contact for all trade desk related technology support maintenance issues around all trading and post trading applications
- Analyze problems quickly in a fast paced and deadline driven environment and determine course of action to correct.
- Ensuring minimal impact to business during upgrade or maintenance activities
- Develop and maintain expertise in application functionality and related business processes and workflows
- Engage with stakeholders and provide support to application users
- 3 years experience in an Application Support role
- Experience with Linux and Windows Administration is Essential
- Experience within Trading and post trading applications is essential
- Experience with supporting trading in different asset classes (Fixed income, equities, derivatives) is essential
- Strong SQL experience (Stored Procs, queries, etc.)
- Experience interacting with front office and operations (back office) stakeholders will be advantageous.
- Python or coding advantageous
- ITIL certification advantageous
- AWS certification advantageous
- Willingness to work standby or overtime as required
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
