Job Summary
We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Operator with strong teamwork, problem-solving, and customer service skills. The ideal candidate will be responsible for monitoring network and mainframe environments, executing daily and month-end batch processing, and ensuring system stability through effective troubleshooting and reporting. This role requires flexibility, urgency awareness, and clear communication in fast-paced environments. Proficiency in JCL, mainframe commands, CA Workload Automation ESP, and adherence to operational standards is essential. The candidate will play a key role in maintaining connectivity, supporting banking transactions, and ensuring smooth production operations.
What you'll do:
- Teamwork, flexibility, understanding urgency and priorities, and quick problem-solving skills are essential.
- Excellent customer interaction
- Monitoring of all environments (networks, mainframe, servers etc.) connectivity
- Execute daily batch processing for banking clients
- Execute month-end batch processing for banking clients
- Diagnose and correct equipment malfunctions
Perform daily backups as per operational procedures
- Shift handover and effective communication with regards the production and development systems
- Continuous updates of daily reports
- Effectively execute requests from users
- Good understanding of operating standards and procedures
- Tapes and tape library management
- Monitoring of transactions of the banks on ATM’s and POS
- Organise and schedule production work
- Organise and schedule production work
- Understanding of JCL and mainframe commands
- Understanding CA Workload Automation ESP (scheduling product)
- Understanding of operation standards in the mainframe environment
- Troubleshoot problems arising from system errors and if needed escalate
- Effectively collaborate with the team to achieve common goals
- Identify and resolve issues effectively.
- Responsible for monitoring all connectivity environments, as well as continuous updates of all daily reports
- To perform after hours and weekend help desk functions
Your Expertise:
- English - Can converse and has the necessary email skills
- Excellent Customer Interaction with clear, concise, and effective communication skills
- Previous experience in Data Centre advantageous
- Previous financial services experience advantageous
- Communication skills
- Problem solving techniques
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to work under pressure, cope with stress
Qualifications:
- Matric
- National Senior Certificate/ Matric/ N3/ Grade 12
- Pass typical recruitment checks (criminal, qualification, ID verification checks, etc.)
Other information applicable to the opportunity:
- Permanent position
- Location: Lynnwood, Pretoria
- Physical Demands: Sitting, walking, bending, and lifting
- Travel: Must have a vehicle and a valid driver’s license.