Specialist Product Engineer Load Balancing and DDI page is loaded Specialist Product Engineer Load Balancing and DDI Apply remote type Hybrid locations Randburg time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id R-15964371 Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. 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 SummaryApply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.Job Description Infrastructure Delivery The implementation of simple and moderately complex changes to NSX ALB (Avi) Load Balancer and Infoblox estate  Negotiate timescales with project stakeholders to meet the business objective. Lead and drive solutions that meet the requirements and are compliant with Absa Standards Prepare documentation that explains the technical solution clearly, to various stakeholders who may have a different level of technical skills. Support Junior Team members on advising and recommending complex technical solutions focusing on requirements and planning to meet client needs. Accountable for individual results, and the impact of the individual results on the wider LB & DDI team Infrastructure Maintenance Maintain or enhance systems infrastructure components and services to ensure that infrastructure is in a vendor-supported and standards-compliant state. Service Support React quickly and as necessary to systems errors and service problems to minimize downtime and restore service. Attend incident resolution calls and be able to articulate basic technical issues as seen on the systems, understand the actions required, and perform the actions and then report back on the outcomes. Identification of root cause and implementation of a permanent fix. The team is operating a follow the sun support model, but there may a requirement to operate as part of an out of hours callout rota at the weekend delivering both planned change activity and/or resolving high severity incidents across the Middleware Estate Decision-making and Problem Solving Analytical ability covering the incident recovery of complex technical issues Ability to complete root cause identification and eradication Ability to lead pro-active service and process improvement. Risk and Control Objective Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework, and internal ABSA Policies and Policy Standards Person Specification Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Self-starter, able to work unsupervised in addition to being a strong team player. Ability to work under pressure. Ability to work and adapt to an increasingly global operating model. An understanding of the project lifecycle and Agile Principles with emphasis on validation and live implementation phases. Skilled in incident, problem and change management. Ability to understand and influence high level technical design of Middleware components Ability to track and enforce adherence to Middleware product standards and acceptance criteria. Experience of working in a 2nd/3rd line IT support or project delivery environment (ideally previous experience within Middleware, JAVA or related technology) Specific software knowledge desirable for the role: - A good understanding of: Ansible, Jenkins, Urban code deployment HTTPS AWS REST APIs Firewalls, Load Balancing, DNS, SSH Infrastructure knowledge/other: - A basic understanding of: Shell scripting Linux LDAP Wireshark TCP/IP Education Bachelor's Degree: Information TechnologyAbsa 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 Similar Jobs (2) Lead Product Engineer Load Balancing and DDI remote type Hybrid locations Randburg time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday Lead Platforms - Load Balancing & DDI remote type Hybrid locations Randburg time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. We also have representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.#J-18808-Ljbffr