Systems Administrator – Control M at FNB South Africa

Company:

FNB South Africa

FNB South Africa

Industry: Banking / Financial Services

Deadline: Sep 26, 2025

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelors

Experience: 2 years

Province: Gauteng

City: Randburg

Field: ICT / Computer

Overview of the role and requirements:

  • To maintain, implement, and ensure the quality of all aspects of Control-M scheduling requirements on the FirstRand distributed platforms.
  • This includes performing quality assurance (QA) on Control-M scheduling deployments to ensure job definitions are accurate, standardized, and production-ready.
  • The role ensures schedules are compliant with governance, prevent failures, and support reliable business processing.

You will be responsible for:

  • Set up new and maintain batch schedules on behalf of application teams across FirstRand.
  • Render batch support and consultancy services to developers utilizing distributed Control-M batch services.
  • Provide day-to-day support and liaise with FirstRand teams using Control-M batch job services.
  • Ensure Control-M batch schedules are running optimally and efficiently.
  • Provide Control-M batch support to the FirstRand Group.
  • Manage, implement, and coordinate Control-M batch schedules about release weekends/slots.

Perform QA reviews on Control-M scheduling deployments, verifying:

  • Compliance with naming conventions and batch standards.
  • Proper job dependencies, calendars, and resource usage.
  • Correct error handling, notifications, and recovery mechanisms.
  • Job readiness and completeness before deployment into production.
  • Document QA findings and collaborate with relevant teams to resolve configuration or governance issues.

What you will need:

  • A minimum of 2 years IT experience is essential.
  • A minimum of 2 years working with Distributed Control-M is essential.
  • Good working knowledge of Control-M batch scheduling.
  • Experience or exposure to QA processes, reviews, and deployment validation.
  • Exposure to and/or experience working on a Linux server is advantageous.
  • Experience in managing and troubleshooting complex Control-M batch schedules.
  • Good understanding of Control-M/EM batch alerts and their impacts.
  • Good working knowledge of MS Office. Good understanding of computer architecture.
  • Good working knowledge of Service Now (SNOW).
  • Strong communication skills (both written and verbal).
  • Must be prepared to work standby on a regular basis.
  • Own transport required for callout purposes (24/7).
  • Must be able to travel between FirstRand campuses.

We can be a match if you can:

  • Self-disciplined, responsible, motivated, with a positive attitude.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, demanding environment.
  • Ability to proactively and independently solve problems while exercising sound judgment.
  • Organized and detail-oriented, capable of managing and prioritizing multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Self-driven and able to work without supervision.
  • A team player (able to fit into a hardworking and well-disciplined team) – non-negotiable.

End Date: September 17, 2025

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