The Systems Administrator will be focused on managing and maintaining various technologies and systems within Backbase’s IT landscape. This includes, but is not limited to, operating systems, network infrastructure and server/storage systems. You will be working within the ICT department on implementation of new technologies within the company, and will provide end-user support and troubleshooting for office-based and remote-based personnel (as required).
This position reports to the Head of ICT. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, detail-oriented and enjoys working within a team environment.
Your Responsibilities
Support of the server estate with a focus on Linux systems administration
Manage the LAN & WAN environments, including firewalls, routers & switches
Ensuring backup & restore operations are implemented and tested
Service availability using monitoring & alerting tools
Knowledge of security best practices including auditing, penetration testing & intrusion detection
Experience with high availability and disaster recovery scenarios.
Preferred experience with:
Understand core technologies, such as:
Operating systems: Deep understanding of Centos 6/7, RedHat. Experience with Windows servers an advantage.
Services: Tomcat, Apache, Nginx
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL
Management & automation tooling: Ansible (preferred), Puppet, Chef
Monitoring technologies; Zabbix, Nagios
Virtualisation: VMware vSphere 5 & 6, VDP, vMotion, HA, Replication
Storage technologies such as SAN/NAS, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, RAID, LUN management
Cisco routing and switching technologies including ASA/ISR devices
Networking: Site-to-site VPN technologies, static/dynamic routing, ACLs, NAT, firewalls
Knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure or similar
Why Backbase?
Whether or not you’ve heard of us, you and your friends have probably used some of the products we’ve created. Backbase accelerates the transformation of digital banking. From being a Dutch startup company five years ago, we are now an international market leader. Despite having a leading market position, we haven’t lost our startup mentality and we’re not done innovating just yet. Working in teams with highly talented and skilled professionals from all over the world, we share a drive to make things better, nicer, and more advanced. More than 400 specialists dedicate themselves to what we do best, which is transforming global financial services with inspiring, innovative solutions. At Backbase, we love to create outstanding experiences, not just for our customers and users, but for ourselves, and this is what motivates us to transform our industry by delivering our best work.
Backbase is a fast growing fintech software provider that empowers financial institutions to accelerate their digital transformation and effectively compete in a digital-first world.
We are the creators of the Backbase Omni-Channel Banking Platform, a state-of-the-art digital banking software solution that unifies data and functionality from traditional core systems and new fintech players into a seamless digital customer experience.
We give financials the speed and flexibility to create and manage seamless customer experiences across any device, and deliver measurable business results. We believe that superior digital experiences are essential to stay relevant, and our software enables financials to rapidly grow their digital business.
More than 80 large financials around the world have standardized on the Backbase platform to streamline their digital self-service and online sales operations across all digital touchpoints. Our customer base includes HSBC, ABN AMRO, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, CheBanca!, Credit Suisse, Fidelity, Hapoalim, HDFC, Hiscox, ING, KeyBank, Legal & General, NBAD, OTP, PZU, PostFinance, Societe Generale de Banque au Liban and Westpac.
Industry analysts Gartner, Forrester and Ovum recognize Backbase as an industry leader in terms of omni-channel banking platform capabilities, and award the company high marks for its deep focus on customer experience management and unparalleled speed of implementation. Forrester named us a leader in the Forrester Wave for Omni-Channel Banking and Ovum nominates Backbase as the market leading provider of next-generation digital channel banking platforms.
Backbase was founded in 2003, is privately funded, with headquarters in Amsterdam (HQ Global) and Atlanta (HQ Americas) and regional operations in London, Cardiff, Mumbai and Singapore.
