Senior System Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer – Infrastructure & Systems

About the Company

International Card Processing Services Ltd (ICPS), a subsidiary of HPS Group, is a global provider of advanced electronic payment solutions, supporting financial institutions, processors, and national switches with cutting-edge Switching and Card Management Systems.

About the Role

As a Senior System Engineer, you will take end-to-end ownership of the critical server, virtualization, storage, backup, and disaster recovery infrastructure that underpins our payment operations.

We are looking for a highly autonomous and experienced engineer who can proactively ensure the reliability, security, and continuous improvement of our production environment, while provide technical leadership and drive automation across the infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the administration, performance, and reliability of IBM AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, and VMware environments, including capacity planning, tuning, and health checks.
• Manage core infrastructure platforms – Dell Storage (SAN/NAS), IBM Power and HP servers, and Tape Libraries – overseeing lifecycle, firmware, and vendor support.
• Administer high-availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions (Veritas Cluster Server, NetBackup, Veeam, RecoverPoint), and lead periodic DR simulations, failover/failback testing, and RTO/RPO compliance.
• Support Active Directory, SMTP/messaging services, monitoring platforms (Zabbix, Centreon), and middleware environments (JBoss, Oracle WebLogic).
• Lead patch and vulnerability management across all operating systems, applying security updates and remediation in line with audit and compliance requirements.
• Enforce system hardening, security standards, and ICT policies, supporting audits and investigating security incidents.
• Design and maintain automation scripts to streamline operations, reduce manual effort, and improve system resilience.
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 support, lead root cause analysis, and drive incident, problem, and change management, including on-call support.
• Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation and asset inventories and contribute to infrastructure projects and technology upgrades.

Technical Environment

IBM AIX, RHEL, Oracle Linux, VMware, Veritas Cluster Server, NetBackup, Veeam, RecoverPoint, Dell Storage, IBM Power servers, HP servers, Tape Library, Active Directory, SMTP, JBoss, Oracle WebLogic, Zabbix, and Centreon.

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in systems and infrastructure administration, preferably in a senior role.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Linux/Unix administration, particularly IBM AIX, RHEL, and Oracle Linux.
• Solid experience with VMware, storage, backup, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, monitoring tools, middleware, and patch and vulnerability management.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Shell, Python) to improve operational efficiency.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the autonomy to own critical production systems.
• Good communication and collaboration skills, and availability to participate in on-call support.

Other Information:

How to Apply: Candidates should send their application letter and detailed CV to [email protected]

Please ensure all required information is accurately entered in relevant sections. Any incomplete application will not be considered.

The Management reserves the right not to appoint anyone following this advert.