Job Purpose
We are seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Specialist – Temenos Transact Core Banking to manage, optimize, and support the infrastructure and platform environments of Temenos Transact. The role is responsible for ensuring high availability, security, scalability, and performance across enterprise Core Banking environments while supporting large-scale implementation, upgrade, migration, and production operations..
Key Accountabilities
- Install, configure, patch, and administer Temenos Transact environments, including multi-company and multi-book deployments.
- Lead platform upgrades, environment migrations, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Administer and optimize Linux/Unix environments, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux.
- Develop automation scripts using Bash and Korn Shell (KSH) to streamline operational and deployment activities.
- Monitor system performance, process utilization, memory consumption, and server health to ensure platform stability and availability.
- Administer Oracle Database and jBASE environments, including backup, recovery, performance tuning, indexing, and database optimization.
- Configure and support Oracle RAC, Oracle Data Guard, and high-availability database architectures.
- Deploy, configure, and tune application servers including IBM WebSphere, JBoss/WildFly, and Apache Tomcat.
- Support enterprise integrations through middleware technologies, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), and messaging platforms.
- Implement infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and rollback procedures using Git and Jenkins.
- Design and validate disaster recovery (DR), backup, failover, and business continuity solutions.
- Collaborate with application, database, infrastructure, and network teams to troubleshoot production issues and optimize platform performance.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, , or a related field.
- Professional certifications in Linux, Oracle Database, VMware, Cloud Platforms, or Infrastructure technologies.
- Temenos infrastructure or platform certifications.
Minimum Experience
- 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Infrastructure or Platform Engineering, and supporting Temenos Transact Core Banking environments.
- Strong knowledge of Saudi Banking, SAMA regulations, and enterprise banking environments.
Job-Specific Skills
- Temenos Transact Infrastructure Administration
- Linux & Unix Administration (RHEL, Oracle Linux)
- Oracle Database & jBASE Administration
- Oracle RAC & Oracle Data Guard
- Bash & Korn Shell (KSH) Scripting
- Java Runtime Support & Application Server Administration
- IBM WebSphere, JBoss/WildFly & Apache Tomcat
- VMware vSphere & Virtualization
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) & Middleware
- Docker & Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- CI/CD, Jenkins & Git
- Disaster Recovery (DR) & High Availability (HA)
- Backup, Recovery & Performance Tuning
- SSL, Security Hardening & Access Management
- System Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Production Support
