Systems Engineer Specialist in Johannesburg | Apply Now!

📍 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
🏢 Company: Nedbank
⏳ Closing Date: 19 December 2025
💼 Career Stream: IT Operations

🏢 About Nedbank

Nedbank is one of South Africa’s leading financial institutions, known for its progressive approach to digital transformation and technology-driven solutions. The bank invests heavily in resilient IT infrastructure, advanced engineering practices, and top-tier cybersecurity to ensure stable operations across all business units. As a Systems Engineer Specialist, you become part of a high-performance environment committed to innovation, professional growth, and service excellence.

🎯 Role Overview

The Systems Engineer Specialist provides advanced technical expertise across hardware, operating systems, utilities, and enterprise software. The role covers installation, optimisation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of both internal and external systems. You will ensure stable operations, lead technical improvements, support incident investigations, and contribute to enterprise-wide system reliability and business continuity.

This position is ideal for a highly experienced engineering professional who enjoys problem-solving, technical troubleshooting, and driving operational excellence.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

Technical Operations & Support

• 🧩 Install, test, optimize, and maintain systems software and hardware

• 🛠️ Diagnose and repair malfunctioning hardware or software issues

• 🧪 Perform root cause and trend analysis to provide long-term fixes

• 📦 Recommend solutions to recurring service problems

• 🖥️ Ensure proper utilisation of system hardware and software

• 🔄 Support disaster recovery (DR) and continuity planning

Process & Standards

• 📋 Audit service delivery functions to ensure compliance

• ⚙️ Apply organisational standards in all designs and reviews

• 📘 Maintain up-to-date documentation for systems, products, and operations

• 🔐 Adhere to risk, governance, and security processes (SDLC, ITIL, IT Risk)

Teamwork & Knowledge Sharing

• 🤝 Provide technical mentoring to junior engineers

• 📚 Contribute to knowledge management for team continuity

• 🗣️ Participate in peer reviews and support cross-functional projects

Stakeholder Engagement

• 🔍 Understand business and client needs

• 📡 Ensure accurate reporting to stakeholders

• 🏗️ Build strong professional relationships with vendors and internal teams

Project Delivery

• 🚀 Support end-to-end project implementation

• 📊 Ensure accurate time-tracking for cost recovery

• 🧭 Recommend tuning and performance enhancements for systems

🎓 Minimum Qualifications

🎓 Advanced Diploma / National First Degree (NQF Level 6+)
Preferably in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related engineering fields.

💼 Experience Required

• 🟢 10+ years exposure in enterprise IT environments

• 🟢 8+ years hands-on Systems Engineering experience

• 🟢 Strong background across hardware, operating systems, utilities, and enterprise systems

🧠 Technical Knowledge Required

• Banking systems & industry trends

• Governance, risk, and compliance

• Data analysis & communication strategies

• SDLC

• ITIL framework

• Operating systems (single OS specialization)

• System engineering concepts

• Application systems

• Computer hardware & software

• Domain-specific utilities

• Project management fundamentals

• Financial management principles

• Research methodology

🧬 Behavioural Competencies

• Decision-making

• Innovation

• Influencing

• Building partnerships

• Compelling communication

• Driving for results

• Technical depth & problem-solving

⭐ CV Tips for This Role

📌 Highlight enterprise-scale projects where you handled complex systems, migrations, DR planning, or performance tuning.
📌 Show measurable achievements, e.g., “reduced downtime by 30%,” “improved system efficiency by…”.
📌 List technologies clearly—OS, tools, platforms, utilities, monitoring systems.
📌 Demonstrate troubleshooting skills with examples of high-impact incidents you resolved.
📌 Include certifications (ITIL, Microsoft, VMware, Linux, Cloud, Cisco).
📌 Show leadership qualities, even if you’re not managing people—such as mentoring, leading investigations, or owning solutions.