About this role
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Be #InGoodHands with Metrobank!</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Here at Metrobank, we don't simply hire employees—we hone future leaders. We provide opportunities that enhance your skills and unlock your talents, helping you evolve into a well-rounded individual. We supply you with all the pieces you need to do your best work, unleashing your full potential to help you secure your future and lead a fulfilling career. And with Metrobank's strong heart for the community, you have the chance to give back and make worthwhile contributions to our nation's economic and social development. With Metrobank, a meaningful life is within your reach!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Position Title: </strong>Platform Engineer</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Job Summary:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Design, evaluates, installs, and administers infrastructure components and facilities. He provides technical support services to personnel in other ITG teams. Plans, prepares, recommends and implements medium-term roadmaps for the infrastructure that he manages.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Role Exposure:</strong></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Installs and administers infrastructure components and facilities under his coverage. Maintains infrastructure uptime, performance and security at agreed service levels.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Researches industry developments regarding his assigned infrastructure components, to learn and implement better infrastructure administration practices, understand cost-effective alternatives, and to guard against unplanned obsolescence. Where needed, recommends better and/or more cost-effective replacement infrastructure.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Provides technical support to personnel in data center operations, applications management, and risk management. Provides inputs to applications managers on infrastructure considerations so they can design applications optimally.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Communicates, and coordinates with infrastructure vendors regarding product updates, fixes, and support requirements. Periodically reviews vendor performance vis-a-vis Service Level Agreements.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Periodically monitors the “health” and performance of his assigned infrastructure components, and regularly reports the status of such to his seniors.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Performs regular housekeeping on his assigned infrastructure components, e.g. cleanup of unnecessary components, system-level backup, vendor preventive maintenance, etc. as applicable. · Documents the configuration of his assigned infrastructure components, and keeps such documentation updated and secure.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Performs configuration management, change management, availability management, security and patch management.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Performs root cause assessment and recommends permanent resolutions to issues and problems encountered.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Recommends and implements the automation of recurring tasks.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Identifies infrastructure monitoring gaps and recommends tools and actions to close the gaps.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Performs capacity management by collecting historical statistics and forecasting future growth. Sets the necessary thresholds to alert if resources additions need to be made. Triggers the necessary implementation of resource allocations.</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Performs other functions that may be assigned from time to time.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Requirements:</strong></span></p> <ul style="list-style-type:disc"> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Active Directory</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Database OS</span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Information/Cybersecurity background</span></li> </ul> <p> </p>