Assistant VP, System Administrator, Group Infrastructure & Platform Services

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

About the Department

Group Technology and Operations (GTO) provides software and system development, information technology support services and banking operations.

We have centralized and standardized the technology components into Singapore, creating a global footprint which can be utilized for supporting our regional subsidiaries and the branches around the world. We operate and support 19 countries with this architecture to provide a secure and flexible banking infrastructure.

Our Operations divisions provide transactional customer services for our businesses while also focusing on cost efficiency through process improvements, automation and straight through processing.

Job Responsibilities

• Ennsuring system resilience through effective service recovery, disaster recovery (DR) testing, and root cause analysis (RCA) of incidents.
• Perform service recovery for Unix/Linux/Windows systems to ensure minimal downtime and business continuity.
• Conduct Disaster Recovery (DR) testing in coordination with business and infrastructure teams.
• Involved in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for critical incidents.
• Administer and maintain servers (Red Hat, AIX, Solaris, Windows) in production and DR environments.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support during assigned shifts and respond to severity 1 incidents under pressure.
• Collaborate with storage teams to troubleshoot SAN and NAS systems issues and incidents.
• Collaborate with NetBackup team for system backups and recovery.
• Worked with L1 in monitoring system performance and proactively address potential issues.

Job Requirements

• Unix/Linux/Windows Administrator with 6–7 years of hands-on experience in managing enterprise Unix/Linux/Windows environments.
• The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Windows, Red Hat, AIX, and Solaris systems.
• Good understanding of enterprise storage solutions (IBM, EMC, Hitachi), NAS/SAN technologies, and NetBackup.

Technical Skills & Expertise:

• Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, Microsoft Windows
• Storage Systems:SAN: IBM DS8000, EMC VMAX, EMC PowerMax 8000, Hitachi VSP, Huawei Dorado
• NAS: Dell EMC Isilon, Hitachi NAS Platform
• Backup Solutions: Veritas NetBackup
• Strong understanding of ITIL processes, incident management, and RCA methodologies
• Ability to work under pressure and manage critical incidents.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders during high-impact incidents and recovery efforts.
• Openshift Container Platform (OCP) knowledge is a plus.
• VMWare knowledge is a plus.

Preferred Certifications:

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Engineer (RHCE)
• Microsoft Certified Professional

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.

Apply now and make a difference.