Systems Administrator

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

As a System Administrator you will be expected to work within a team of engineers, supporting the day-to-day running of the production environment both in the cloud and on prem and its underlying hardware. Your key focus will be to work with the wider Technical Operations team to reduce workload through process improvements and automation as well as supporting the on-going efforts in modernizing our platform.

What you will be doing:

You’ll drive efficiency and reliability of the platforms we depend on to enable thousands of businesses to accept payments online

• Supporting our Production Application services and Infrastructure (both On-prem and Cloud) acting as a member of the issue, incident and problem resolution team for high availability, high throughput, secure online payment services.

• Supporting the team in lifecycle management and monthly patching cycles to keep our environment secure and PCI compliant 

• Assisting in the management and execution of various operational processes and procedures.

• Collaborating with cross functional teams of Developers, QAs, DBAs, Network Engineers to manage the in-life operation of production payment services ensuring ongoing availability, scalability, efficiency and security.

• Automation of manual/time consuming tasks required for the day to day work of the team.

• You’ll also be given the opportunities to learn new technologies and gain certifications where relevant

What qualities you will bring:

Innovation & Decision Making

• Strong problem solving techniques

• Eager to expand and develop skills and knowledge to tackle new challenges.

• Outstanding analytical skills, self-motivated, high performing and goal oriented

• Ability to innovate by challenging the status quo and come up with imaginative ways of doing things more effectively 

Communication skills

• Good time management coupled with excellent communication skills

• Strong customer focus and ability to think about the impact of actions on the customer 

Technical Expertise

• Experience in Administration of Linux systems

• Excellent troubleshooting and technical problem resolution skills

It also helps if you have:

• Experience, or willingness to learn scripting languages (Python, Bash, Powershell etc.)

• Experience with Microsoft Windows systems

• Experience with PCI compliant environments

• Experience of Change management processes

• Experience with delivery tools (Git, Jenkins)

• Experience with Kubernetes / Docker

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.