Senior SWIFT System Administrator

My client is looking for a SWIFT System Administrator who has 5+ years experience with SWIFT Infrastructure

The client is an institution that works towards the stability of the financial system and the reliability of the institutions operating within it. The client contributes to creating a climate of confidence conducive to the well-being of all.

Its missions:

• Maintain price stability in the Eurosystem
• Oversee the Belgian financial system
• Ensure the security of banknotes and the efficiency of payment systems
• Provide economic and financial data and analyses

Mission Description

The consultant will work as a senior Swift System Administrator within the Swift Competence Center.

Concrete tasks:

• Daily management of the Bank's Swift infrastructure, in close contact with the end-users;
• Ensure compliance with SWIFT CSP (Customer Security Program) controls and industry best practices;
• Monitor SWIFT messages and troubleshoot message transmission failures;
• Follow up incidents, analyze them and propose areas for improvement;
• Optimize existing procedures, scripts,
• Provide Swift support to end-users;
• Participate in a 24/7 guard system.

Generic skills

• Team player & communicative
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Not afraid to take responsibility
• Results-oriented, but always taken risks into account
• Swift technical knowledge and practical experience of required technologies to be able to start directly (see technical profile).

Imperative technical knowledge

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with SWIFT infrastructure
• Be familiar with the Swift products (SAA, SAG, SNL, HSM, SWP) and their internal communication
• Have a good understanding of the different Swift message types (Fin, MX, FileAct)
• Strong experience in Linux environments and basic networking (Firewalls, ports, certificates)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and familiarity with system logging (syslog, SWIFT logs)

Skills

• Linux
• PerlLevel
• Security Expertise
• SWIFT
• Swift products (SAA, SAG, SNL, HSM, SWP) - Swift message types (Fin, MX, FileAct)
• SWIFT Message Types (Fin, MX, FileAct)
• SWIFT Products (SAA, SAG, SNL, HSM, SWP)

Languages

• Dutch or French & English

Location

50% Onsite work in Brussels required with 50% Remote work possible, Ideally candidates will already be living in Belgium.