System Administrator

Duties

• Providing IT system administration support to our client and operations
• Manage systems running applications and database systems including storage, monitoring & backup responsibilities
• Operate solutions and systems using industry standard tools (Puppet, Nagios and Splunk)
• Perform security maintenance on the system in line with the company’s global policies
• Maintain the CMDB of all IT related items
• Configure and operate the solution monitoring tools
• Collaborate with global teams across Africa and the world
• Report on system health and escalate issues if needed
• Maintain the DRP location and support the SLA enforcement of the solution
• Manage IT vendor contracts
• Perform capacity planning, system patching, backups

Requisites

• Preferably a Master degree in a technical field, or Bachelor’s degree with extensive relevant experience
• 5+ Years of system administration experience required
• Knowledge of ITIL and system administration best practices
• MSCE Certification strongly preferred, CISCO certification also a plus
• Background in service provision in a production environment such as a data center or customer consulting services
• LDAP, User and administrator access and administration
• Experience with Operating System Administration, specifically Microsoft Windows Server & Client
• Experienced SAN and Networking administrator with provision, implementation and support environments
• Experienced system architecture design including resource calculation, high availability, security and administration complexity
• Experience with virtualization technology (VMware), TABLEAU, MS-SQL Server, MS-Office, Anti-Virus and VPN management
• Fluent in English

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted