ICT Systems Administrator in Nairobi
Our client, a 5 Star Hotel in Nairobi seeks dynamic, talented and motivated persons to join its team in the position of Systems Administrator.
The Systems Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff, customers, and Partners. This individual is responsible for the database, applications and client based systems, as well as the overriding infrastructure.
· Engineering of systems administration related solutions for various project and operational needs.
· Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
· Install and configure systems such as supports systems infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications.
· Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
· Contribute to and maintain system standards.
· Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
· Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
· Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
· Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
· Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
· Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
· Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted business processes.
· Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
· Upgrade and configure system software that supports business applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
· Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
· Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
· Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
· Maintain datacenter environmental and monitoring equipment.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
· Bachelor degree in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems
· Systems Administration/System Engineer certifications such as MCSE, MCSD etc in Unix and Microsoft mandatory
· Minimum of three years system administration experience in a large commercial organisation.
· Knowledge of networking technologies including telephony a must.
· Competency in IT security technologies and solutions is mandatory.
Salary: Kshs. 70,000-100,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
Please send an application quoting the Position as reference with a detailed CV names and addresses of 3 professional referees including e-mail addresses, current and expected remuneration package to:
Kindly do not apply if you do not qualify. The positions are urgent, and application will be considered on a first come basis. Apply NOW!!
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