• Application Deadline: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: System Administrator


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Purpose of the Job

Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems (hardware and software) and related infrastructure to enable continuous innovation within the information systems landscape

Expected Key Results 

• Network Infrastructure Uptime/AvailabilityAdminister server infrastructure in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements


• Identify and promote best systems administration practices and patterns


• Perform continuous system/network monitoring


• Provide Tier II/other support


• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing


• Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale

Educational Qualifications 

• Minimum 2.2/Upper Credit Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Information Technology/Computer
  
  Science


• Professional Qualification (CCNA, ITIL, LPIC/CompTIA, etc.) an added advantage

Functional Skills:

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  Ability to leverage technology to develop and enhance functional competencies

  
  


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   Systems Administrative role in Linux environment

  
  


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   Knowledge of networking and network monitoring/management

  
  


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   Database Management – MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle an added advantage

  
  

Work Experience:

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  Linux, Windows Server, Solaris administration experience necessary, in that order of preference

  
  


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   Experience with scripting, installation and migration concepts – in Bash, Perl, Python

  
  


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  Virtual Infrastructure administration experience with KVM or VMware highly desired. Storage Area Network administration experience a plus

  
  


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  Experience administering a centralized data backup and recovery infrastructure, including installation and configuration of open source data backup solutions like Bacula, BareOS, etc.

  
  


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  Experience deploying and administering web servers – Apache/Nginx/Tomcat

  
  


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  Working knowledge of cloud technologies like Ovirt, OpenStack a plus

  
  


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  Experience with Dev/Ops tooling to build, configure and deploy, a plus

  
  


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  Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Salt Stack or Puppet) a plus

  
  


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  Working knowledge of WHM/cPanel (website admin panel) and Relational Database Management Systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.

  
  


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  Experience supporting a high traffic customerfacing website infrastructure

  
  


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  Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment

  
  


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  Sound understanding and extensive experience in network management

  
  


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  Previous years of experience working in an ISP environment, a plus

  
  

Other Requirements

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  Ability to document and implement processes to increase efficiency, productivity, reliability and scalability

  
  


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  Project management skills a definite asset

  
  


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  Strong understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives

  
  


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  Problem solver

  
  


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  Ability to work under pressure

  
  


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  Customer Focus

  
  


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  Tech savvy

  
  


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  Team Work

  
  


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  Action orientation

  
  


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  Drive results

  
  


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  Cultivate Innovation

  
  


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  Ability to optimize work processes

  
  


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  Resilience

  
  


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  Self-Development

  
  


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   Nimble Learning