• Application Deadline:
• Position: Linux System Administrator


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 - 5 years


• Location Lagos


• City Ikeja


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Purpose of the Job (Brief)

• 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.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering / Information Technology / Computer Science.


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


• 3 - 5 years work experience.


• Ability to leverage technology to develop and enhance functional competencies.


• Systems Administrative role in Linux environment.


• Knowledge of networking and network monitoring/management.


• Database Management - MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle an added advantage.


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


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


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


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


• Experience deploying and administering web servers Apache/Nginx/Tomcat.


• Working knowledge of cloud technologies like Ovirt, OpenStack a plus.


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


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


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


• Experience supporting a high traffic customer- facing website infrastructure


• Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment


• Sound understanding and extensive experience in network management


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