• Application Deadline: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Systems Adminstrator


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Engineering / Technical 

Function:  System Administration

Reporting to:  Head, System Operations

Location: Lagos

Travel Frequency: Occassional

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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