Techno
Brain, an ISO 9001: 2008 certified & CMMI Level 3 Company is Africa’s
leading custom software application provider.
Techno
Brain offers innovative software solutions to Government, NGO, and large
Private organizations.
System Administrator (Servers)
Location: Abuja
Job Description
Job Title: Systems Administrator
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Day to Day Work
Key Responsibilities
In this role you will be involved in a number of support based activities in support of a major client-server & multi-sites based in-house business application system.
Not
only will you be responsible for supporting this system, but also providing
focusing on the analysis, deployment and implementation of technical
solutions.
The
technical environment includes:
- Windows Servers
(OS & hardware)
- Domain &
Active Directory
- Multi production
servers and
- MS SQL Server
2000/2005
- Enterprise
system management tools
Some
of your key, day to day responsibilities will include:
- Deploy all
software and hardware upgrades to the production servers and sites.
- Proactive
monitoring of all servers, applications and services to ensure high
availability and SLA's.
- Assist in
implementing, testing and maintaining server level disaster recovery
plans.
- Liaise with
vendors for technical issues resolution.
- Oversee
provision of end-user services, including help desk and technical support
services.
- develop and
implement policies, procedures, and standards across the systems and
network teams
- Plan, organize,
and manage staff and overall operations to ensure the stable operation of
IT infrastructure
- Responsible for
documenting IT solution.
- To design and
implement Monitoring System and Security Tool
- Lead Crisis
management of high severity incidents and ownership of post-problem review
processes (Post Mortem review / report production).
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years
working experience in Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, GPO and
Microsoft SQL 2000/2005/2008
- At least 3 years
experience as a team lead / supervisor
- Minimum
qualification of a Degree
- Willing to work
on rotational shift and to be on standby on weekends & public holidays
- Preferable to
have:
- End user
application support experience with any client server based application
running on Microsoft SQL server.
- Demonstrable
experience in IT Industry standards, services, systems architecture,
enterprise applications, project management and training.
- ITIL knowledge
and MCITP certification will be an advantage.
Reporting
Procedure
The Systems Administrator (Server) will report directly to the IT Project Manager.
Performance Indicators
The indicators of success in this role will be as agreed under the Systems Administrator (Server) personal work plan
Network and Security Engineer
Location: Abuja Nigeria
Job Type: Contract
We are is currently seeking a Network and Security Engineer with strong Cisco Routing, Switching, Firewall , Data Center operations, and performance issue management experience.
Candidate
will responsible for building network infrastructure, responding to network
problems, short and long term project work, and continually driving improvements
in network performance.
The Network and Security Engineer will be responsible for analyzing, designing, installing, configuring, maintaining and repairing of network infrastructure and application components.
The
Network and Security Engineer will perform a wide variety of evaluation,
maintenance, installation and training tasks to ensure the computer network
performance meets company and user satisfaction.
The Network and Security Engineer will Coordinate and implement security controls and projects.
The Network and Security Engineer will also provide direction, information, and recommendations regarding network configurations and installations.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Drive the design
and deployment of new installations of network systems at multiple
locations
- Design and
implement high performance, WAN/LAN/SAN infrastructure
- Install,
maintain, monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot data center equipment and
software in support of data center operations. Support production
operations environment including multiple servers, networking, batch
processing, backup and related activities.
- Employ
innovative thought and automation to improve productivity, workflow, and
technology deployment
- Identify and
evaluate new technology
- Troubleshoot
infrastructure and application performance issues
- Find and improve
performance issues
- Work closely
with other parts of the business to identify areas of high opportunity
- Configure and
setup Cisco Firewalls, VPN Concentrators and Security appliances for
access to vital business applications
- Design, setup
and configure complex switching environments
- Design, setup
and configure complex wireless networking that supports open or secured
access and the ability to support voice and video applications
- Maintain a thorough
understanding of Local Area Networking
- Assist in the
design of multi-server environments including IP address schemes, DNS,
WINS, EtherChannel (Bonding), etc.
- Configuring and
installing client and server network software for upgrading and maintaining
network and telecommunication systems.
- Maintaining
multi-site network operations and software applications, operating systems
and regular maintenance with both private and public facilities
- Managing
assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance
with established objectives.
- Responding to
inquiries from staff, administrators, service providers, site personnel
and outside vendors and etc. to provide technical assistance and
support
- Supervising the
administration of systems and servers related network to ensure
availability of services to authorized users.
- Troubleshooting
malfunctions of network hardware and software applications, telephones and
security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services.
- Takes lead on
complex investigating both internal and external frauds and/or forgery
cases and documenting and maintaining case files on investigations
- Liaison with and
files police reports and following up with local and federal law
enforcement on open investigations
- Coordinates /
Reviews and documents annual branch security surveys
- Maintaining
liaison within the market to which they are assigned with Federal and
local Law Enforcement and security vendors
- Coordinating
physical security projects
- First responder
for crisis situations in the market to which they are assigned
- Periodic branch
reviews to insure that security standards are being followed
- Provide periodic
security training to branch and market personnel
- Any other duties
as assigned by management
Job
Qualifications:
- Cisco Switching
- Cisco Routing
(BGP, OSPF, MPLS)
- Data Center
Operations
- F5 and Firewall
experience
- Experience in
troubleshooting/supporting wireless technologies.
- Experience in
QOS, Wireless and VOIP.
- Experience in
security standards and security controls.
- Performance
analysis and troubleshooting
- Packet capture
and analysis
- Deep
understanding of the TCP/IP protocol
- Able and willing
to do critical strategy work all the way through hands on implementation
- Eager to work in
a collaborative, team environment.
- Cisco Unified
Communication Manager configuration and infrastructure a plus.
- Professional
knowledge of Windows and Linux Servers, Exchange, Oracle and SQL database
and SQL experience a plus.
- Knowledge of
VoIP implementation and support
- Bachelors Degree
and current Cisco Certifications (CCNP, CCIE,) and security certification
preferred
Reporting
Procedure
The Network and security Specialist will report directly to the IT Project Manager.
Performance Indicators
The indicators of success in this role will be as agreed under the Network and security Specialist personal work plan
Database Administrator (DBA)
Location: Abuja Nigeria
DBA Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for
ensuring availability and performance of the databases that support the
system
- Work to ensure
that the associated hardware resources allocated to the databases and to
ensure high resilience and performance tuning.
- To proactively
monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime
(Oracle 10g/11g, SQL Server 2008).
- Responsible for
providing trend analysis to management team to enable them to make
informed decisions regarding resource management.
- Responsible for
troubleshooting and problem solving of SQL development.
- Responsible for
improvement and maintenance of the databases to include rollout and
upgrades.
- Responsible for
implementation and release of database changes according to agreed
timescales and costs.
- Design and
document database architecture. Data Modeling.
- Design Data
Warehousing and Business Intelligence platform
- Build database
scheme, tables, procedures and permissions
- Set up data
sharing and disk partitioning
- Develop database
utilities and automated reporting
- Create shell
scripts for task automation
- Create, test and
execute data management languages
- Analyze and
sustain capacity and performance requirements
- Analyze,
consolidate and tune database for optimal efficiency
- Monitor systems
and platforms for availability.
- Oversee backup,
clustering, mirroring, replication and failover
- Restore and
recover corrupted databases
- Install and test
upgrades and patches
- Implement
security and encryption
- Provide 24/7
support for critical situations
- Evaluate and
recommend new database technologies
- All other
responsibilities as assigned
Job
Qualifications
- In depth Oracle
and SQL Server Database Administration experience.
- Experience of
managing multiple MS SQL 2008 & Oracle 10g/11g RDBMS on large
systems
- Strong
self-sufficiency and initiative working on Database projects
- Practical
experience in monitoring and tuning a database to provide a high
availability service.
- Experience of
Transactional SQL, and DTS stored procedures.
- Practical
experience in managing the internal and external MS SQL and Oracle
database security
- Good knowledge
of MSSQL and T-SQL
- Experience of
working in a large, complex organisation with a number of major IT&T
systems
- Experience in
supporting a large scale, complex application systems environment
- Experience of
working to recognised project delivery standards
- Experience of
providing specialist expertise
- Write database
documentation, including data standards, procedures and data dictionary
definitions
- Take ownership
of capacity planning and ensure that the infrastructure team monitor
capacity and provision sufficient capacity for business growth
- Liaise with
Project and Technical Design teams on logical and physical database design
to ensure new application databases being commissioned are strategically
aligned and fit for purpose
- Liaise with the
infrastructure team to ensure that backups, archiving and recovery
procedures are in place and operating effectively and that periodic
testing is performed
- Monitor database
performance and parameters to ensure fast query responses
- Bachelors Degree
and current Oracle and Microsoft Certifications for databases preferred
Reporting
Procedure
The DBA will report directly to the IT Project Manager.
Performance Indicators
The indicators of success in this role will be as agreed under the Database Administrator work plan
Web Application Specialist
The DBA will report directly to the IT Project Manager.
Performance Indicators
The indicators of success in this role will be as agreed under the Database Administrator work plan
Web Application Specialist
Location: Abuja
Job Description
Job Title: Web Application Developer
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Day to Day Work
We are looking for an experienced Web Application Developer to join our team in Abuja Nigeria. The position will involve planning, implementing and maintaining updates on web pages.
Specific Job Responsibilities:
- The Web
Application Developer will support in the development of web pages
and SharePoint sites.
- This position
involves planning, implementing, and maintaining updates on web
pages.
- This individual
provides hands-on technical leadership and direction to the technology
team, understands business challenges and translates them into
process/technical solutions.
Basic
Qualifications
- Experience with
Microsoft SQL 2005/2008 (DTS, SSIS, and DBA experience)
- Proficient with
ASP.NET C#
- Proficient with
Classic ASP
- Proficient with
Photoshop
- Proficient with
SharePoint (Administration and design)
- Proficient
understanding of application development, administration and security
techniques across the entire WISA stack (Windows, IIS, SQL, ASP.net)
- Demonstrated
proficiency with all aspects of development cycle including requirements
gathering, design and implementation
- Recommends
system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom
development and purchase alternatives
- Supports and
develops web application developers by providing advice and coaching
- Able to break
down complex requirements into actionable solutions
Education
Requirements:
- BS in Computer
Science or related field
- Job Segments:
Developer, Graphic Design, Computer Science, Database, SQL, Technology,
Creative
Reporting
Procedure
The Web Application Specialist will report directly to the BA/SA Analyst.
Performance Indicators
The indicators of success in this role will be as agreed under the Web Application Specialist personal work plan
If you meet the above requirements please email your CV to hr.ke@technobrainltd.com by 28th June 2013 indicating your current and expected remuneration.
The Web Application Specialist will report directly to the BA/SA Analyst.
Performance Indicators
The indicators of success in this role will be as agreed under the Web Application Specialist personal work plan
If you meet the above requirements please email your CV to hr.ke@technobrainltd.com by 28th June 2013 indicating your current and expected remuneration.
Applications
without salary details shall not be considered.