System Administrator - Kisumu
Location: Kisumu
Salary: Open
Duties and
Responsibilities:
System Administration
Engineering and Provisioning
- Engineering
of SA-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 GIS 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.
- Participate
in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation
within the infrastructure.
Operations and Support
- 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.
- Provide
Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies.
Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Repair
and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and
communicate with impacted constituencies.
Maintenance
- Apply
OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative
tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
- 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
data center environmental and monitoring equipment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor
Degree in Computer Science
- Proven
Network Administration skills
- Proven
Microsoft SQL Server Administration skills
- Proven
windows servers and Windows OS Administration skills
- Over 3
years of practical working experience in a similar role
- Must be
30 years and above
- Additional
skills: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office Administration, Programming
Skills
- Additional
Certificates: MCSA, MSCE, CCNA
System Administrator - Nairobi
Location: Nairobi
Salary: Open
Our Client an international
construction company that specializes in large scale housing and commercial
building, construction of roads, tunnels, bridges, airports and other
infrastructure related projects seeks to recruit a Systems administrator who
will be responsible for effective provisioning, installation / configuration,
operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related
infrastructure.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
System Administration Engineering and
Provisioning
- Engineering of SA-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
GIS 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.
- Participate in technical research and
development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
Operations and Support
- 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.
- Provide Tier III/other support per request
from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software
failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
Maintenance
- Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular
basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new
services as necessary.
- 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 data center environmental and
monitoring equipment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
- Proven Network Administration skills
- Proven Microsoft SQL Server Administration
skills
- Proven windows servers and Windows OS
Administration skills
- Over 3 years of practical working experience
in a similar role
- Must be 30 years and above
- Additional skills: Microsoft Access, Microsoft
Office Administration, Programming Skills
- Additional Certificates: MCSA, MSCE, CCNA
System Administrator - Civil Construction
Location: Kericho
Salary: Open
Our Client an international
construction company that specializes in large scale housing and commercial
building, construction of roads, tunnels, bridges, airports and other
infrastructure related projects seeks to recruit a Systems administrator who
will be responsible for effective provisioning, installation / configuration,
operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related
infrastructure.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
System Administration Engineering and
Provisioning
- Engineering of SA-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
GIS 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.
- Participate in technical research and
development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
Operations and Support
- 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.
- Provide Tier III/other support per request
from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software
failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
Maintenance
- Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular
basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new
services as necessary.
- 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 data center environmental and
monitoring equipment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
- Proven Network Administration skills
- Proven Microsoft SQL Server Administration
skills
- Proven windows servers and Windows OS
Administration skills
- Over 3 years of practical working experience
in a similar role
- Must be 30 years and above
- Additional skills: Microsoft Access, Microsoft
Office Administration, Programming Skills
- Additional Certificates: MCSA, MSCE, CCNA
How to Apply
If you meet the above requirements send your CV only, to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke, indicating the title (System Administrator Civil Construction-Kericho) on the subject line before 25th October, 2014.
We do not charge for interviews.
Kindly indicate your last salary on your CV.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted