Duma
Works is recruiting a Systems
Administrator for
one of our clients.
The
company is one of the company’s in Kenya that is charged with the management
and administration of a domain.
Location: Nairobi
The SA
will ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems and
related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff, volunteers
and partners.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Managing
the registry system
- Maintains
organization’s effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and
supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
- Directs
technological research by studying organization goals, strategies,
practices, and user projects.
- Completes
projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments
and data centre.
- Verifies
application results by conducting system audits of technologies
implemented.
- Preserves
assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and
information security and control structures.
- Recommends
information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating
organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends;
anticipating requirements.
- Accomplishes
financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual
budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating
corrective action.
- Maintains
quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
- Maintains
professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops;
reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks;
benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional
societies.
- Contributes
to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Evaluate,
create, change, and delete user accounts per request and ensuring that ICT
facilities meet these needs.
- Planning,
developing and implementing the ICT budget, obtaining competitive prices
from suppliers, to ensure cost effectiveness and reporting on projects
- Scheduling
upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems;
- Perform
daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system
data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media
- Researching,
installing new systems and configure systems that supports domain Registry
infrastructure applications.
- Guaranteeing
the smooth running of all ICT systems, including anti-virus software,
print Services and email provision
- Ensuring
that software licensing laws are adhered to;
- Providing
secure access to the network for remote users;
- Securing
data from internal and external attack;
- Managing
crisis situations, which may involve complex technical hardware or
software problems;
- Keeping
up to date with the latest technologies.
- Must
provide technical training to teams when required and serve as a technical
mentor to team members
- Task
allocation and performance evaluation of team members
- Meet
with client teams and gather requirements, conduct regular team meetings
and track project progress
- Clear
understanding of the Domain System (Theory, Registration, Management)
- In-depth
knowledge of DNS & DNSSec
- In-depth
knowledge of the deployment & management of DNS Server Software (Bind)
Skills and Qualification
- Degree
in IT from a recognized institution
- 4
years and more experience in system administration.
- In
depth Knowledge of Linux, Unix, Solaris Server Platforms (Deployment &
Administration)
- In
depth knowledge of RDBMS (Postgres, MySQL)
- Good
knowledge in Webserver Setup, Deployment & Management (HTTP/HTTPS on
Apache & Tomcat)
- Good
knowledge of TCP/IP Networks and Protocols (IPv4 & Ipv6)
- Knowledge
in the Management of Private & Public Facing IP Networks
- In-depth
knowledge on IP Routing & Wide Area Networks (WAN)
- Good
knowledge in virtualization technologies
- Good
knowledge in Messaging Systems (SMTP/IMAP, VOIP)
- Good
Experience in Systems Documentation
- Great
Inter-Personal Communication & Presentation Skills
Apply
Do you believe you are the most suitable for this role?
Send
your CV and cover letter to apply@dumaworks.com.
As the
subject line of your email, write “2160” and please make sure to include, Your
Full name & Phone number e.g. 2160, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx.in the
message body. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not
go through.
Deadline for receiving applications: 1st May 2016
When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
