The
Competition Authority of Kenya (the Authority) is a statutory Agency
established under the Competition Act No.12 of 2010.
The
Authority’s mandate is to promote and safeguard competition and also protect
consumers from unfair and misleading market conduct.
The Authority invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following position:
Systems
Administrator
1
Position
This
position reports to the Senior ICT officer
Duties
and Responsibilities
System Administration
- Develop
and/or deploy ICT products and services including software design and
system implementation
- Enhance
and maintain ICT products and services with evolving ICT architecture
Manage outsourced ICT service providers and ensuring that service delivery
is done according to the Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Designing
and coordinating the implementation of information disaster recovery
mechanisms for the Authority Develop ICT specifications
- Design
and coordinate the implementation of back up procedures, security measures
and guidelines to safeguard ICT installations, systems and databases
against violations either accidental or unauthorized Continuously update
the intranet and extranet sites for the
- Authority
as approved by HOD.
- Recommend
upgrades to the database server and database management systems Monitor
performance and manage parameters to provide fast query responses to
front-end users Undertake back-end organization of data and front-end
accessibility for end-users Enroll users and maintaining system security
- Maintain
corporate-wide messaging system for the Authority.
Database
Administration Review
- test
and evaluate both hardware systems and software solutions to determine
their efficiency, reliability, compatibility and updating them as
necessary
- Design,
develop and maintain Corporate-wide messaging system, Intranet and
Extranet sites for the Authority
- Constantly
monitor bandwidth utilization and ICT
Infrastructure
security
- Create
backup schedules and carry out the back ups and test for effectiveness on
a continuous basis.
- Ensure
that data is replicated between the Authority and the Disaster Recovery
site as well as testing for consistency at all times.
- Test
hardware and software to ensure adherence to the set specifications as
well as evaluating their efficiency, reliability and compatibility with
the technological developments.
- Allocating
system storage and planning future storage requirements for the database
system
- Controlling
access permissions and privileges to various database
- Plan
for backup and recovery of database information
- Maintain
archived data on various media
Required
Qualifications
Education
and knowledge
- Bachelors
degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related field; and
- Professional
qualifications in database/system administration
Experience
- At
least 5 years’ experience in database/system administration and support.
- Specialist
knowledge and diverse experience in database/system administration; and
- Experience
in ICT hardware and software administration, system support and
maintenance.
Skills
and Competences
- Problem
solving and analytical skills;
- Ability
to communicate both inside and outside the organization
- Ability
to write complex reports
Application
Process
If you
possess the above qualifications, please write quoting the Job Reference and
Title on both the application letter and envelope accompanied by an up-to-date
curriculum vitae, indicating your current and expected remuneration and other
benefits, academic and professional qualifications, work experience, your
e-mail and telephone contacts.
Your
curriculum vitae should indicate names, phone numbers, postal and email
addresses of at least two (2) referees who are familiar with your previous
academic/work experience.
Please
attach copies of your educational, professional certificates, identity card or
passport.
The
applications should either be sent by post, e-mail,
or
hand delivered to the Authority’s offices located at Kenya Railways HQs Block
“D” Ground floor, to be received on or before 11th August 2016 5 P.M. addressed
to:
The Director-General Competition Authority of Kenya
P O Box 36265 – 00200
Nairobi
Email to: recruitment2016@cak.go.ke
CAK is
“an Equal Opportunity Employer”
Women,
Youth and Persons living with Disability are encouraged to apply.
Canvassing
of any form will lead to automatic disqualification.
Only
shortlisted applicants will be contacted
Please note that, applications without all the specified attachments will not
be considered.
