Cellulant
Vacancy: Systems Administrator
Department: Kenya
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Starting
date:Immediate.
Who
are we?
Cellulant
is a digital payments business. We run an ecosystem of consumers, merchants and
banks in which we facilitate payments and build value through the value-added
services we layer on top.
Our true competitive advantage lies in the ecosystem we are building – if we do a good job over the next few years, it will be the glue* that will connect everyone to everything – every consumer to every business in Africa.
We will glue together hundreds of thousands of businesses to an increasingly significant number of mobile consumers. Face of success shall be 100m active consumers spending $50-$100 on a few hundred thousand businesses connected to our payments ecosystem.
We aim
to be Africa’s number 1 mobile commerce ecosystem by 2016.
To be able to meet these aggressive growth expectations we need to grow our dynamic team. We invite you to be part of that growth by submitting your application to the following role.
System
Administrator
The
System Administrator role is to ensure that all Cellulant Operating System
Stack & External application/Tools are Optimized and Maintain uptime as per
Cellulant's SLA. This role ensures the integrity of Cellulant’s Systems.
Responsibilities:
- Systems
Design, Planning & Setup.
- Capacity
Planning
- Systems
Architecture Design
- Systems
Setup, tuning & Configurations
- System
resilience & Failover Design & Planning
- Systems
backup
- Catalogue
System backups
- Scheduling
of backups
- Verifying
& Testing of Backups
- System
monitoring.
- Setup
& Configuring Systems monitoring tools
- Administration
of the Monitoring tools
- Systems
Utilization & Capacity Monitoring
- Systems
SLA tracking
- System
Replication, fail over and redundancy.
- Replication
verification
- Schedule
replications
- Perform
Systems failover Drills
- Setup
Systems Redundancy
- System
Documentation.
- Maintain
Systems Inventory
- Systems
Architecture Diagrams
- Maintain
& Review Old documentations
- Systems
configuration Documentation
- Systems
tool documentation
- Design,
Planning & Setup of Virtual Environment
- Planning
of virtualization platform
- Setup
of virtualization platform
- Administration
of virtual platform
- Defining
and implementing Policies and Procedures.
- Define
& implement Systems Design policy
- Define
& implement Systems Setup policy
- Define
& implement Systems Access Policy
- Define
& implement Systems Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Systems
troubleshooting & problem resolution.
- Fault
diagnosis
- Problem
resolution
- Liaise
with service providers for problem resolution
- Follow
up on Systems Reason for Outage with MNO’s & Partners
Who
are you?
Education
and Experience
- Degree
in IT, Computer Science or related fields of study.
- A
minimum of 3 years’ experience in Linux Systems Administration
environment.
- Exposure
in design and Capacity Planning for Web Service Systems Environment.
- Experience
in backend Shell Scripting e.g. Bash, SH, TSH e.t.c
- Experience
in Managing and administration of at least 1 database systems e.g. MySql
(Prefered), Oracle, Postgresql, SQlite, MS-SQL e.t.c
- Experience
in data and database design standards and processes
- Experience
in customer engagement and Issue resolution.
- Experience
in Office Tools for Reporting, publishing and presentation preparation. In
depth understanding of spreadsheet manipulation and reporting.
What
do we offer you?
When
working at Cellulant*, you can expect to work on a diverse range of problems,
with inspiring and creative colleagues.
You
will have ample opportunities for growth and career development, and we highly
value continuous learning.
We offer you a challenging position in which you will be rewarded for performance.
Apply now!
Are
you interested in this position and do you meet the minimum requirements?
Apply
by sending an e-mail with your CV and a convincing cover letter to
jobs@cellulant.com
The selection process entails an oral interview stage, followed by a case study presentation and a final interview.
The deadline for application is 2nd September 2016.
Due to the high volume of applications received only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Do you have questions about this vacancy?
Visit
our website at www.cellulant.com
Please
do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail or telephone: jobs@cellulant.com or
0202606696.
