A reputable Microfinance Bank in Nigeria is recruiting a highly experienced candidate to fill the position below:
Job Title: Systems Administrator
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Overview of Position
- We are currently seeking an experienced Systems Administrator with a minimum of 5 years hands-on expertise to join our dynamic IT team.
- The Systems Administrator will play a key role in managing and maintaining the organization’s IT infrastructure, ensuring the reliability, security, and optimal performance of systems.
- The System Admin will support and manage all aspects of planning, configuring, deploying, supporting, and decommissioning AIX systems for their customers.
- The System Admin will assist with integration with other Enterprise software utilized by the organization.
- The System Admin will assist in the delivery of systems and applications and provide Problem Resolution assistance.
- The System Admin will assist in designing and architecting infrastructure solutions and providing incident response with high satisfactions.
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in system administration, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a deep understanding of various IT technologies.
Responsibilities
System Maintenance:
- Perform routine system maintenance tasks, including software updates, patches, and security configurations to ensure the stability and security of the IT infrastructure.
- The Individual will also set up and maintain user access for all employees.
- Builds and modifies custom reports within multiple platforms
- Assist with Technology Refreshes (Hardware, Operating System, Patching and Firmware).
- Proactively monitors and works incoming tasks and incidents logged into one of the work flow tools or incident-management database system.
Server Administration:
- Manage and administer servers, both physical and virtual, ensuring high availability, performance optimization, and efficient resource utilization.
- Troubleshoot and resolve network issues to maintain seamless connectivity.
Security Management:
- Implement and maintain security measures to safeguard systems and data.
- Monitor for security vulnerabilities and incidents, and take proactive measures to address them.
- Audits network security and compliance requirements.
- Implements & manages user and network security
Backup and Recovery:
- Develop and execute backup and recovery strategies to safeguard critical data.
- Test and validate backup systems regularly to ensure data integrity.
- Backup and Restore responsibilities.
User Support:
- Provide technical support to end-users, addressing hardware and software issues. Collaborate with the helpdesk team to resolve user-reported problems in a timely manner.
- Also, develop expertise to train staff on new technologies.
- Set up accounts and workstations
Documentation:
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
- Contribute to the knowledge base to facilitate efficient issue resolution.
- Writes documents for user-training and support.
Capacity Planning:
- Monitor system performance and plan for capacity upgrades as needed.
- Collaborate with other IT teams to ensure scalability and responsiveness of systems.
- Researches, recommends, and purchases new hardware and software.
- Capacity management reporting
Installations:
- Installs and maintains new software & hardware ensuring licensing laws are followed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in system administration.
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in administering Windows and/or Linux server environments.
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V).
- Knowledge of networking protocols and security practices.
- Familiarity with backup and recovery solutions.
- In depth familiarity with Shell scripting, Automation programming (i.e., sed, awk, Perl, Python), as well as AIX performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Candidate should be able to participate as IBM Power Systems, AIX subject matter expert (SME) on multi-discipline project planning, support, and troubleshooting teams.
- Relevant certifications such as MCSA, MCSE, CompTIA Server+, or equivalent.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
- Ability to work independently as well as with a team, to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and customers.
- Solid foundation with NFS client/server administration, SUDO configuration, LDAP client administration.
Application Closing Date
31st January, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: newhires0123@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.