Systems Manager at 4 Quarters Consultants Limited

Job Ref: ISO 9001
Location: Lagos

Job Brief

• The role of the Systems Manager is to provide high quality, professional services involving Microsoft server operating systems, entail assisting in architecting solutions, performing on-site assessments, performing product installation, testing, troubleshooting and problem escalation, providing customer knowledge transfer, writing status reports and creating documentation for services performed.
• To target on quality of service as measured through Customer satisfaction, maintaining technical expertise in designated product areas, and attention to administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all installed Distributed systems and infrastructure
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
• Managing a team of staff including programmers, analysts and support specialists
• Evaluating the functionality of systems
• Consulting computer users to ascertain needs and to ensure that facilities meet user or project requirements
• Selecting and purchasing appropriate hardware and software
• Managing IT budgets
• Ensuring software licensing laws are followed
• Scheduling upgrades
• Providing user training, support, advice and feedback
• Testing and modifying systems to ensure that that they operate reliably
• Managing secure network access for remote users
• Keeping up to date with new technology
• Designing maintenance procedures and putting them into operation
• Training new staff.
• Must reside at Ota or it environs

Requirements

• B.Sc Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• MCSE, CCNA or higher (CISSP highly valued)
• Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft & Linux based environments.
• Experience with monitoring systems
• Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)
• Minimum of 5 years experience
• Must be female
• Must reside at Ota and it’s environs