Senior System Network Administrator at Primera Africa Finance Group

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Administration of the company's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
• Administration of the company’s Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Microsoft 365 Global Administrator.
• Team Lead in the migration of the Temenos 24 R18 Core Banking Application from On-Premise server to the Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Created and implemented VPN tunnels with failover groups between AWS VPC and Sophos Firewall.
• Administration of Windows Servers and Systems on-premises.
• Administration of Microsoft Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Domain Controller.
• Support security solutions, including Sophos Firewall, and Bit-Defender Anti-virus.
• Scrum Master Professional
• Agile Project Management Professional
• Team Lead on the implementation and resolution of Vulnerability and Penetration Testing (VAPT) findings.
• Team member on the IT Steering Committee (ITSC) and Information Security Steering Committee (ISSC) to review the company’s processes, operations, and IT infrastructure to meet up with the regulatory standard.
• Provide 1st-level support of all operational applications across the company. E.g., NIBSS E-Reference Portal, NIBSS Helpdesk Platform, My Bank Statement Portal, E-Passport Verification System (The Nigeria Immigration Service), VerifyMe portal, OFI ICAD UPLOAD Portal, Access Door/Camera Portal.
• Business applications support E.g., Prime Pay, Prime Serve, Internal Resource Stream (IRS) platform.
• Supporting the WAN and ensure network connectivity of all workstations.
• Software installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware, and software.
• Supporting users daily to contribute to their overall IT needs and strategy.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (Minimum)

• Minimum of B.Sc. preferably in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE (Minimum number of years)

• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience as Network and Systems Administrator with relevant experience on Cloud servers and security, Azure and Database.
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry is an advantage

REQUIRED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES (technical and soft skills)

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Proven work experience managing the Servers, Networks and infrastructure.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Experience in Network and systems troubleshooting and communication.
• Demonstrated track record in bringing value to the business by being an effective partner.
• Knowledge of banking operations
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Pay attention to details
• Team player
• Honest, proactive and hardworking
• Ability to adapt to change