Specialist, Enterprise System and BCP Admin at IHS Towers

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage VMs in both Cloud and on-premises infrastructure. 
• Configuring VM for Optimum Cost, Performance, and Security. 
• Backing up VMs and potentially providing failover recovery. 
• Backing Up Data and making it efficient to restore when needed. 
• Configuring long-term archival storage to maintain corporate compliance 
• Encrypting data in transit, at rest, and in use. 
• Responsible for the administration, monitoring, and maintenance of Azure server infrastructure. 
• Install, configure, troubleshoot, backup and recovery, performance tune and secure Linux and Windows environments. 
• Monitor and establish daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up. 
• Resolves hardware/software interface and interoperability problems 
• Installs/Configures/Maintains Enterprise storage area network (SAN). 
• Participates in the ongoing process of investigating, analyzing and providing long-term resolutions to infrastructure issues. 
• Coordinates across teams, working closely with peers to ensure the appropriate focus and sense of urgency are applied to all production issues. 
• Works with third-party suppliers and vendors for support, upgrades and implementations (RMS Servers and POC Projects). 
• Full understanding on Microsoft Azure cloud IAAS 
• Provides infrastructure support for backend Windows based Order Management System. 
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure Hardware and software administration. 
• Maintain Server and datacenter asset register 
• Provide Server availability report using ManageEngine OP Manager and Azure Monitor 
• Build and maintain the unit operational procedure.

Other Specifics: 

• Data Risk mitigation and remediations – identification of Business Continuity related risks (internal/external). 
• Assurance for the organization’s operational resilience. The importance of testing BCP plans regularly – a litmus test for an organization’s readiness to face unexpected challenges 
• Customer and stakeholder confidence – Scalable infrastructure and resource optimization leveraging DC Hyperconverged infrastructure, delivering essential functions such as data storage 
• Hands-on management of the Business Resiliency program. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis/Incident Management
• Disaster Recovery Infrastructure deployment (Physical components and Hardware) and Plan (ITDR).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in Computer Science, engineering, Information Technology 
• Minimum of 3 - 5 Years working experience, preferably in a Telecommunication and IT solutions industry  
• ITIL Foundation is required. 
• Advance knowledge of Azure platform. 
• Advance skill on Linux administration. 
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification is recommended 
• Background IT knowledge on Virtual Machines, Networks and other IT Infrastructure aspects. 
• Advance knowledge of Windows server administration 
• Advance knowledge of VMware ESXI administration 
• CompTIA A+ certified is required or equivalent.

Job-Specific Competencies 
Functional:  

• Configuration and administration of windows server OS and Linux, Azure, Hypervisor, VMware EXSi. 
• Azure Administration 
• Windows Server Administration. 
• Veeam Backup Administration skills. 

Behavioural: 

• Ability to communicate well in English 
• Accountability 
• Interpersonal skills 
• Team work 
• Analytical thinking 
• Solution and result driven. 
• Availability as required.