System Administrator at IpNX Nigeria Limited

Purpose of the Job (Brief)

• Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems (hardware and software) and related infrastructure to enable continuous innovation within the information systems landscape
• Deliverables (Maximum 5-6 key responsibilities)
• Expected Key Results (Detailed KPIs)

Key Activities

• Administer server infrastructure in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
• Install new / rebuild existing server infrastructure
• Configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis Identify and promote best systems administration practices and patterns
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures
• Contribute to and maintain enterprise system standards Perform continuous system/network monitoring
• Installation of monitoring Agents and connection to monitoring Systems
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusion and potential breach Head, Information Systems & Technology Head, System Operations System Admninistrator
• Ensure smooth running of all network monitoring systems for enterprise network and core network nodes
• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning. 
• Provide Tier II/other support
• Create, change, and delete user accounts on information systems per request and as required
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues
• Provide support to the application development team Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Installation of agents for Backup-System and configuring Backup
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
• Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale
• Research and recommend innovative and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.

Demonstrate (Key competencies)

• Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills:
• Minimum 2.2/Upper Credit Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Information Technology/Computer Science
• Professional Qualification (CCNA, ITIL, LPIC/CompTIA, etc.) an added advantage
• Ability to leverage technology to develop and enhance functional competencies
• Systems Administrative role in Linux environment
• Knowledge of networking and network monitoring/management
• Database Management – MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle an added advantage

Work Experience:

• Linux, Windows Server, Solaris administration experience necessary, in that order of preference
• Experience with scripting, installation and migration concepts – in Bash, Perl, Python
• Virtual Infrastructure administration experience with KVM or VMware highly desired. Storage Area Network administration experience a plus
• Experience administering a centralized data backup and recovery infrastructure, including installation and configuration of open source data backup solutions like Bacula, BareOS, etc.
• Experience deploying and administering web servers – Apache/Nginx/Tomcat
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies like Ovirt, OpenStack a plus
• Experience with Dev/Ops tooling to build, configure and deploy, a plus
• Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Salt Stack or Puppet) a plus
• Working knowledge of WHM/cPanel (website admin panel) and Relational Database Management Systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Experience supporting a high traffic customer- facing website infrastructure
• Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment
• Sound understanding and extensive experience in network management
• Previous years of experience working in an ISP environment, a plus

Other Requirements:

• Ability to document and implement processes to increase efficiency, productivity, reliability and scalability
• Project management skills a definite asset
• Strong understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives
• Problem solver
• Ability to work under pressure
• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Team Work
• Action orientation
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Self-Development
• Nimble Learning