Systems Administrator / Cloud Engineer at Afripoint Group Limited

About The Role

• We’re seeking an experienced systems administrator who’s eager to further develop technological skills on a worldwide stage. 
• This person will protect our critical systems and assets, build solutions, implement new software and hardware, provide training, and assist in developing the overall IT strategy. 
• From early on, the systems administrator will empower breakthrough innovations, take on challenging assignments, lead initiatives, and be responsible for results. 
• The administrator will also receive world-class training to become a leader in the field. 
• The ideal candidate is passionate about applying skills and expertise to a technology-based business model that creates real-world solutions for the global marketplace.

Objectives of This Role:

• Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware
• Take responsibility for projects and solutions within the larger business initiative
• Handle business-critical IT tasks and systems that provide commercial advantage in the global marketplace
• Enable faster and smarter business processes, and develop analytics for meaningful insights
• Work with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements

Responsibilities

• Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event-log warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly
• Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed
• Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers, phones, security updates; support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments
• Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed
• Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including backups

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Proven success in an IT role
• Experience with or knowledge of programming languages and operating systems, current equipment and technologies, enterprise backup and recovery procedures, systems performance-monitoring tools, active directories, virtualization, HTTP traffic, content delivery, and caching
• Experience in project management, application design and integration, and cloud computing (specifically Microsoft Azure)
• Expertise in analyzing and repairing large-scale distributed systems; creating volumes and assigning them to servers; and remote replication

Preferred skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in information technology or computer science
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows systems administration
• Professional certification.