Job Openings at Oasis Africa Consulting Limited

Summary

• The role is to plan, direct, and coordinate the design, installation, and connectivity of computer systems and network infrastructure to ensure the stable operation of the organization’s IT assets. This includes developing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing all new and existing network hardware, software, and communication links.
• This role is also responsible for telephone, data center, security systems and other electronic infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to make certain network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use
• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory, life cycle management and related documentation.
• Establish service level agreements with end users.
• Provides “ownership” of problem thru final resolution.
• Plan, acquire, and coordinate installation of in-house and remote hardware and software across the organization’s network.
• Conduct research and make recommendations on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
• Prepare RFPs, bid proposals, contracts, scope of work reports, and other documentation for IT projects and associated efforts.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
• Assess, approve, and administer all equipment, hardware, and software upgrades. Manage and ensure effectiveness of servers, including e-mail, print, and backup servers, and their associated operating systems and software. Responsible for on-site and off-site data centers.
• Manage and ensure optimal operation of all network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, hubs, UPSs, and so on.
• Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions, and intrusion detection systems.
• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organization’s executives, decision-makers, stakeholders, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent network activities.
• Manage operational costs; conduct near- and long-term financial forecasts for expanded functionality/user base.
• Test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop strategies for maintaining network infrastructure.
• Test server performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop strategies for maintaining server infrastructure.
• Oversee the administration of user accounts, permissions, and access rights in AD.  Direct and administrate a contingent of network analysts and technicians, and where necessary, conduct performance reviews and corrective action.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

Qualifications and Experience

• 8 years of experience managing and configuring enterprise-wide LANs, WANs, WLANs, VPNs, etc.
• Exceptional knowledge of service and application delivery, as well as successful service level agreement accomplishments.
• 4 years successful leadership of an infrastructure team.
• Excellent knowledge of current protocols and standards, including Active Directory, Group Policies, MS Exchange, Core Switching/Routing, SSL/IPSec, SAN, Virtualization, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery.
• Conversant with programming languages such as .Net, PHP.
• Experience in interpreting the applicability of local and federal laws/regulations (including data privacy practices and laws) to company operations.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting hardware such as servers, routers, bridges, switches, hubs, modems, network interface cards, and so on.
• Knowledge and understanding of system flow charts, data processing concepts, and telecommunications principles.
• Experience installing network cabling and telephony systems.
• MCSE, ORACL 10g, ORACL 11g

Salary and Benefits
Pay / benefits are competitive based on industry standards

Job Description

• The Data Analyst will manage our master data set, developing reports, and troubleshooting data issues. Must be extremely meticulous, experience as a data analyst, and deep understanding of the popular data analysis tools and databases.
• Managing master data, including creation, updates, and deletion.
• Managing users and user roles.
• Provide quality assurance of imported data, working with quality assurance analyst if necessary.
• Commissioning and decommissioning of data sets.
• Processing confidential data and information according to guidelines.
• Helping develop reports and analysis.
• Managing and designing the reporting environment, including data sources, security, and metadata.
• Supporting the data warehouse in identifying and revising reporting requirements.
• Supporting initiatives for data integrity and normalization.
• Assessing tests and implementing new or upgraded software and assisting with strategic decisions on new systems.
• Generating reports from single or multiple systems.
• Troubleshooting the reporting database environment and reports.
• Evaluating changes and updates to source production systems.
• Training end users on new reports and dashboards.
• Providing technical expertise on data storage structures, data mining, and data cleansing.

Qualifications

• Extremely proficient with Excel
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Computer Science.
• Work experience as a data analyst from a sales background is a must
• Ability to work with stakeholders to assess potential risks.
• Ability to analyze existing tools and databases and provide software solution recommendations.
• Ability to translate business requirements into non-technical, lay terms.
• High-level experience in methodologies and processes for managing large scale databases.

Salary and Benefits
Pay/benefits are competitive based on industry standards.

Job Description

• You will be responsible for developing brand strategies, promoting brand growth and expansion, implementing brand plans, and using a variety of data to drive volume and profitability.
• The brand manager will be focused on achieving brand business objectives in the short and long term.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field. MBA is an added advantage.
• 8 years of experience in brand management, brand marketing, or marketing management, 3 years in Leadership
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally
• Experience managing a brand across multiple markets
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Strong communication skills
• Project management experience, with a solid understanding of project management principles and techniques
• Strategic thinker able to identify long-term opportunities and trends
• Additional Information.

Salary and Benefits
Pay/benefits are competitive based on industry standards.