Job Description
Position: Systems Administrator
Focus
This
individual participates in technical research and development to enable
continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
This
individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems,
and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff,
volunteers, and Partners.
This individual will assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology.
This individual will assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology.
These
activities include the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy;
research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis
and design; and support of operations staff in executing, testing and
rolling-out the solutions.
Participation
on projects is focused on smoothing the transition of projects from development
staff to production staff by performing operations activities within the
project life-cycle.
Job Duties
- Install new /
rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services,
settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and
project/operational requirements.
- Develop and
maintain installation and configuration procedures.
- Contribute to
and maintain system standards.
- Research and
recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system
administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our
resources and provide economies of scale.
- Perform daily
system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all
hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system
and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as
backups.
- Perform regular
security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
- Perform daily
backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are
successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks
are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
- Perform regular
file archival and purge as necessary.
- Create, change,
and delete user accounts per request.
- Repair and
recover from hardware or software failures.
- Apply OS patches
and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and
utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
- Maintain
operational, configuration, or other procedures.
- Perform periodic
performance reporting to support capacity planning.
- Perform ongoing
performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as
required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
- Maintain data
center environmental and monitoring equipment.
- Upgrades system
by conferring with vendors and services; developing, testing, evaluating,
and installing enhancements and new software.
Knowledge and skills
- Windows Server
OS & Linux OS
- IIS & WAMP
- Microsoft
Exchange, Active Directory, Enkompass cPanel
- Virtualization
Educational Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor degree,
with a technical major, such as engineering or computer science.
- Systems
Administration/System Engineer certification in Linux and Microsoft.
- Three to four
year’s system administration experience.
Interested
persons should send their resume to alfreds@tracesoft.co.ke
