Job For Systems Administrator at IpNX Nigeria Limited

⏲ Nov 16, 2018, 6:02 PM
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ipNX is an integrated info-communications company focused on providing every person, every home and every business in Nigeria with world-class information, communication and entertainment services. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Systems Administrator Job ID: 53 Location: Victoria Island, Lagos Department: Research and System Architecture Reporting to: Chief Technology Architect Travel Frequency: Occasional Purpose of the Job

Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.

Expected Key Results

Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
Administer server's infrastructure in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
Identify and promote best systems administration practices and patterns.
Perform continuous system monitoring.
Provide Tier II/other support.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

Minimum 2.1/Upper Credit Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Information Technology/Computer Science.
Systems Administrative role in Linux environment.
Previous years of experience working in ISP environment.

Work Experience:

Experience with Dev/Ops tooling to build, configure and deploy, a plus.
Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Salt Stack, Puppet)
Working knowledge of open source CPanel (website admin panel) and Relational Database Management System like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
Experience supporting a high traffic customer facing website infrastructure.
Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment.
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 centralized data backup and recovery infrastructure, including installation and configuration of open source data backup solutions like Bacula, amanda, BareOS, etc.
Experience deploying and administering web servers - Apache/Nginx/Tomcat.
Working knowledge of cloud technologies like OpenStack, a plus.

Other Requirements:

Tech savvy
Team Work
Action orientation
Drive results
Cultivate Innovation
Ability to optimize work processes
Resilience
Self-Development
Nimble Learning.
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