Sub Division: Information Systems & Technology

Job Function: System Administration
Reporting to:Head, Information Systems & Technology
Travel Frequency: Occasional

Purpose of the Job 

Expected Key Results 

• 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
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale

• Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills:
  • Minimum 2.1/Upper Credit Bachelor’s degree or equivalent Engineering or Information Technology or Computer Science
  • Systems Administrative role in Linux environment
  • Previous years of experience working in ISP environment
• 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 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
• 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.
   
• 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