Job ID   53
Department    Research and System Architecture
Location    Victoria Island, Lagos

Function: Systems Administrator
Reporting to: Chief Technology Architect
Location: Lagos
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 

• 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 in Engineering/Information Technology/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