Senior System Administrator at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

African Development Bank (AfDB) - Established in 1964, the African Development Bank is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries). The Bank's development agenda is delivering the financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior System Administrator

Reference: ADB/17/390
Location: Côte d’Ivoire
Grade: GS8
Position N°: 50000618

The Complex

• The Vice-Presidency, Human Resources and Corporate Services (CHVP) Complex ensures the delivery of efficient, people-centered, client-oriented, corporate services to ensure overall institutional effectiveness in all aspects of the Bank’s corporate services.
• The Complex leads efforts to ensure the competitiveness of the Bank as the employer of choice and is responsible for providing leadership in the formulation and implementation of Bank’s strategies on people, IT, general services and institutional procurements, language services, business continuity, and health and safety strategies.

The Hiring Department/Division

• The Corporate IT Services Department (CHIS) is mandated by the Bank to deliver the best possible IT services for Bank staff, and help achieve the results that will get the Bank closer to accomplishing its development goals.
• The principal mission of the CHIS.2 division is to ensure that the IT infrastructure of the Bank fits the needs of the Institution and functions in an efficient and cost effective manner to support the bank’s operations.
• The Bank’s infrastructure consisting of high end servers, storage and data protection system supports applications, such as SAP based ERP, BI, financial risk, email, content management, etc.

The Position
The Senior systems Administrator will be part of a team delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest level of availability, performance and security of the bank’s applications. Under general supervision the Division Manager, the key objectives of the job are as follows:

• Ensure the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the Bank’s Information Systems.
• Ensure that timely and effective actions are taken to resolve the systems infrastructure and applications issues to minimize business downtime.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Division Manager, the incumbent will: