System Administrator (Research and System Architecture) at ipNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX Nigeria Limited 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: System Administrator

Job ID: 53
Location: Lagos
Department: Research and System Architecture
Job Function: System Administrator
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

• 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 of 2.1/Upper Credit Bachelor's Degree in 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

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online