Analyst, Unified Infrastructure at T2 Mobile (Formerly 9mobile)

9mobile is a Nigerian private limited liability company. EMTS acquired a Unified Access Service License from the Nigerian Communications Commission in 2007. The License enables EMTS provide Fixed Telephony (wired or wireless), Digital Mobile Services, International Gateway Services and National/Regional Long Distance Services in addition to spectrum assignments in the 900 and 1800 MHz bands.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Analyst, Unified Infrastructure

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• Responsible for the support of a multi-vendor stack of Infrastructure platforms.

Roles & Responsibilities
Operational:

• Maintain computing systems, including servers, storage, network, virtualisation, and cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and secure virtualisation platforms such as VMware, KVM, OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Set up, manage, troubleshoot and resolve BareMetal, VMs and container workloads.
• Install, configure, monitor, troubleshoot, resolve and secure Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Monitor, troubleshoot, resolve and secure storage infrastructure, including SAN, NAS, DAS, and SDS, as well as FC & Ethernet storage switches.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery and business continuity using Commvault.
• Maintain high availability, scalability, monitoring and security of installed computer and storage Infrastructure.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure seamless integration of the infrastructure with business applications.
• Carry out maintenance, patches, upgrades and security assessments to ensure optimal system performance.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Be available to provide out-of-hours support.
• Continuously evaluates designs, functionalities, performance and security of supported business applications and make thoughtful, significant recommendations for Infrastructure improvements/retirements.
• Ensure transition and support documentations are for purpose, to a high standard and kept current.
• Carry out other activities as instructed by the Manager, Unified Infrastructure.

Educational Qualification & Experience

• First Degree or equivalent in Computer Science/IT, Engineering or a related or relevant discipline
• Two (2) + years of combined Telecom/IT/applications management experience in high-impact role(s) with a clear progression in levels of responsibilities
• Experience managing a complex stack of multi-vendor Infrastructure platforms at the desired scale, preferably in a Telco or Tier 1 banking environment.
• Intermediate/basic hands-on knowledge of:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and HP-UX (Optional), Compute technologies (servers, storage, virtualisation, VMs, containers & cloud),
  • Core operating system constructs such as memory, processor, and I/O (disk and network)
  • Storage technologies (SAN, NAS, DAS, SDS) and managing key storage protocols/switches like FC, ISCSI, FCoE, NFS and SMB/CIFS.
  • Tiering of common storage technologies and interfaces like NVMe SSDs, SAS and SATA
  • Commvault for backup, disaster recovery and business continuity
  • Scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash)
• Understanding of Storage, Network, Database, Security and Software Defined Technologies
• Problem-solving, critical thinking, quick-learning, analytical, Communication and collaboration skills
• Knowledge of internal business processes, leading/emerging technologies, and developments within the mobile telecommunications industry and related ecosystems
• Good listener, interpersonal and organisational skills, a Strong can-do attitude and aptitude to desire innovation
• Ability to follow and gain the confidence and respect of senior executives and functional leadership
• Ability to cope when under intense pressure
• Industry certifications (e.g. Red Hat Certified Engineer, VMware VCP, CCNA) are a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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