Recruitment at Oando Plc for a System Administrator

Oando Plc has a rich history as one of Africa’s top integrated energy solutions providers. The Nigeria Stock Exchange is its principal listing, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is its secondary listing. Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Passion, and Professionalism are common values (TRIPP).

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: System Administrator

Loaction: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Information Technology & Services

About the Job
Responsible For:

• Design, implement, and support Windows Infrastructure.
• Administration of VMWare infrastructure, performing patches, system upgrades. Engineering, integrating, designing and deploying various Windows components.
• Operating systems; Windows system administration (Active Directory, Exchange, Lync, Windows Server, SCCM), Citrix (Netscaler, XenApp and XenDesktop), VMWare, enterprise backup and recovery procedures.
• SAN administration, provisioning, system performance monitoring tools; Project Management.

Overall Purpose of Job

• The Systems Administrator is responsible for technical design, planning, implementation and the highest level of performance tuning and recovery procedures for mission-critical operating platforms.
• He/She shall serve as a technical expert in the area of enterprise systems and storage administration, database tuning, and daily administration of messaging and collaboration services

Responsibilities

• Maintain the enterprise messaging and collaboration platforms and carry out regular system performance tuning; troubleshooting system hardware, software, networks and operating system management
• Manage Enterprise Operating Systems which include Windows, UNIX, Solaris and Linux
• Investigate and analyzes feasibility of system requirements and develop system specifications for major system upgrades and minor performance improvement programmes
• Perform technical research and development to guide Oando platform and operating system strategy
• Provide technical support to the projects team in the initiation, feasibility assessment and operation phases of Solution Development
• Perform technical analysis and ensure operation of business application platforms conform to best practices, pre-defined policies and procedures
• Perform daily system monitoring, verification of the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, windows operating systems and enterprise messaging platforms
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes and/or disks
• Establish and maintain diverse data communications links, VPN connections and remote access needs
• Maintain enterprise storage area network (SAN) environment ensuring the availability and performance aligns to IT service requirements
• Install, configure, test, and maintain hardware including personal computers, servers, printers, and other peripherals
• Implement server upgrades, maintenance fixes, and vendor-supplied patches
• Work to ensure that the department meet and exceeds user expectations as regards system services in line with SLAs
• Performs 2nd level troubleshooting and support functions across messaging, collaboration and operating system installation and service problems
• Contribute to and maintain operations documentation, including configuration data, change requests, installation procedures, knowledge base articles, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), network diagrams, and test plans
• Collaborate with peers in IT (Network, Systems and Applications Support) to ensure the reliability of the enterprise servers and data environment
• Collaborate in assessing current and expected Windows infrastructure needs; configuration; maintenance; optimization and documentation of infrastructure.
• Utilize various system-monitoring tools to monitor messaging and collaboration services and to identify and correct issues as they arise
• Evaluate vendor products in hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment and recommend purchases consistent with the organization’s short and long term objectives
• Proactively researches, analyzes, identifies and resolves trends of utilization or errors and implement appropriate performance tuning remedies
• Support the Service Delivery Head in developing, reviewing and implementing policies, standards and procedures to ensure the integrity and safety of information systems
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the IT Service Delivery Manager.

Key Performance Indicators

• %age of service availability per SLA negotiated
• Uptime of enterprise systems and services
• Safety of information on corporate database
• Mean Time to resolve calls
• Quality and completeness of system design
• Teamwork displayed
• Quality of technical advice and solutions to systems problems and issues
• % reduction in service failure within the financial year
• Quality of disaster recovery procedures / contingency plans
• Time taken to resolve calls
• Completeness and effectiveness of procedures.

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related area
• 8 years cognate work experience in a reputable organization/institution
• 5yrs Systems planning & design Background
• Microsoft Certified Expert in Windows, Exchange, and SQL platforms
• ITIL Foundation certified
• Microsoft IIS administration and configuration
• Managing server virtualization technologies like VMWare Server/ESX or Microsoft HyperV/Virtual Server
• Group Policy design and configuration
• Managing large scale Citrix/2X/Terminal Server installations
• Expertise in Enterprise Storage, Cloud and Database (SQL) Administration
• Proficient in programming languages, backup and recovery procedures, complex systems design
• Extensive Active Directory design, administration and Policy enforcement
• Project Management is an added advantage

Required Competencies

• Oil & Gas Industry Dynamics
• Products Knowledge
• Enterprise Systems Administration
• Sound knowledge of enterprise web conference solutions
• Excellent technical support documentation skills
• A very good working knowledge of ITIL Processes
• Customer Focus/Service Orientation
• Problem solving, Quality Focus, Technical Understanding
• Oral and Written Communication
• Project Management
• Database Management
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft messaging and collaboration
• Experienced with Windows client operating systems
• Proficient in Shell Scripting
• Hardware for Enterprise Systems
• Enterprise Operating Systems administration expertise

How to Apply

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