ILRI Jobs in Ethiopia - ICT Infrastructure Officer Vacancies
ILRI Jobs in Ethiopia - ICT Infrastructure Officer Vacancies
ILRI Vacancy:ICT Infrastructure Officer
The Position:
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit an ICT Infrastructure Officer who will be a member of Information and Communication Technology team in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Administration:
Manages user access to, systems, servers, networks and files;
Administers the set-up of new profiles, creates and updates access permissions and maintains user accounts;
Installs, configures and maintains system hardware and software components of infrastructure platforms;
Maintains tracking and configuration documentation and plans;
Determines if inactive accounts should be deleted;
Administers Storage Area Network (SAN);
Maintains tracking and configuration documentation and plans;
Performance Monitoring:
Prepares performance and control reports;
Performs capacity workload modelling and availability analysis for a variety of platforms and environments;
Monitors system-operating capacity in terms of disk space, tape storage, memory CPU and bandwidth utilization;
Determines the required course of action to improve performance and escalates when appropriate;
Develops, maintains, recommends, documents and supports tools and backend utilities to provide capacity planning management;
Provides Level 2 production support;
Troubleshoots escalated problems by analyzing root causes and evaluating multiple options;
Researches, analyzes and implements software or hardware changes to rectify any problems;
Seeks technical assistance or escalates problem, when necessary;
Maintenance:
Performs routine maintenance tasks for infrastructure systems such as backups, patch management and hot fixes;
Monitors health of systems and provides appropriate recommendations when required;
Continuous Improvements:
Analyzes and reports on operational metrics to understand performance and to ensure success in process improvements;
Administers archival activities such as installing, upgrading, configuring, and scheduling and monitoring, jobs;
Performs data image archiving;
Performs off-site storage procedures;
Verifies that system backups run successfully;
Assures and manages fail-over capability of infrastructure platforms
Policies, Procedures, and Standards:
Adheres to policies, procedures and standards.
Technical Requirements:
Works with systems engineers to understand technical requirements;
Academic and Professional qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field
Experience:
At least five years of relevant information technology work experience.
Requires strong knowledge and experience with multiple system environments, servers, and storage devices.
Skills:
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Duty Station:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Grade: 2C
[How to Apply
Applications: Applicants should provide a cover letter and curriculum vitae; names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to be included in the curriculum vitae.
The position and reference number: REF: IIO/10/2019 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter.
All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15th February 2019.
To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org
Suitably qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply.
For more information and job application details, see; ILRI Jobs in Ethiopia - ICT Infrastructure Officer Vacancies
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