Kenya Airways Enterprise Systems & Cloud Administrator Jobs in Kenya

Kenya Airways Enterprise Systems & Cloud Administrator Jobs in Kenya

Brief Description

Will be responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, and administration of the corporate private and public cloud. This includes hypervisor (VMware), servers, operating systems, storage, and other system administration tasks.

The role is also responsible for implementation and support of Microsoft active directory and Office 365 which controls access to all Kenya airways systems and networks as well as e-mail system. This is a crucial role, responsible for security and controls around data access and rights management to all systems.

The role acts as a gatekeeper to Kenya airways systems and networks. The role also is key in the Kenya Airways digitalization and cloud adoption and acceleration strategies.

Detailed Description

Key responsibilities:

• Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaption process.

• Regularly evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and softwareand respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.

• Work, in coordination with the IT Division to develop andsupport cloud, windows or UNIX infrastructure.

• Offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques includingbulk application transfers into the cloud.

• Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfullymeet the strategic needs of the Company.

• Work closely with IT Security to monitor the Company’s cloudprivacy.

• Creating, modifying, and deleting user accounts, groups,computer accounts, organizational units (OUs), and other objects in thedirectory service database.

• Maintaining a database of all users in the organization andtheir respective rights and privileges within the network.

• Designing and implementing security policies that conform toindustry best practices and align with organizational risk managementobjectives.

• Manage performance of ICT Infrastructure and applications toensure that the systems work as designed and perform consistently and reliably,to meet Business SLAs.

• Monitor ICT Infrastructure performance including logs, events,and maintenance of general systems health, in order to provide proactive remedialsupport.

• Plan and implement timely product upgrades, antivirus updates,routine preventive measures and patch releases for ICT assets.

• Plan and design systems that run mission critical businessapplications and implement upgrades when necessary. Recommend replacement and acquisitionof new ICT Infrastructure.

• Management, support, and resolution issues related to DNS,DHCP, Active Directory authentication and LDAP configuration issues

• Research and evaluate external technical trends &developments and evolving industry standards concerning technologies affecting server load balancing, virtualization, security, client/server and other platforms and their application to business systems.

• In conjunction with other business units, provide support on technical planning issues and initiatives.

• Attend to system failures and resolve/coordinate resolution of issues. Install, support, and maintain hardware and software infrastructure, provide training and technical support for users and handle queries from them and resolve any issues raised.

• Assess/evaluate vulnerabilities and security risks and implement the necessary security measures. Mitigate threats to information resources.

• Establish and maintain business relationships with vendors, consultants and other outside entities providing services to the company, to ensure timely performance of their services.

Job Requirements

• BSc in Information Technology

• KCSE C+

• Qualifications in Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and Cloud Technologies

• Experience with storage area networks, WAN acceleration, virtualization

• 7 years in system administration in a similar environment

Additional Details

Other Skills

• ITIL certification

• Extensive Technical Knowledge

• Excellent Management Skills

How to Apply

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