Kenya Power System Administrator III Jobs

Kenya Power System Administrator III Jobs

Job Description

Reporting to the Principal System Administrator, the successful candidates will ensure efficient installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of our core business systems (hardware, operating system software and application software) and related infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and reliability of the mission critical business systems.

The specific tasks will entail:-

Ensure application system security through secure system access, monitoring, control, and routine security evaluations.

Perform standard configuration, management, and maintenance tasks for applications systems and underlying server infrastructure.

Perform and test system configuration backups and restores to ensure system recovery from error or outage.

Perform and test data backups and restores to ensure disaster recovery.

Review and deploy application and operating system releases and vendor-supplied patches according to best practices.

Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and software problems on all systems.

Monitor, test, and tune system performance; preserve and provide system log files as needed.

Implement contingency plans to guarantee systems operations during emergency situations.

Implement efficient preventative maintenance schedules for servers, consoles and peripherals.

Support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software in conjunction with end-users and department managers

Coordinate with network engineers and database administration functions to implement systems that utilize industry best practices to meet corporate objectives

Job Specifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer

Science, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering or related field from a recognized Institution

System Administration or equivalent certification in Unix and Linux operating systems

Microsoft operating system certifications will be an added advantage

Good understanding of Oracle and MS-SQL databases

Three (3) years relevant working experience in System Administration.

Technical Capabilities & Key Competencies

Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining UNIX servers, networks, and clusters/server farms including cloud deployment.

Good technical knowledge of current server, storage and network hardware and standards, including clustering, cloning, virtualization and thin provisioning /orchestration

Hands-on hardware and software troubleshooting experience on engineered systems.

Understanding of best practice in systems administration and trend

Excellent planning, presentation, evaluation skills

Creativity and innovation

Drive for results and achievement

Insightful, proactive and future focused

Demonstrates high level of integrity

How to Apply

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