Systems Administrator I - Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya Power
Description
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Kenya Power owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country and sells electricity to over 2.6 million customers (as at April The Company's key mandate is to plan for sufficient electricity generation and transmission capacity to meet demand; building and maintaining the power distribution and transmission network and retailing of electricity to its customers.
JOB SUMMARY
Job SpecificationsBachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering or related field from a recognized InstitutionCertification in operating systems – Unix, Linux or Microsoft. Good understanding of Oracle and MS-SQL databasesFive(5) years relevant working experience in System Administration from a reputable organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Implement policies, procedures, and technologies to 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 recoverypreparedness.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.Develop and implement contingency plans to guarantee systems operations during emergency situations.Develop and implement efficient preventative maintenance schedules for servers, consoles and peripherals.Participate in and support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software in conjunction with end-users and department managersCoordinate with network engineers and database administration functions to implement systems that utilize industry best practices to meet corporate objectives
REQUIRED SKILLS
System architecture, System administration, Database administration, IT support, Troubleshooting
REQUIRED EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree