Senior System Administrator

Reporting to the operations manager, the successful Senior System Administrator should be talented, self-motivated and able to work with various IT teams. His/her duties include but are not limited to project management, database administration, network administration and database security.

Responsibilities:

• Hardware and Windows OS installations, patching and upgrades.
• Maintain operating systems, associated infrastructure software, and systems configuration.
• Create SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Allocate system resources; manage accounts, network rights, and access to systems and equipment.
• Implement security procedures and tools.
• Ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices to the systems administration process;
  Support of storage infrastructure, management configuration, monitoring, etc.
  
  

Qualifications and Personal Attributes:

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from a recognized University.
• Minimum of a KCSE grade on B or equivalent.
• 3 or more years of experience in Systems Administration.
• Strong knowledge of networking and security concepts.
• Proficiency in Windows OS installation and upgrade, patch management, system security, system monitoring and logging.
• Experience in configuring common network services such as Active Directory, DNS, TCP/IP, and DHCP.
• Experience installing and upgrading SharePoint and SQL Server.
• Experience provisioning and configuring SharePoint solutions, sites, workflows, Web parts, and master pages using the SharePoint UI and SharePoint Designer.
• Experience administrating IIS Web sites.
• Experience administering/configuring authentication protocols, IIS 7+ and certificates.
• Strong background in Windows server backup and restore; experience in NetBackup 7 is a plus.
• Experience in Linux system administration and engineering is a plus.
• Experience maintaining SQL Server and Oracle Client for Windows.
• Experience supporting .NET application development, build & deployment, and production.
• Experience installing and configuring Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio.
• Experience in creating and managing VMware virtual machines.
• MCSA (Network+) is a must; MCSE, Security+ is a plus.
• Knowledge of best practices and lessons learned from large scale enterprise deployments.
• Must be able to work evenings and/or weekends and/or during change windows outside of normal business hours.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision, be self-motivated and able to define, plan and implement long-term goals, tasks and projects.