System Administrator Job at IpNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies, serving a multitude of needs across enterprises, small businesses and residents with innovative, world-class services. Our ability to identify, satisfy and exceed today’s market needs is a testament to over a decade of experience, our commitment, drive and passion realized through highly skilled and well seasoned professionals.

As a pioneer and a leading Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) operatorin Nigeria, we currently provide a number of solutions to various industries and market segments using industry-leading technology (such as our very own Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) cable technology) as our core access network infrastructure and fixed wireless radio services (via licensed frequency). We also proffer complementary IT solutions, with a view of covering key commercial and suburban regions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: System Administrator

Job Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Function: System Administration
Reporting to: Lead, IT Infrastructure Operations
Travel Frequency: Occasional

Purpose of the Job

• Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems (hardware and software) and related infrastructure to enable continuous innovation within the information systems landscape.

Expected Key Results

• Administer server infrastructure in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
• Identify and promote best systems administration practices and patterns
• Perform continuous system/network monitoring
• Provide Tier II/other support
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Identify approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• Minimum of 2.2/Upper Credit Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Information Technology/Computer Science.
• Professional Qualification (CCNA, ITIL, LPIC/CompTIA, etc.) an added advantage.
• Ability to leverage technology to develop and enhance functional competencies.
• Systems Administrative role in Linux environment.
• Knowledge of networking and network monitoring/management.
• Database Management – MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle an added advantage.

Work Experience:

• Linux, Windows Server, Solaris administration experience necessary, in that order of preference
• Experience with scripting, installation and migration concepts – in Bash, Perl, Python
• Virtual Infrastructure administration experience with KVM or VMware highly desired. Storage Area Network administration experience a plus.
• Experience administering a centralized data backup and recovery infrastructure, including installation and configuration of open source data backup solutions like Bacula, BareOS, etc.
• Experience deploying and administering web servers – Apache/Nginx/Tomcat.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies like Ovirt, OpenStack a plus.
• Experience with Dev/Ops tooling to build, configure and deploy, a plus.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Salt Stack or Puppet) a plus.
• Working knowledge of WHM/cPanel (website admin panel) and Relational Database Management Systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Experience supporting a high traffic customer facing website infrastructure.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment.
• Sound understanding and extensive experience in network management.
• Previous years of experience working in an ISP environment, a plus.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to document and implement processes to increase efficiency, productivity, reliability and scalability
• Project management skills a definite asset
• Strong understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives
• Problem solver
• Ability to work under pressure
• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Team Work
• Action orientation
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Self-Development
• Nimble Learning

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: resume@ipnxnigeria.net using the Job position as the subject of the mail.