Systems Administrator Job at IpNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX Nigeria Limited is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies. In our business, we connect everything - people, information, and services.

We are specialized in network connectivity, and delivery of internet, telephony, television as well as cloud-based software application services to corporate and residential customers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Systems Administrator

Job ID: 90
Job Location: Lagos
Department: Information Systems and Technology
Function: System Administration
Reporting to: Head, System Operations
Travel Frequency: Occassional

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:

• Network Infrastructure Uptime/AvailabilityAdminister 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

• Minimum 2.2/Upper Credit Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Information Technology / Computer
• Science
• Professional Qualification (CCNA, ITIL, LPIC/CompTIA, etc.) an added advantage

Functional Skills:

• 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:

• Sound understanding and extensive experience in network management
• Previous years of experience working in an ISP environment, a plus.
• 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 customerfacing website infrastructure
• Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment

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.