System Administrator IV at

4 weeks ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Kenya Power Full time
Kenya Power owns and operates most of the electricity transmission and distribution system in the country and sells electricity to over 4.8 million customers (as at June 29, 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. The Government has a controlling stake at 50.1% of shareholding with private investors at 49.9%.
Summary

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

Interested applicants must possess the following;-Job Specifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering or related field from a recognized Institution
Associate or equivalent certification in Unix and Linux.
Microsoft operating system certifications will be an added advantage
Good understanding of Oracle and MS-SQL databases
One (1) year 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.
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

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