Friday 8 January 2016

Systems Administrator at Pevans East Africa Limited

SportPesa, the brand name for Pevans East Africa Limited is a leading company on the Kenyan market.

The core business being development of mobile and e-gaming software, the company is providing solutions enabling customers to deposit, bet and withdraw winnings instantly across reliable and easy to communicate channels.

We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position:

Systems Administrator

(1 Vacancy)

Role


Reporting to the System Manager, the person of the Systems Admin shall be responsible for:-
Scheduling and Overseeing Preventive Maintenance of the Server/System Infrastructure
Ensure 99.99% availability of the System Infrastructure
Serve as a Level 1 escalation for all System incidents
Serve as part of Resolution team for System Incidents
Ensure System documentation is updated
Manage System Inventory and spares
Manage Configuration of all Systems (backup configuration and application of standardized configuration templates to Systems)
Liaise with Service Providers to ensure agreed SLAs are maintained 100%
Continues training/certification in relevant knowledge areas
Liaise with the ITSM/Service Delivery manager to manage projects and IT&S processes and procedures.
Ensure System licences are valid and initiate acquisition of the same before expiry
Management and development of Microsoft and Linux environment including: IIS, SQL Server, Apache
Active Directory, security, replication, back-up and virtualization
Providing support to internal and external customers
Development and maintenance of security protocols and controls
Maintenance and development of business continuity solutions and disaster recovery (DR, back-ups, contingency planning)
Perform regular audits and performance monitoring of mission critical infrastructure and processes
Requirements
RHCE or equivalent
Microsoft System Administration
Telco / Service Provider experience is an advantage
4-6 years' experience managing Systems running on Linux and Microsoft
Mail Server Setup and Administration (MS Exchange, postfix etc )
Strong troubleshooting skills is key
Team Player
Degree in Computer Science/Telecommunication or related degree
Ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver projects and IT services
Minimum 2 years hands on systems administration experience
Highly motivated with demonstrable enthusiasm for role
IT project management experience
Experience of Window IIS technologies including configuration, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting. Windows Servers 2008 onwards; networking, DNS, load balancing and performance monitoring tools
Ability to configure and administer IIS, SQL/MySQL/Oracle DB Server and Active Directory
Experience implementing and managing hosted or web based systems within a Windows environment
Setup and Management of load balancing solutions (NGINX, F5, Citrix)
Experience of implementation and managing high availability and rapidly scalable environments
Internet technologies - DNS, SMTP, Proxies, Cache
Security best practices (hardening, vulnerability scans, DMZ etc.)
Storage and back-up methodologies

How to Apply

Interested candidates who qualify for the above positions should submit applications with a detailed CV quoting the job title in the subject field to hr@sportpesa.com

Deadline for application: 15th January 2016

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