Systems Administrator at Catholic University of Eastern Africa

ADICT/CUEA/01

Reporting: Reports to the Head of ICT.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting up, configuration and fine-tuning of various ICT systems at the university;
• Ensure that all the systems regularly patched, backed up (onsite and offsite) and tested for recovery;
• Ensure the availability of computer resources by managing disaster prevention and recovery efforts;
• Manage disaster recovery plans to ensure the security of all ICT systems;
• Coordinate testing and implementation of system upgrades and new installations;
• Systems capacity and licensing analysis, planning and growth to meet current and future demands;
• Monitor systems performance and generate weekly logs for the various systems;
• Detection of systems security breaches and prevention of their recurrence;
• Effectively participate in development and implementation of policies and procedures relating to information systems;
• Maintain inventory of all the hardware and software resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a related field.
• At least four (4) years’ working experience as a Systems Administrator in a busy institution;
• High level and practically demonstrable knowledge in Unix/Linux operating systems skills;
• High level and practically demonstrable knowledge in Windows operating systems skills;
• Experience with cloud-based solutions and virtualization tools such as Vmware VSpher,
• Proxmox VE or XenServer;
• Experience with network monitoring tools such as Nagios and Cacti;
• Experience with setting up and administration of firewall solutions such as Pfsense;
• Experience with setting up and administration of OpenVPN;
• Good understanding and experience with Library Management Systems such as VSMART or KOHA;
• Good understanding and experience with Learning Management systems such as Moodle LMS;
• Good understanding and experience in managing audio/video conferencing solutions.

Personal Attributes

• Should be a creative and innovative team player;
• Should possess good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Should be a person of integrity; morally upright and mature;
• Should be able to work under minimum supervision;
• He/she should be flexible and adaptable enough to work in a multicultural environment;
• Should have the ability to guide and mentor students.

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