Network Administrator at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

V/FT/21/2023

Duties and responsibilities

• Fully support, configure, maintain and upgrade corporate customer’s networksand in house servers
• Install and integrate new server hardware and applications
• Keep an eye out for needed updates
• Support and administer third-party applications
• Ensure network security and connectivity
• Monitor network performance (availability, utilization, throughput, goodput,and latency) and test for weaknesses
• Set up user accounts, permissions and passwords
• Resolve problems reported by end user
• Define network policies and procedures
• Specify system requirements and design solutions
• Research and make recommendations on server system administration

Minimum Academic Qualifications

• BSc degree in Computer Science or related field
• Proven experience in a network administrator role
• Hands on experience in networking, routing and switching
• Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, andmonitoring of server infrastructure
• Experience with firewalls, Internet VPN’s remote implementation,troubleshooting, and problem resolution is desired
• Ability to set up and configure server hardware
• Familiarity with backup and recovery software and methodologies
• Great at organising, prioritising and multitasking
• Juniper, Cisco, CWNA or BCNE training