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WIA is a System Integrator, leader specialized in providing Enterprise and government with innovative, reliable and cost effective ICT solutions.
System Administrator Job Vacancy at WiA Company Limited
Job title: System Administrator.
Location: Dar es salaam
Reporting to Chief Strategy Officer.
As a Systems Administrator you will be responsible for overall integrity of network infrastructure. You will actively participate in architectural issues and produce both high level and detailed documentation, as well as provide high-level training for NOC and Customer Service teams. You will also assist with the management of IP address space and implementation of network equipment and services. This position involves participation in an on-call rotation and providing 3rd level technical support for escalated customer issues as well as supporting sales on an ad hoc basis.
Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Telecom or equivalent experience
· Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
· Microsoft Certified preferable
· Linux systems administration (Preferably Slackware, Solaris, RHEL6/CentOS6 or other derivative).
· At least 2 years of experience working with Cisco Network Infrastructure including routers, switches and firewall, from design and implementation through support
· Great scripting skills (Perl/Bash etc.)
Key Responsibilities.
· Network design, planning, testing, implementation and assistance in the maintenance of all routers, switches and transport equipment to ensure optimum performance at all times.
· As part of the team, design, implement, configure and maintain the network circuit redundancy via Layer 2 switching and/or Layer 3 routing to minimize network downtime
Network Monitoring
- Proactive monitoring and performance improvement of current routing and switching network infrastructure.
- Monitoring and management of VMware based virtual infrastructure
- Monitoring and management of EMC storage infrastructure
- Proactively and reactively look for solutions to prevent problems from occurring in technology area
- Carry out reactive and proactive maintenance on multi-customer, multi-technology networks, achieving agreed performance targets
- Maintain and enhance current WAN optimization technology
- Systems and Services
- ISP administration Installing and troubleshooting DNS servers
- System performance monitoring and tuning
- Backup of network services such as email, websites, databases, monitoring
- Backup of systems and network configurations
- Performing routine audits of systems and software and file system contents using tools such as tripwire and rkhunter
- Apply patches and security changes per policy. Proactively monitor the environment for patch compliance. Analyze patches for compatibility with each infrastructure environment
- Installing, configuring and managing new hardware and software for servers, user PCs and laptops
- Documentation
o Creation of Network Topology Maps
o Creation and maintenance of network and systems documentation
o Write procedures for the NOC to handle common tasks
Capacity Planning
o Core routers and switches capacity planning
o Systems capacity planning.
o Coordinate with network equipment vendors to ensure hardware and software features.
· Solution design
o Integrate technical knowledge and business understanding to create superior solutions for customers.
o Implement customer solutions.· Act as assistant to the NOC Manager.
All applications should have names of three official referees with their contact detail. Applications to be accompanied by CV submitted not later than 10th June 2024 to the following address.
Human Resource Manager,
Wia Company Limited.
P.O.Box 5117.Dar es salaam.
Email: hr@wia.co.tz
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