Specialist IT Infrastructure - UNIX

The Specialist is responsible to perform thorough testing before installing software, apply patches/upgrades, manage file systems, monitor performance and troubleshoot alerts from commercial, open source and locally developed monitoring tools.

The Specialist is responsible to perform thorough testing before installing software, apply patches/upgrades, manage file systems, monitor performance and troubleshoot alerts from commercial, open source and locally developed monitoring tools.

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Expert knowledge in AIX/Solaris and RedHat Linux.
• Database administration on Oracle RDBMS and/ or MS SQL server
• System software installation and apply patches/upgrades
• Ensure changes are planned and implemented in a sound low risk manner, without creating system outages.
• Manage file systems and perform Space capacity planning on storage/servers.
• monitor performance and perform system tuning
• System monitoring and troubleshoot alerts from off the shelf or locally developed monitoring tools.
• System failure analysis and recovery
• Ensuring that storage, archiving, backup and recovery procedures are functioning correctly.
• Experience in replication technologies e.g. Storage replication.
• Implement and maintain security best practices to protect the IT infrastructure from cyber threats.
• Automate routine tasks using scripting languages like Bash, Python, or Ansible.
• Hardware/software configuration and management.
• Technical support and general troubleshooting.
• Administer high availability/cluster architecture (Veritas Infoscale etc.).
• Administer storage/ san switch architecture
• Manage system and application backup using NetBackup
• Manage data backup and recovery processes, ensuring data integrity and availability in the event of a disaster.
• Manage and lead hardware and software migration and upgrade efforts of varying size and complexity
• Administer application servers like IBM WebSphere
• User account management and Access Review
• Technical Project Management

PREREQUISITES:

• University degree holder
• Required experience as UNIX system administrator (minimum 2 years)

SKILLS:

• Knowledge of UNIX and LINUX operating systems, storage environments, file systems, network protocols.
• Familiarity with UNIX, and LINUX shell scripting
• Veritas NetBackup administration
• Storage and SAN administration
• Desirable experience with RDBMS such as Oracle Database Server and MS SQL Server or noSQL DBMS such as Mongo DB
• Good understanding of replication tools, backup procedures and storage management.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Vendor management
• Team player