Systems Administrator Job at IpNX Nigeria Limited

ipNX Nigeria Limited is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing Information and Communications Technology companies. In our business, we connect everything - people, information, and services.

We are specialized in network connectivity, and delivery of internet, telephony, television as well as cloud-based software application services to corporate and residential customers.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Systems Administrator
Job ID: 53
Job Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Department: Research and System Architecture
Function: Systems Administrator
Reporting to: Chief Technology Architect
Travel Frequency: Occasional

Purpose of the Job

• Responsible for effective provisioning, installation / configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.

Educational Qualifications & Functional Skills

• Minimum of 2.1/ Upper Credit Bachelor's Degree in Engineering / Information Technology / Computer Science.
• Systems Administrative role in Linux environment.
• Previous years of experience working in ISP environment.

Work Experience:

• Linux, Windows Server, Solaris administration experience necessary, in that order of preference.
• Experience with scripting, installation and migration concepts - in Bash, Perl, Python.
• Virtual Infrastructure administration experience with KVM or VMware highly desired. Storage Area Network administration experience a plus.
• Experience administering centralized data backup and recovery infrastructure, including installation and configuration of open source data backup solutions like Bacula, amanda, BareOS, etc.
• Experience deploying and administering web servers – Apache/Nginx/Tomcat.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies like OpenStack, a plus.
• Experience with Dev/Ops tooling to build, configure and deploy, a plus.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Ansible, Salt Stack, Puppet)
• Working knowledge of open source CPanel (website admin panel) and Relational Database Management System like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Experience supporting a high traffic customer facing website infrastructure.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting load balancing appliances in a production environment.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to document and implement processes to increase efficiency, productivity, reliability and scalability
• Project management skills a definite asset
• Strong understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives
• Problem solver
• Ability to work under pressure
• Customer Focus
• Tech savvy
• Team Work
• Action orientation
• Drive results
• Cultivate Innovation
• Ability to optimize work processes
• Resilience
• Self-Development
• Nimble Learning.

Expected Key Results:

• Administer server's infrastructure in accordance with standards and project / operational requirements.
• Identify and promote best systems administration practices and patterns.
• Perform continuous system monitoring.
• Provide Tier II/other support.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.