Eskom Uganda Limited is a subsidiary company of Eskom Enterprises based
in South Africa. Our business is operating and maintaining Nalubaale and Kiira
hydroelectric Power Stations. Their mission is to be the “Centre of Excellence
in Power Concession Management.”

Job Summary: The ICT Officer
will ensure overall reliability of the computing infrastructure; achieved by
identifying network requirements through; designing and planning, setting up,
maintaining, securing and expanding the network. The jobholder will also be
responsible for planning, developing, and maintaining a comprehensive,
enterprise-wide information security program to protect EUL electronic data and
network infrastructure from external and internal security breaches and to
ensure that security measures taken are in compliance with statutory and
regulatory requirements regarding information access, security and privacy.

Key Duties and
Responsibilities:

Establishes network specifications by
conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and
security requirements.
Establishes network by evaluating network
performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput,
good-put, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation,
configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and
procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.
Maintains network performance by
performing network monitoring, analysis, and tuning; troubleshooting
network problems; escalating problems to vendor secure network by
developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation;
maintaining documentation.
Implements and manages a framework to
ensure that all ICT security incidents are identified, logged, actioned
and reviewed to ensure they do not adversely impact the security of the
systems, or if they do that the impact is managed/mitigated appropriately.
Prepares users by designing and conducting
training programs; providing references and support.
Ensures a defect fault log for the network
is managed and that good quality service is supplied to end users – ITIL
(critical, medium and low)
Diagnoses and fixes a variety of computer
software and operating system problems according to ITIL standards.
Carries out routine maintenance of network
and database assets (backup, check logs and events and performance tests)
Performs routine information security
management through setting access permission levels/ rights and reviewing
security logs. In addition, Identifies and report IT related risks to the
ICT Manager, and ensuring compliance to the IT policies and procedures in
place.
Routinely maintain and update the EUL
asset register and provide quarterly report on EUL IT assets.
Plans and implements mitigations to
departmental risks, and monitor continuous improvement.
Ensures a well-controlled disaster
recovery environment including interim and monthly back-ups of all
business information, and provides a monthly report for the performed
backups.

Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:

The ideal candidates must hold Degrees in
Computer Science or Information Technology
At least two years’ experience working
with network infrastructure, WAN and LAN Networks, and managing
information and system security in a complex multi-platform computer
systems and network environments.
Professional Qualification (one or more):
Certified Information Systems Security
Professional (CISSP)
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security
(CCNA Security)
Systems Security Certified Practitioner
(SSCP)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
(MCSE) with specialization in Security
Good knowledge of Windows 2000/2003
server, SuSe Linux server, Windows 2000/XP workstation, MS Exchange and
Mdaemon Email servers, Symantec Backup Exec, and Symantec Antivirus
Corporate Edition
Working knowledge of PC/LAN application
software including word processing (Word or WordPerfect), spreadsheets
(Excel or Quattro Pro), and administration in database management and
development tools. Must be able to install, configure, and administer
those systems.
Working knowledge of LAN and WAN
topologies and architecture, including Multi Vlan architecture. Must be
able to construct, operate and maintain LAN and WAN Networks.
Extensive knowledge of network equipment
such as switches, routers, hubs, and associated equipment and how to
construct and maintain networks.
Broad knowledge and understanding of
Firewall servers and basic rule setting programming.
Good knowledge of email clients like
Eudora, Outlook, and Webmail.
ICT User Training and Support
Skilled and experiences in developing and
administering web sites/Web servers
Broad information on security issues,
requirements and trends plus risk assessment methods and techniques.
Implementation of data security strategies
for large mainframe or data center environments including Authentication,
authorization and encryption technologies

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested are encouraged to send their
application letters, copies of academic certificates and updated CVs including
three professional referees to;

The Human Resources Manager,

Eskom Uganda Limited (EUL),

Nalubaale Power Station,

P.O. Box 942, Jinja, Uganda

E-mail to:
Apply by Email

Deadline: 8th February 2017

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