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Job Title:     IT
Systems Administrator

Organization: Uganda
National Oil Company Limited (UNOC)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: IT
Manager

About US:

The Uganda National
Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum
(Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013 and incorporated under the
Company’s Act 2012. It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the
Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNOC is; “To handle the State’s
Commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry.”

Job Summary:  The IT Systems Administrator will ensure
effective design, provisioning, installation, configuration, implementation,
operation and day-to-day maintenance of system Hardware, Software, and Virtual
Machines within the UNOC IT infrastructure.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Install new servers/virtual machines or rebuild existing ones,
  configure the hardware to adhere to industry best practice, and as per set
  UNOC standards and business strategy
• Ensure that the company’s systems hardware, software, operating
  systems, and application systems adhere to the UNOC standards.
• Design and implement all infrastructure projects including
  datacentre, and LAN/WAN
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and
  availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes,
  reviewing system and application logs
• Manage users, computers and all networked devices through the
  corporate desktop management system active directory
• Perform routine security maintenance of all the critical systems,
  security monitoring to detect and or prevent any intrusions and possible
  security breaches so that UNOC systems are not at risk
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all critical systems and
  data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, or system, and
  media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource
  optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as
  required.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated
  approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that
  leverage our resources and provide economies of scale and give users the
  best experience.
• Provide 2nd line support to service desk teams and all other IT
  services including but not limited to Asset Management, printer management,
  conference call management & Support, desktop and Mobile Device
  Support.
• Support Project Managers to disseminate and coordinate project tasks
  as part of IT or UNOC-wide projects, ensuring assigned project tasks are
  delivered to deadline as and when required.
• Deliver, support or perform any other tasks that the Line Manager
  deem critical to providing UNOC operations with a robust, consistent IT
  service.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant for the Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) IT
  Systems Administrator job placement must hold a university degree in IT,
  Computer Science, Information Systems or any other relevant subject, from
  a recognized University
• Must have any of MCSE, MCSA, MCITP, MCP Professional accreditations
  with appropriate demonstrable practical experience.
• Previous experience in Windows Server 2016, Exchange Server 2016,
  SharePoint Server 2013/2016, and office 365
• A minimum of five years of related experience in a similar role in a
  busy environment
• Previous exposure and experience in managing and supporting Dell,
  Cisco, Microsoft and other business IS products and services.
• Experience working in an IT environment where projects are formally
  managed and ITIL procedures are implemented.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills and ability to
  interact with colleagues at all levels of the organization.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism and maintenance of
  confidentiality

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send a completed and
signed applications form, download
here, together with certified copies of academic certificates addressed
and submitted in TRIPLICATE to the address below. The applications should be
delivered through registered mail and courier will also be received.
Applications must include a cover letter, application form and supporting
documents.

Address to:

Chief Executive
Officer,

Uganda National Oil
Company Ltd,

Plot 15, Yusuf Lule
Road,

P.O. Box 36316,
Kampala, Uganda.

Deadline: 12^th July 2019 by 5:00pm

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