Job Title: Network Administrator (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: PostBank Uganda Ltd (PBU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
PostBank Uganda Ltd (PBU), a government owned bank regulated by Bank of Uganda under the Financial Institutions Act, 2004. The bank focuses on being the market leader in advancing financial inclusion.
Job Summary: The Network Administrator is responsible for designing, configuring, and deploying fault-tolerant networks with security in mind. He/she maintains and monitors the Bank’s IT networks to ensure maximum uptime for users
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- On daily basis, ensures high availability and acceptable levels of performance of mission critical data communication links by analysing and monitoring uptime, throughput, latency, etc.
- Provides periodic reports on network availability to facilitate decisions on continuous service improvements.
- Designing and implementing new network solutions and/or improving the efficiency of current networks
- Secures network access by establishing connections and defining access policy rules, configuring secure protocols, VPN connections and keeping cyber-attacks at bay.
- Performs software upgrade and replacing faulty network hardware components when required. Ensures that the bank is not running obsolete equipment, technologies, and software.
- Maintains an updated inventory of all network devices used by the Bank.
- Suggests improvements on the network performance, scalability, and capacity.
- Continuously engages network service providers to ensure satisfactory services for the bank.
- Identify and correct or advise on operational issues with end users’ computer systems.
- Monitor systems for any anomalies, proper updating, and patching. This includes issues raised by information security teams.
- Maintains system documentation and configuration data for regulatory and audit purposes
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information technology, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, or related area.
- Certifications in CCNA/CCNP, CCNA security, ITIL, will be an added advantage.
- At least two years of working of experience in a similar role in a reputable organization.
- Demonstrated understanding of network implementation concepts including switching VLANs to segmentation, routing, IP sub-netting, access control lists, routing protocols, encryption, authentication, and/or IP packet forwarding
- Hands on experience with Next Gen Firewalls, Web Application Firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Identity Services Engine.
- Good conceptual understanding of OSI model layers.
- Good working knowledge and experience of computers, servers, virtualization, Linux, and other operating systems
- Experience working with multi-vendor hardware such as Cisco, F5, Juniper, Mikrotik, Checkpoint, Forti, Palo Altos etc.
How to Apply:
Please send your application to [email protected] addressed to the Chief HR Officer and put the job you are applying for as the Subject (Strictly).
Note:
The following documents should accompany the application strictly online:
- Detailed CV
- Certified copies of academic documents
- Applicants address and day time telephone contacts
- Postal/email address and daytime telephone contact of three referees of good standing in society one of which should be your current Supervisor.
Deadline: 5th September 2023 at 5.00pm
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