Fresher Network Administrator Career Jobs – PostBank Uganda Ltd (PBU)

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 hr@postbank.co.ug 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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Date Posted 2023-09-01
Valid Through 2023-09-05
Employment Type FULL_TIME
Hiring Organization PostBank Uganda Ltd
Job Location Kampala, Kampala, Kampala, 0256, Uganda

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