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Job Title:   Systems Administrator

Organisation: NCBA Bank Uganda Limited

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Manager, Infrastructure and Data Center

About US:

NCBA Bank Uganda Limited, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the country’s central bank and national banking regulator.

Job Summary:   The Systems Administrator role is to evaluate, implement and support the High end and Mid- Range IT Infrastructure in line with Bank’s Vision and provisioning Highly Available Server infrastructure for the Critical Server systems. Ensuring infrastructure is available for the business Continuity and manage 24×7 Data Centre operations and High-End Infrastructure SLAs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Systems Architecture (20%)

• Planning and Designing of the Cloud Infrastructure, Servers, Storage, Linux/Unix, Windows, Microsoft Office 365, Web Marshal, Virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V) and Datacenter requirements as per the business plan and technology, and ensure that servers and Data Centers are properly monitored and administered.

Systems Configuration/ Deployment (20%)

• Installation/configuration of Cloud Infrastructure, Servers, Storage, Linux/Unix, Windows, Microsoft Office 365 Monitoring and Capacity Planning as per the IT Polices/ Standards and provide guidance to the users on its features and usage in order to ensure its proper use and improvement in performance.

Systems Support/ Patch Management (20%)

• Support, Maintenance. Patching and Administration of servers (both physical and virtual), including hardware, OS (Windows), SAN Storage and Linux and Windows products e.g Ansible and O365.

Active Directory/ Group Policy Management (10%)

• Maintain Active Directory such as creating accounts, troubleshooting authentication, configuring domain controllers, managing DNS and DHCP, and implementing group policies.

Desktop Support (10%)

• Desktop support – serve as an escalation point and backup for activities including direct end-user support.

Project Management (10%)

• Manage projects related to Cloud Infrastructure, Servers, Storage, Linux/Unix, Windows, Backup and Monitoring.

Business Continuity (10%)

• Disaster readiness is maintained as agreed and ensures regular DR exercise is done

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Professional qualifications in IT e.g. Az-109, RHCSA, VCP, ITIL, MCSE, A+, MCITP, MCP, Other relevant professional qualifications in IT field would be added advantage.
• Project Management certification and experience is preferred e.g. PRINCE2, PMP Desired work experience: Cloud Infrastructure competencies i.e Azure, AWS, GCP, Oracle Cloud e.t.c
• At least three years of working experience in a busy IT environment with a hands-on role in implementing and supporting Exchange 3PAR Storage; Proxy Server; Mail Marshal; Web Marshal; SharePoint; Skype for Business; Virtualization
• Linux platform experience i.e. Ansible, Satellite etc.
• Experienced in Windows Enterprise servers and UNIX systems.
• Hyper-V/VMware or other virtualization platforms
• Server Platforms (rack mount and blades)
• PowerShell scripting
• MS System Center (SCCM, SCOM) Configuration
• Office 365 (Exchange Online, One Drive for Business, SharePoint Online) and Active Directory Services
• 3rd Party Vendor Management Working experience in a bank or other financial services organization would be added

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join NCBA Bank are strongly encouraged to apply online at the link below.

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