Job Title: Systems Administrator
Organisation: NCBA Bank Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Maintain Active Directory such as creating accounts, troubleshooting authentication, configuring domain controllers, managing DNS and DHCP, and implementing group policies.
- Desktop support – serve as an escalation point and backup for activities including direct end-user support. 10%
- Manage projects related to Cloud Infrastructure, Servers, Storage, Linux/Unix, Windows, Backup and Monitoring.
- Disaster readiness is maintained as agreed and ensures regular DR exercise is done 10%
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
Professional:
- 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
Ideal Job Specifications
- Minimum 3 years 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 advantage.
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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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36