System Administrator

Jan 7, 2021 | Technical Positions

Our client is a well-established company that provides electronic funds technology solutions – is looking for a suitable person to fill the above position.

Please send your CV in word format. Also provide your current salary and benefits details!

The successful candidate will join a team of IT personnel responsible for building, maintaining, operating and improving systems that provide continuous availability for real time processing of financial transactions both for the company and clients throughout Africa in a highly regulated business sector. Additionally, this team is responsible for the establishment, maintenance and operation of office IT systems within our company. This involves working with products such as VMware ESXi, Veeam, Windows Server up to and including Server 2016, Windows 10, Debian Linux up to and including Buster, Microsoft SQL Server up to and including 2016, Office 365, Exchange and SharePoint online, and various end-user applications, and technologies such as Active Directory, 2FA/MFA, host based firewalling, and malware protection.

This role requires:

  • Responding to, resolving and closing tickets for maintenance tasks, change management and routine activities;
  • Building and maintaining Windows, Active Directory, and some Linux systems in accordance with Company standards and baselines;
  • Maintaining and evolving those standards and baselines in response to changes in the IT landscape, adoption of new products, or to cater for vulnerability management;
  • Following runbooks for routine daily, weekly, monthly, etc operations activities, and evolving the runbooks as necessary for continuous improvement or in response to changes in system architecture;
  • Maintenance of documentation and records of activity whether they be text documents or information in OSS such as IPAM or other inventory systems;
  • Planning and executing changes in accordance with Company Change Management policy and procedures;
  • Participating in routing Capacity Planning work;
  • Participating in Vulnerability Management through remediations and standards-based practices;
  • Contributing to planning for proposals, quotations and new solution designs.
  • Completing timesheets or other required records that enable effective billing and costing;
  • Understanding and complying with all Company policies, processes and procedures, including those for Information Security and Performance Management;
  • Research, development and self-improvement;
  • Working as part of a distributed team comprising other Systems Administrators as well as Network Administrators and LOB application specialists;
  • Diagnosing and solving software or system problems;
  • Working with product vendors as needed to troubleshoot, upgrade or replace systems when required;
  • Ensuring data protection and overall integrity through documented and tested backup strategies and disaster recovery plans;
  • Participating in meetings and performing other duties as assigned by management;
  • Some regional travel.

Candidates should:

  • Be a dependable team member, attentive to detail, capable of meticulously accurate work, and have a service-oriented mind set;
  • Have at least 3 years’ experience with performing most of the requirements described above and two or more of the following certifications:  VCP6, MCSE: Server Infrastructure, MCSA: Windows Server 2016, MCSE: Core Infrastructure, MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Admin, or CompTIA Linux+;
  • Understand at least basic networking and how it relates to Systems Administration;
  • Have strong verbal and written communication skills;
  • Be fluent in using common applications such as Word, Excel, and Visio;
  • Have a clean police record and a valid passport;
  • Experience working in or with financial institutions would be an advantage;
  • Be familiar with Information Security (ISO27001). Familiarity with working in accordance with PCI DSS would be an advantage;
  • Be available to work at times outside of normal business hours.

Salary Negotiable

Email CVs to Mirriam Dzapasi: mirriam@valcol.co.zw