Job Summary

The jobholder shall be responsible for day to day operations and maintenance of the Authority’s virtualization infrastructure to support normal business operations.  

Duties and responsibilities

• Setup and configuration of compute (virtualization and containerized), storage and backup infrastructure with support from vendors and OEMs.
• Conduct upgrades for compute, storage and backup infrastructure.
• Implement audit recommendations for compute, storage and backup infrastructure.
• Prepare specifications for compute, storage and backup platforms to be used for procurement of new infrastructure.
• Respond to requests for provisioning of virtualization and containerized, storage resources, configuration and restoration of backups in accordance with the established procedures.
• Monitor virtualized and container environments, storage systems and backup platforms for errors and warnings and resolve/escalate to the Manager.
• Day-to-day operations of compute, storage and backup platforms and any other duties that may be assigned. 

Person specifications

For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other IT-related field from a recognized institution.
• Certification in Virtualization, Cloud, System Administration Technologies such as VM Ware AWS, Microsoft Azzure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Red hart, Kubernates
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Membership to a relevant professional body will be an added advantage.

 Demonstrate Technical proficiency in the following knowledge areas: –

• System Admin (Linux or Windows)
• Server Virtualization
• Storage Management
• Container Orchestration

Key Competencies

• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Risk management and analysis
• Strong decision-making skills
• Resilience and adaptability
• Time management skills
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Professionalism, Ethical Judgment and Integrity