Systems Administrator - (Shared Services & ERP Deployment) at Kenya Education Network (KENET)

This position reports to the Lead Network Operations Engineer and will join the core shared service technical team with the responsibility for deployment and support of shared and security services that KENET provides to member institutions. The candidate must be capable of working to accomplish both short term and long-term goals.

Suitable candidates will be expected to have the following qualifications and experience:

• An undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, computer science or information systems equivalent from a recognized university with proficiency in UNIX and at least one programming language.
• At least five years’ experience as a systems administrator in an organization with a large IP network and/or a large data center.
• At least five years experience in deployment and support of large information systems (ERPs); Management Information Systems and the technical implementation of information security policies in a medium to large organization
• Working knowledge in deployment and support of enterprise shared storage systems, enterprise virtualization technologies, open source virtualization and cloud platform technologies, containerized virtualization technologies and the technical implementation of information security policies in a medium to large organization
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server & LINUX operating systems; MS SQL Server and related Dababase management systems will be an added advantage
• Post-graduate degree with specialization in information systems or security will be an added advantage
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English language
• Ability to work with limited supervision and in a team of ICT professionals
• Demonstrated high ethical and moral standards