Enterprise Systems & Cloud Administrator at Kenya Airways

Key responsibilities:

• Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaptionprocess.
• Regularly evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and softwareand respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.
• Work, in coordination with the IT Division to develop andsupport cloud, windows or UNIX infrastructure.
• Offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques includingbulk application transfers into the cloud.
• Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfullymeet the strategic needs of the Company.
• Work closely with IT Security to monitor the Company’s cloudprivacy.
• Creating, modifying, and deleting user accounts, groups,computer accounts, organizational units (OUs), and other objects in thedirectory service database.
• Maintaining a database of all users in the organization andtheir respective rights and privileges within the network.
• Designing and implementing security policies that conform toindustry best practices and align with organizational risk managementobjectives.
• Manage performance of ICT Infrastructure and applications toensure that the systems work as designed and perform consistently and reliably,to meet Business SLAs.
• Monitor ICT Infrastructure performance including logs, events,and maintenance of general systems health, in order to provide proactive remedialsupport.
• Plan and implement timely product upgrades, antivirus updates,routine preventive measures and patch releases for ICT assets.
• Plan and design systems that run mission critical businessapplications and implement upgrades when necessary. Recommend replacement and acquisitionof new ICT Infrastructure.
• Management, support, and resolution issues related to DNS,DHCP, Active Directory authentication and LDAP configuration issues
• Research and evaluate external technical trends &developments and evolving industry standards concerning technologies affectingserver load balancing, virtualization, security, client/server and otherplatforms and their
• application to business systems.
• In conjunction with other business units, provide support ontechnical planning issues and initiatives.
• Attend to system failures and resolve/coordinate resolution ofissues. Install, support, and maintain hardware and software infrastructure,provide training and technical support for users and handle queries from themand resolve any issues raised.
• Assess/evaluate vulnerabilities and security risks andimplement the necessary security measures. Mitigate threats to informationresources.
• Establish and maintain business relationships with vendors,consultants and other outside entities providing services to the company, toensure timely performance of their services.

Job Requirements        

• BSc in Information Technology
• KCSE C+
• Qualifications in Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and Cloud Technologies
• Experience with storage area networks, WAN acceleration, virtualization
• 7 years in system administration in a similar environment

Additional Details        

• Other Skills
• ITIL certification
• Extensive Technical Knowledge
• Excellent Management Skills