Hardware Engineer at KCB Bank Kenya

The Position:

Technology Infrastructure department oversees planning, deployment and operation of state-of-the-art infrastructure services that include server, storage, network, databases, and Cloud that support mission critical services for the Bank.

The position holder will provide primary support for systems infrastructure (Server, Storage, Operating Systems and Virtualization). The job holder will also be responsible for ensuring all required security controls and audit remediation is done for the responsible infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for systems support including but not limited to availability, performance and reliability of all on-premise IT systems infrastructure.
• Responsible for infrastructure optimization of all IT infrastructure to ensure optimal infrastructure performance.
• Administration duties including Windows Active Directory object maintenance, complex troubleshooting and repair tasks on Active Directory, Windows Server 2008-2019, Domain Controllers, DNS, user authentication and other operational systems as needed.
• Implementation tools to aid in improving operation efficiencies in monitoring and infrastructure management.
• Automation of Directory Services to provide Identity Management and User/Group management tools utilizing Active Directory as the backbone for the Identity Access Management implementation.
• Establishes service specifications to other systems including permissions modification, deletion, role definitions, reclassification and other similar access management related functions.
• Service Quality Management: Ensure IT and Infrastructure platforms perform within or exceed KPIs, ensure ability of the system to support specific forms of traffic, and to support end user experience.
• Resolve faults on all systems deployed for IT infrastructure platforms.
• Implements best practice security measures to ensure the integrity and continuity of systems services and information and  continiousl monitor security compliance.

The Person:

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in ICT or Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Certification in VMware (VCP), Microsoft /Linux Professional certification in systems.
• 3 years Technology experience with experience in:
• Operating Systems Administration in Linux and Windows.
• Storage Administrations.
• Virtualization administration on VMware.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.