Systems Manager at Contec Global Group

Contec Global Group - Established in 1984 and headquartered in London, the Contec Global Group has a worldwide presence, with operations in Asia, Africa and Europe. As a company established on the platform of e-Governance and smart technologies, Contec Global is amongst the most experienced independent technology and systems organizations operating in developing countries. Today, the Group is engaged, globally, in providing integrated, systems-based solutions in the fields of Secure Technologies, Infrastructure and Hospitality.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Systems Manager

Location: Abuja

Job Brief

• The role of the Systems Manager is to provide high quality, professional services involving Microsoft server operating systems, entail assisting in architecting solutions, performing on-site assessments, performing product installation, testing, troubleshooting and problem escalation, providing customer knowledge transfer, writing status reports and creating documentation for services performed.
• To target on quality of service as measured through Customer satisfaction, maintaining technical expertise in designated product areas, and attention to administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor all installed Distributed systems and infrastructure
• Install, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
• Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
• Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks
• Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
• Provide 2nd and 3rd level support
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.

Requirements

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• MCSE, CCNA or higher (CISSP highly valued)
• Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft & Linux based environments.
• Experience with monitoring systems
• Experience in building Tier 1 to 2 Data centers and management
• A thorough understanding and delivery capability in the following areas of expertise is required:
  • Microsoft server operating system installation, customization and administration
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008/R2, 2012/R2 standard and datacenter
  • Microsoft Windows server 2016 standard and datacenter a plus
  • Microsoft Hyper-V architecture, deployment and support
  • Microsoft Active Directory integration
  • Automated deployment of Microsoft O/S images and automated patching
  • Deployment on IBM rackmount servers.
  • Microsoft System Center integration and deployment Advantage
• Experience with automation software (e.g., Puppet, cfengine, Chef)
• Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl, Ruby, Python)
• Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP)
• Minimum of 15 years experience.

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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