Senior System Network Administrator at Primera Africa Finance Group

Primera Africa Finance Group is a financial services firm that provides a range of services to clients across the African continent. Our goal is to provide bespoke financial solutions, in the most professional and efficient manner to meet our clients' individual needs. Primera Africa Finance Group is a financial services firm that provides a range of services to clients across the African continent. Our goal is to provide bespoke financial solutions, in the most professional and efficient manner to meet our clients' individual needs.

We operate in four major business areas: Securities Trading, Financial Advisory, Principal Investments and Consumer Finance. Based on our people's global experience and local knowledge, we are able to deliver the most advanced financial solutions, keeping in perspective the local nuances peculiar to each market to ensure our clients receive superior advice. Overall, each client benefits from our dedication to excellence, entrepreneurial thinking and long-term commitment to service.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior System Network Administrator

Location: Lagos

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Administration of the company's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
• Administration of the company’s Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Microsoft 365 Global Administrator.
• Team Lead in the migration of the Temenos 24 R18 Core Banking Application from On-Premise server to the Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Created and implemented VPN tunnels with failover groups between AWS VPC and Sophos Firewall.
• Administration of Windows Servers and Systems on-premises.
• Administration of Microsoft Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Domain Controller.
• Support security solutions, including Sophos Firewall, and Bit-Defender Anti-virus.
• Scrum Master Professional
• Agile Project Management Professional
• Team Lead on the implementation and resolution of Vulnerability and Penetration Testing (VAPT) findings.
• Team member on the IT Steering Committee (ITSC) and Information Security Steering Committee (ISSC) to review the company’s processes, operations, and IT infrastructure to meet up with the regulatory standard.
• Provide 1st-level support of all operational applications across the company. E.g., NIBSS E-Reference Portal, NIBSS Helpdesk Platform, My Bank Statement Portal, E-Passport Verification System (The Nigeria Immigration Service), VerifyMe portal, OFI ICAD UPLOAD Portal, Access Door/Camera Portal.
• Business applications support E.g., Prime Pay, Prime Serve, Internal Resource Stream (IRS) platform.
• Supporting the WAN and ensure network connectivity of all workstations.
• Software installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware, and software.
• Supporting users daily to contribute to their overall IT needs and strategy.

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc. preferably in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Relevant Work Experience (Minimum number of years):

• Minimum of 3 years relevant work experience as Network and Systems Administrator with relevant experience on Cloud servers and security, Azure and Database.
• Experience in the Financial Services Industry is an advantage

Required Skills and Competencies (Technical and soft skills):

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Proven work experience managing the Servers, Networks and infrastructure.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Experience in Network and systems troubleshooting and communication.
• Demonstrated track record in bringing value to the business by being an effective partner.
• Knowledge of banking operations
• Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Pay attention to details
• Team player
• Honest, proactive and hardworking
• Ability to adapt to change.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.