JOB TITLE: IT Consultant (SYSTEM
ARCHITECT)
Contractor: Aegis Trust Rwanda
Reporting to: The Digital Resources Unit
Manager
Contract: Negotiable
Aegis Trust plans to
develop a digital platform that is going to support the Education for
Sustainable Peace in Rwanda (Kigali)
The development of
ESPR digital platform has come with a central requirement of revising and
expanding existing Aegis IT Infrastructure at two main levels:
Ø End-user computing
infrastructure, networks, hosting and digital storage infrastructure;
Ø Systems
architecture, integration, compatibility and scalability.
Cost effectiveness,
reliability and scalability are at the core of the wished IT Infrastructure. In
this regard, the System Architect will have the following duties and key
responsibilities:
2. Duties and Key
Responsibilities
Ø Assess current
Aegis IT Infrastructure architecture and delivery models
Ø Provide best
practices and benchmarks around infrastructure evolutions depending on the
AEGIS’s evolutions
Ø Define the IT
Infrastructure Strategy Master Plan
Ø Infrastructure
Architecture principles for infrastructure evolutions per application types
Ø Target IT
Infrastructure Architecture with impact assessment (overall architecture,
costs, risks, organizations, service contracts, future expansion and possible
return on investment)
Ø Define IT
Infrastructure roadmap aligned with overall Business and AEGIS’s roadmaps
Ø Provide adhoc
advices on IT infrastructure evolutions as part of Proof of Concepts and of
Projects Technical skills.
Ø Providing
technical leadership and expert advice for developing a cloud architecture and
design for a high performing cross platform application in the private and
hybrid Cloud. The architecture will be a reusable for all future internet
facing web presence.
Ø Redesign and
integrate existing End-User IT Infrastructure
Ø Developing the web
security architecture and design including anti-DDOS, Firewalling, Application
delivery controllers and Web Application Firewalling
Ø Developing the
cloud network integration architecture and design with the on-premise network
for management (firewalling) and backend connectivity (web services).
Ø Provide Aegis
Trust with a master plan (architectural drawings in printable formats) that
clearly shows the new Aegis Trust IT Infrastructure.
3. Duration
This assignment
shall require at least 60 days of consultancy inputs and must be enforced upon
agreement by Aegis Trust and the implementer of the project. Should this
timeline become insufficient, the two parties will agree accordingly.
4. Reporting arrangement
Once the
implementation has started, the system architect should submit to the client a
technical report on monthly basis emphasizing on performed tasks and way
forward.
The system architect
should also inform on time the client about any big challenges that may delay
the delivery of defined deliverables.
5. Experience and Qualifications
· A university
degree or a Bachelor’s degree in the field of ICT or equivalent
· More than 10 years
of IT infrastructure architecture experience or System Engineer, including
Enterprise Architecture approach.
· Knowledge of
project and support methodology (ITIL), MCSE / MCSA / VCP / CEH or similar
certifications is a plus
· Broad knowledge of
the IT infrastructure technologies (networks, databases, servers, virtualization,
storage…) and IT infrastructure service models (on-premises, off-sites, full
cloud, …)
· Experience with
the selection and implementation of Cloud infrastructure solutions
· Proven results in
infrastructure transformation program of similar size
· Knowledge of the
key infrastructure cost drivers
· Ability to
navigate from strategic to technical issues
· Excellent
communication skills (written and oral)
· Experience in
software and system implementation
· Familiarity of
project management principles
· Experience in
VMware technologies
· Experience in
scripting (VBScript, batch files, etc.)
· Experience with
SQL queries and reporting
· Experience
engineering a large Windows desktop/laptop/VDI/Active Directory environment
· Strong background
in Linux/Unix Administration
· Ability to use a
wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services
· Experience project
managing, deploying and supporting large scale O/S migrations and introducing
new technology based on business needs and industry standards
· Solid foundation
designing and implementing distributions with WSUS, Active Directory,
Configuration Manager for the full lifecycle with diagrams, workflow Visio’s,
support documentation and training, presentations, etc.
· Knowledge of best
practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service
· Emphasis on
sharing of knowledge through good communications, peer training and written
documentation
· Languages: Must be
fluent in Kinyarwanda and English. Any other national language is an asset.
How to
apply:
By email with cover
letter, CV and most importantly the technical & financial proposal to Tanveer.butt@aegistrust.org
Do include in your
document the approach /methodology that you intend to use
Please put SYSTEM ARCHITECT
in the subject line
Closing date: 31st
July 2017. We are reviewing applications on the daily bases.
Only applicants
selected for interview will be contacted
We are an equal
opportunities employer
Please send you
technical and financial proposal at tanveer.butt@aegistrust.org before 31st
July 2017
