Vacancy Announcement for Systems Administrator – Uganda
Umeme Limited is a major investment of Act is Infrastructure 2 fund. Act is a leading investor in the emerging markets, investing exclusively in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Presently Actis manages over US$4.8bn worth of investment on behalf of mare than (00 institutional investors. The Common wealth Development Corporation (CDCJ of (fie United Kingdom, a UK Government-owned company, is the largest investor in Actis’ infrastructure 2 fund and as such has a relationship with Umeme Ltd indirectly through Actis.As a responsible employer Umeme is committed to providing competitive employment terms to its employees in addition to providing safe and reliable electricity improving customer service, minimizing energy fosses and operating in a cost effective .manner. To help in achieving these goals Umeme is looking to recruit an individual with high integrity, dedication and commitment to fill the following position in the IT Department.
Job Title: Systems Administrator – REF No UM/IT/01/03/11
Reports to: IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Purpose
Responsible for performance, and maintenance of UMEME if infrastructure
Principal Accountabilities
• Responsible for system administration tasks for UMEME servers.
• Troubleshooting and monitoring of AVX and Windows operating system.
• Providing housekeeping, fie maintenance and backup scripts,
• Schedule and direct activities to reserve hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion in line with service level agreements and IT policy & procedures,
• Documentation and maintenance of IT servers.
• Identify security risks and develop best practices to prevent system intrusions.
• Monitor user activity, and introduce tools to prevent system abuse and, malpractice.
• Ensure availability and uptime of UMEME servers and provide key performance indicators to accurately reflect UMEME system performance.
• Work closely with IT network administration, database admin, support and other IT staff.
• Provide backup network administration role as required.
• Participate in developing the IT disaster recovery business plan for UMEME.
• Other IT tasks as required.
Job requirement
Required Qualifications of Experience
• Bachelors in Computer Science or it equivalent
• Hands on system administration in large corporate environment
• Expert knowledge of AlX and Windows operating systems
• Five years relevant experience
Personal Attributes/Competencies
• Strong Technical Background
• Good team player
• Knowledge of Oracle administration is an advantage
HOW TO APPIY
If you feel you are the right candidate for this challenging position, please submit your application to the Head Of Human Resources – Lugogo or email recruit.hr@umeme.co.ug or post your application to P.O. Box 23841, Kampala.
