JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Applications System Engineer

Department: Technical
Location: Lagos
Number to Hire: 1
Job Type: Permanent
Minimum years of Experience: 4

Responsibilities

The Applications System Engineer primarily provides support to the IPNGN Virtual infrastructure.

Specifically, the Applications System Engineer’s responsibilities shall include:

  • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
  • Apply OS/Hypervisor/Firmware/applications patches and upgrades as demanded, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services.
  • Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitioning and RAID configuration as required
  • Perform monthly performance reporting to support capacity planning.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve all operating system and application related issues.
  • Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.
  • Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
  • Perform Server Hardening in accordance with the company information technology rules.
  • System Hardware/Software compliance check and update.

Qualifications, Skills & Competencies

  • B.Sc. in Computer Engineering or Computer Science
  • Minimum of 4 years relevant experience
  • Linux and windows servers troubleshooting skills required
  • Working knowledge of the Linux Kernel
  • Database Administration experience
  • Experience supporting Vmware vSphere environment is desirable
  • Networking experience will be an added advantage
  • Shell Scripting experience will be an added advantage
  • CCNA, REDHAT, WINDOWS, VMWARE certifications

Demands of the Job

  • Strong written and verbal skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to resolve issues in a timely fashion
  • Availability to work overtime in times of emergency and specialized project deliveries