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Position: Systems Administrator
The System Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff, volunteers, and Partners.
This individual will assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology. These activities include the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy; research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis and design; and support of operations staff in executing, testing and rolling-out the solutions. Participation on projects is focused on smoothing the transition of projects from development staff to production staff by performing operations activities within the project life-cycle.
This individual is accountable for the following systems: Linux and Windows systems that support GIS infrastructure; Linux, VMware, Hyper-v, Windows, SCCM and Application systems that support Asset Management; Responsibilities on these systems include engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual innovation.
1. Engineering solutions for various project and operational needs.
2. Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
3. Install and configure systems such as supports GIS, infrastructure, applications or Asset Management applications.
4. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
5. Contribute to and maintain system standards.
6. Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
Operations and Support
7. 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 such as backups.
8. Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions. Provide solutions to possible security risks and perform prioritized implementation tasks to prevent intrusion
9. Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
10. Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
11. Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
12. Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
13. Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
Maintenance
14. Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
15. Upgrade and configure system software that supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
16. Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
17. Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
18. Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
19. Maintain data centre environmental and monitoring equipment.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
1. MCITP / MCSE for Microsoft Server 2012 or later
2. SCCM Certification: ( Advantage)
3. Min 3 years: System administration experience.
COMPLEXITY/PROBLEM SOLVING:
1. Position deals with a variety of problems and sometime must decide which answer is best. The question/issues are typically clear and requires determination of which answer (from a few choices) is the best.
RESPONSIBILITY/OVERSIGHT –FINANCIAL & SUPERVISORY:
1. Functions as a lead worker to those in the work unit; responsibility for training, instruction, setting the work pace, and possibly evaluating performance.
2. Stand-in in for Manager and Staff management.
3. No budget responsibility.
4. Standby.
COMMUNICATIONS/INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:
1. Interpret and/or discuss information with others, which involves terminology or concepts not familiar to many people; regularly provide advice and recommend actions involving rather complex issues. May resolve problems within established practices.
2. Provides occasional guidance, some of which is technical.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT:
1. Responsibilities sometimes require working evenings and weekends, sometimes with little advanced notice.
2. No regular travel required
Package: R35000 – R45000 (Depending on experience)
Please email your CV in word format to sarahjane@solaoptima.co.za
Please include a copy of your ID, certificates and a recent payslip.
(Should you not receive feedback in 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful)
Position: Systems Administrator
The System Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff, volunteers, and Partners.
This individual will assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology. These activities include the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy; research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis and design; and support of operations staff in executing, testing and rolling-out the solutions. Participation on projects is focused on smoothing the transition of projects from development staff to production staff by performing operations activities within the project life-cycle.
This individual is accountable for the following systems: Linux and Windows systems that support GIS infrastructure; Linux, VMware, Hyper-v, Windows, SCCM and Application systems that support Asset Management; Responsibilities on these systems include engineering and provisioning, operations and support, maintenance and research and development to ensure continual innovation.
1. Engineering solutions for various project and operational needs.
2. Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
3. Install and configure systems such as supports GIS, infrastructure, applications or Asset Management applications.
4. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
5. Contribute to and maintain system standards.
6. Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
Operations and Support
7. 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 such as backups.
8. Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions. Provide solutions to possible security risks and perform prioritized implementation tasks to prevent intrusion
9. Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
10. Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
11. Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
12. Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
13. Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
Maintenance
14. Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
15. Upgrade and configure system software that supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
16. Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
17. Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
18. Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
19. Maintain data centre environmental and monitoring equipment.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
1. MCITP / MCSE for Microsoft Server 2012 or later
2. SCCM Certification: ( Advantage)
3. Min 3 years: System administration experience.
COMPLEXITY/PROBLEM SOLVING:
1. Position deals with a variety of problems and sometime must decide which answer is best. The question/issues are typically clear and requires determination of which answer (from a few choices) is the best.
RESPONSIBILITY/OVERSIGHT –FINANCIAL & SUPERVISORY:
1. Functions as a lead worker to those in the work unit; responsibility for training, instruction, setting the work pace, and possibly evaluating performance.
2. Stand-in in for Manager and Staff management.
3. No budget responsibility.
4. Standby.
COMMUNICATIONS/INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:
1. Interpret and/or discuss information with others, which involves terminology or concepts not familiar to many people; regularly provide advice and recommend actions involving rather complex issues. May resolve problems within established practices.
2. Provides occasional guidance, some of which is technical.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL EFFORT:
1. Responsibilities sometimes require working evenings and weekends, sometimes with little advanced notice.
2. No regular travel required
Package: R35000 – R45000 (Depending on experience)
Please email your CV in word format to sarahjane@solaoptima.co.za
Please include a copy of your ID, certificates and a recent payslip.
(Should you not receive feedback in 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful)
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