Senior System Administrator

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT No. 16-2023.24

(External Only)

The vision of ECX is to become a leading and dynamic African Exchange of choice. ECX has a mission to provide a modern, efficient, transparent, and reliable market platform and warehousing service through the adaptation of technology, excellence in innovation, and integrity. ECX is a unique partnership of market actors, Members of the Exchange, and its main promoter, the Government of Ethiopia. ECX represents the future of Ethiopia, bringing integrity, security, and efficiency to the market. ECX would like to promote motivated and qualified applicants for the following positions.

1. Position: Senior System Administrator

Job Grade:9

Duty Station:Addis Ababa/Head Office

Availability: As Soon As Possible

Job Purpose: - The purpose of the job is to provide tier III technical support for the overall Server and Storage Area Network (SAN) at the headquarters (HEAD OFFICE), Disaster Recovery (DR) site, HEAD OFFICE Trading Centre, and Regional Trading Centers. Administer, and oversee the ECX Server and Storage Area Network. Assist the Manager IT Infra and support in running the System and SAN infrastructure of the Exchange; to maximize ECXs System services uptime through maintenance of corporate System and SAN infrastructure and prepare periodical reports.

SUMMARY OF MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Monitors and administers SAN storage infrastructure ( HEAD OFFICE and DR)

Produces/Updates technical architecture document every 3 months;

Monitors and optimizes critical ECX core business applications running on administer blade servers and rack servers ( HEAD OFFICE and DR)

Monitors and administers Microsoft and VMware Hypervisors, Virtual Machines Maintains local documentation and auditing security, hosting business-critical applications and databases ( HEAD OFFICE and DR), Microsoft Active Directory, DNS,DHCP, Web and File services( HEAD OFFICE and DR), Microsoft Exchange services( corporate email system) ( HEAD OFFICE and DR)

Ensures the backup of all Critical systems, Databases, files, and folders of the Exchange.

Ensures the proper functioning of the ECX Server and Storage infrastructure at all times on working and non-working hours, locally and remotely ( HEAD OFFICE and DR)

Coordinates information system administration and storage infrastructure of the Exchange and ensures all ECXs externally accessed resources, such as Trading portal, Email, and others are secured and functioning properly through Administering Gateway security products

Ensures that all ECX employees are authenticated and Authorized to access Server resources

Participates in System and SAN Infrastructure projects from initiation to full implementation as assigned by the immediate supervisor

Ensures storage area network is properly secured through zoning, masking, and other related technologies.

Participates in system/project testing, rollout, and certification with other IT units;

Serves as mentor and coach to System Administrator specialists and Associates

Participates in technical bid preparation and evaluations for IT procurements;

Designs installation and maintenance of servers and storage;

Plans monthly servers and storage operation and maintenance activities

Closely works with the System, Network, Security, and Application Development teams to produce an optimal solution during new installations and troubleshoot problems;

Ensures implementation of security and audit options;

Configures storage devices, services, directories, and peripherals using established standards and requirements

Performs other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

. MSc\BSc - Information Technology, Computer science, and other related fields

4/6 years of relevant experience in System Administration, SAN administration, and Virtual systems administration-related work experience