CVPeople Tanzania
Systems & Database Adminstrator
Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Job Description
The ideal candidate will be responsible in structuring, monitoring and adminstration of the network environment (LAN, WAN) including any new installations, upgrades,
- .Maintenance of Cisco, Alcatel and 3COM equipment utilized on the LAN and WAN networks.
- Configuration, monitoring and management of servers (Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux) as well as client machines
- Backup and Restoration management for all servers
- Structuring, Monitoring and administration of the network environment (LAN, WAN) including any new installations, upgrades
- Configuration and deployment of new hardware and software solutions on servers and on the client environment
- Maintaining server inventory and configuration information
- Deploying software onto the servers and client’s machines either interactively or remotely through Group Policy Management
- Administration of mail servers, antivirus, mail marshal and web marshal
- Database administration and server performance tuning for Oracle databases
- User security administration and management including creation and deletion of user accounts
- Managing and administering various business systems including General Insurance, Medical, Life, Pensions and Finance and all associated software e.g. document management and archiving etc.
- Handling conventional support issues on servers and clients
- Creating and maintaining all databases required for development, testing and production usage
- Performing the capacity planning required to create and maintain the databases
- Performing ongoing tuning of the database instances
- Installing new versions of the Oracle and its tools and any other tools that access the Oracle database
- Planning and implementing backup and recovery of the Oracle database
- Controlling migration of programs, database changes, reference data changes and menu changes through the development life cycle
- Implementing and enforcing security for all of the Oracle Databases
- Performing database re-organizations as required to assist performance and ensure maximum uptime of the database
- Ensuring all Premia support issues for Tanzania are resolved within agreed TAT, and provide a report at end of each month showing the TAT achievement
- Deploying a web based quotation/ policy issuance system which fully meets business requirements
- Database management tasks for all databases deployed in Tanzania. Ensuring all Oracle databases are optimally tuned
- Identifying and deploying new systems based on business requirements
- Take on other IT projects and assignments to be advised by management
- Take any other projects and assignments to be assigned by the IT Head during the course of the year
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor in computer science or equivalent
- LAN and WAN infrastructure, design , installation and configuration
- Network Security design and implementation including internet security management, email security, firewall management, DMZ, intrusion detection, protocol management and monitoring etc.;
- Network Monitoring and Management technologies including bandwidth monitoring and management;
- High Availability Server Management including server clustering;
Functional Skills
- Data management
- Information and knowledge management
- 1 – 2 years of hands on systems engineering/ support experience within financial services
- Experience in supporting/ monitoring mission critical applications with high availability requirements
