NAFASI ZA KAZI MPYA NMB BANK PLC Data Centre Administrator

Job Location :

Dar Es Salaam Zone, Kisarawe

Job Purpose:

Troubleshoot, maintain, monitor and act as first line of support for the bank’s Data Centers Infrastructure (Servers, Mechanical, Electrical Power, Plumbing, Cooling Systems, Physical security, Access control, and fire detection & suppression system at the bank’s DR site (Kisarawe).

Main Responsibilities:

• Coordinate, troubleshoot, resolve or escalate and provide overall accountability for the daily activities of business support for Data Center Infrastructure.
• Provide coordination, planning and execution of routine and corrective maintenance tasks for all Data Center Infrastructure i.e MEP equipment, Compute, Network, Storage and Backup systems
• Provide statistics and reports to support management decision making process.
• Support business units through the provisioning of rackspace, network connectivity, and deploying IT infrastructure into the provisioned rack space.
• Conduct thorough assessments on electrical, mechanical and plumbing system failures and suggest feasible solutions to counter identified challenges
• Prepare various system monthly reports and maintain incidents RCA register for proper referencing.
• Coordinate system patch and release management compliant to patch life cycle management best practices and ensure proper inventory list is maintained always
• Evaluating overall performance and capacity of Data Center Infrastructure and providing recommendations for improving performance.
• Ensure adherence to Data Centre Infrastructure policies, processes and procedures for all virtualization, backup and storage systems is maintained
• Ensure compliance of IT enterprise infrastructure policies, procedures, guidelines and best practices.
• Provision of DR compute environment and ensure they are highly available for security of bank’s data and compliance.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of Server Infrastructure is primary requirement
• Experience in installation, configuration and administration of virtual and containerized environments preferably VMware, Oracle Linux KVM, OVM.
• Knowledge of implementing and providing support for engineered systems i.e. Converged, Hyperconverged, Oracle Supercluster infrastructure.
• Knowledge and experience of Windows, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux flavors, Solaris.
• Basic Knowledge of network systems especially Cisco platforms.
• Basic Knowledge of electrical and cooling systems.
• Competency in system Hardware and Software troubleshooting.
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills in English and Swahili.
• Strong Planning and organizing skills
• Project Management skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Engineering or related academic fields.
• IT professional certifications such as VMware Certified Professional Datacenter Virtualization (VCP-DCV) will be an added advantage
• Linux and Window Server Certifications will be added advantage.
• CCNA Certification will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience on server and MEP infrastructure support

  NMB Bank Plc is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
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The deadline for submitting the application is 20 October 2022.