Linux System Administrator at Pambazuka National Lottery

Responsibilities for the Linux System Administrator Job

• Provisioning
• Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• 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

• 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.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• 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.
• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.

Maintenance

• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications
• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
• Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.

Qualifications for the Linux Systems Administrator Job

• Undergraduate Degree in IT/ Computer Science/ BBIT or any other relevant course
• Linux Certification e.g. RHCE/RHCA is a must
• MySQL Cluster Database knowledge is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 years work experience as a Systems Administrator.
• To be a successful Linux system administrator, you should be a self starter who is highly motivated, detail oriented, flexible.
• You must be ready to learn new things and apply the latest technologies that would help the organization to grow.
• The individual in this position must also possess excellent interpersonal skills and should be comfortable working in a team environment.
• He/she has to be able to work independently and maintain excellent customer service skills.
• He/she should be able to identify the system issues and solve them in an effective manner.
• He/she must be able to work well even under pressure and must also have the ability to respond to and
• prioritize the incoming work according to the stringent deadlines.