IT System Administrator - Cape Town, South Africa - Retail Digital Media

Description

Responsibilities:

• Configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
• Regular security monitoring will be done in order to identify any possible intrusions
• Managing custom media deployments to a network of digital screens & media players
• Researching and recommending innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks
• You will identify approaches that leverage the company's resources and provide economies of scale
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures and coordination and communication with impacted business/client stakeholders and escalate where necessary
• Configure / add new services as necessary
• Performing periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
• Maintenance of data centre \ cloud environmental and monitoring of services
• Performing ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required
• Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
• Installing and maintain firewall access rules and policies
• Monitoring of communication links
• Documentation of procedures and technical implementation

Experience

• Experience with databases, networks (LAN & WAN) and patch management
• Knowledge of system security (e.g. intrusion detection systems) and data Backup / Recovery
• Have a strong grasp of computer security (e.g. firewalls and intrusion detection systems
• Familiar with various operating systems and platforms

Critical Skills / Competencies

• Highly numerate & Solutions driven
• Excellent Problem solving and Accuracy skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Selfstarter, motivated, takes initiative and can work independently
• Excellent communicator with all levels in an organisation (verbal and written)
• Confident in operating in a dynamic environment
• Resilient mindset
• Ability to adapt to different situations as they arise (adaptive thinking)
• Ability to operate in a team environment
• Ability to prioritise deliverable and work load accordingly (good organisational skills)
• Ability to logically work with volumes of data

Qualifications:

• Grade 1
• Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Diploma or Degree)
• MCP, MCSE

Job Type:
Permanent


Salary:
R15, R18,500.00 per month


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cape Town,

Western Cape:
Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)


Application Question(s):

• Do you have MCP or MCSE certification?

Experience:

- databases, networks (LAN & WAN) and patch management: 2 years (required)
- system security: 1 year (required)

• IT

System Administrator: 2 years (required)

Application Deadline: 2023/01/25

Expected Start Date: 2023/03/01