Infrastructure & Server Administrator Job Careers – Finance Trust Bank
Job Title: Infrastructure & Server Administrator
Organisation: Finance Trust Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Manager Networks & Infrastructure
About US:
Finance Trust Bank was licensed as a Tier 1 Commercial Bank on 11th November, 2013, taking over the financial services business of Uganda Finance Trust Limited (MDI). Today Finance Trust Bank is a fully-fledged Commercial Bank serving a clientele of over 400,000 depositors and over 23,000 borrowers, through a network of 35 branches country wide. The Bank offers a variety of Products and services including; Savings, Current accounts, Loans, Money transfer services and Bills payments to its target market which comprises of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, salary earners and youth.
Job Summary: The Infrastructure & Server Administrator is responsible for the proper monitoring and maintenance of FTB computer systems, hardware and communications infrastructure.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Proper maintenance of user workstations (file, print, e-mail) infrastructure, their upgrades, capacity planning and update the IT assets inventory regularly.
- Ensure proper functionality of ICT infrastructure and systems.
- Provide technical specifications for user workstations and configure all new workstations.
- Effectively track movement of hardware using equipment movement forms.
- Evaluate user hardware needs and provide support to users on peripherals, printer configuration, management, and disk space optimization.
- Proper maintenance of the Bank’s UPS’s by regular checkups and ensuring that only recommended computer hardware is connected to UPS systems.
- Monitors incident details, including the configuration items affected to protect systems from unwarranted configuration changes.
- Administration of Domain Controllers and DNS Servers.
- Implementing the auditing policy in respect of datacenter requirements.
- Install and maintain various Storage, Backup, Recovery and Data Protection infrastructure.
- Install and configure new hardware, software releases, system upgrades; evaluate and install patches.
- Ensures access to online services; links between servers and desktops, phones and printers.
- Establish best practices and policies for installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting end user workstation hardware and peripheral devices.
- Manage FTB Switches, Cabling and all network identities and addresses according to correct standards and procedures.
- Monitor and report on the performance of hardware equipment and operating systems, explain any performance deviations and provide recommendations for the redress of any difficulties.
- Administration of the Collaboration and Unified Communications Systems.
- Setting call limits and managing user account codes and disk quotas.
- Provide Support to End-users
- Adhere to ICT Policies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Finance Trust Bank Infrastructure & Server Administrator job opportunity must hold a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a CISCO certification in networking.
- At least three years of working experience in a WAN /LAN environment, which must include configuring switches, routers and firewalls.
- Broad understanding of computer systems, Network operating systems and computer applications
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve network problems, install and operate network monitoring tool and maintain network documentation.
- Ability to work independently at any Branch in an IT support capacity
- Good analytical, diagnostic and communication skills.
- Good People management skills and ability to manage third party contractors
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should address their application to Head, Human Resource, Finance Trust Bank, Plot 115 & 121, Katwe. P.O. Box 6972, Kampala, Uganda, and email it to jobs@financetrust.co.ug as well as photocopies of academic testimonials, and a CV. The CV should include telephone contacts and email addresses of three referees, one of who should be the most recent employer.
Deadline: 27th January, 2021.
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