Our client, a group of hotels in Kenya a seeking to recruit an IT Operations Engineer.

Job Purpose: Supports the organization’s operations by identifying and solving operational problems.


Job Duties:



  • Identifies operational problems by observing and studying system functioning and performance results; investigating complaints and suggestions; interviewing process supervisors and operators; completing troubleshooting procedures.

  • Identifies operational priorities by assessing operational objectives; determining project objectives, such as, efficiency, cost savings, energy conservation, operator convenience, safety, environmental quality; estimating relevance, time, and costs.

  • Develops operational solutions by defining, studying, estimating, and screening alternative solutions; calculating economics; determining impact on total system.

  • Anticipates operational problems by studying operating targets, modes of operation, unit limitations; monitoring unit performance.

  • Improves operational quality results by studying, evaluating, and recommending process re-design; implementing changes; contributing information and opinion to unit design and modification teams.

  • Maintains safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.

  • Provides operational management information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating and engineering data and trends.

  • Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

  • Accomplishes engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed.


Qualifications


  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering specialized in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication Engineering & Telecommunication Engineering.

  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in IT Operations & Technical Support services.

  • Intermediate level in management of Network/System Infrastructure in Solaris/Linux platform along with data center management.

  • Basic level experience in writing & executing basic SQL queries.

  • Intermediate knowledge of IP routing, VPN & Ethernet technology and operations.

  • Basic knowledge with managing Cisco/switch platforms and other devices like load balancers/content filtering/firewalls/IDS/IPS and network modeling software. Networking certification from Cisco (e.g. CCNA) and Microsoft would be a plus.

  •  Expert in troubleshooting.


If you meet the qualifications, kindly send your CV to jobs@jantakenya.com clearly indicating ‘IT Operations Engineer’ on the subject line by 26th February, 2016. 



Do not attach any certificates.




Only shortlisted shall be contacted.