Kenya Education Network, (KENET), is the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Kenya. KENET is licensed by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) as a not-for-profit operator serving the education and research institutions. KENET provides affordable, cost-effective and low-congestion Internet bandwidth services to member institution campuses in Kenya. We have setup a gateway to the advanced e-infrastructures for research that are available exclusively within the Research and Education Community anywhere in the world. We also provide shared services such as; co-location of servers, dedicated Virtual servers for e-learning systems, video and web conferencing, and capacity building for technical staff. KENET is the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the academic community.
Job Reference No. 1002304
Main Purpose of the Job
This position reports to the Technical Lead, Cloud Infrastructure and will be responsible for the maintenance, configuration and safeguarding of stable and reliable KENET cloud infrastructure that supports digital enterprise and advanced research and education services.
The roles are also for the academic cybersecurity emergency response team (CERT) services as well as ICT capacity building of research and education community.
Requirements for the Job
- The ideal candidates shall have a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications or Electrical engineering or related field from a recognized university. With five (5) years progressive work experience in UNIX, Linux and/or Windows Server environments, Unix system administration, Windows server setup & administration, TCP/IP Networks and strong shell scripting/automation skills.
- In addition, applicants interested in this position should also have at least five (5) years relevant hands-on experience since graduation as a systems administrator in design, installation, operation and maintenance of on-premise virtualization platforms, cloud systems monitoring, cloud systems automation, enterprise storage architectures and platforms and data center operations.
- The candidate should have valid Certified OpenStack Administrator certification. Certifications in; Linux (LPIC-2); cloud computing (MS Azure, GCP, AWS, etc) and networking; and in information security related fields (CEH, CHFI, CISA) will be an added advantage.
- All candidates must have demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills, high ethical and moral standards and capable of working in teams with limited supervision.
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