Job Title: Systems Administrator – Makerere University Jobs 2021
Organization: Makerere University Uganda
Location: Kampala
Makerere University Profile:
Makerere University, Kampala is Uganda’s largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970.
Job Summary:
Provide expert support to all core/central information systems viz: (academic, research and administrative). Perform system tuning and recovery procedures for the university critical centralized systems and ensure high uptime, performance and security of the systems.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Plan and coordinate ICT training requirements for staff in their respective units in line Installation, management and maintenance of application servers and related university systems.
- Investigate and analyze the feasibility of system requirements and develop system specifications to prevent problems and to improve systems performance;
- Maintain operating systems, business applications and security tools;
- Evaluate related hardware and software products and make recommendations for adoption;
- Plan and recommend the redesign and configuration of operating systems and system applications;
- Implement system installations, expansion, upgrades and improvements;
- Automate tasks through scripting and the adoption of software/hardware tools;
- Undertake periodic internal audits of all university systems;
- Organize and schedule External System Audits;
- Provide expert support for the information system applications in the respective units;
- Participate in developing internal local software in liaison with the Systems Manager;
- Backup and restore University Systems;
- Analyze system logs and identify potential risk issues with University systems;
- Troubleshoot any reported problems with University Systems;
- Set up and implement security policies for users of all university core systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- The ideal applicant must hold a Master’s degree in Information Systems, Software Engineering or Computer Science.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Software Engineering
- An Oracle certificate Association (OCA);
- Certification in UNIX Systems administration.
- Minimum of three (3) years working experience, in administration and management of Information Systems, open source platforms for systems, networks and databases
- Knowledge of relevant programming languages particularly for web-based systems;
- Knowledge in systems auditing and evaluation
- Knowledge in other relational data base management systems (MYSQL, POSTGRESS and MS SQL Server)
- Interpersonal & Communication skills;
- Good conceptual skills;
- Ability to initiate change
How To Apply for Makerere University Jobs 2021
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit their applications through the link below:
Deadline: 28th June 2021
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