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About this job
Access Microfinance Bank Tanzania Limited (AMBT) is a Microfinance Bank with very strong international shareholders such as AccessHolding, International Finance Corporation, KfW, African Development Bank and MicroVest. AMBT’s vision is to be committed to the development of financial systems that support social progress by rendering services to all people with the same ambition for excellence and quality.
Access Microfinance Bank Tanzania Limited is offering excellent long-term career development opportunities for experienced and highly motivated professional applicants. In order to support our expansion process, we are looking forward to recruit self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our IT department in the position of Server Administrator.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Plan, deploy, configure and maintain servers, administrative responsibility for all servers in the Bank Execute a high quality, risk-based audits of technology infrastructure, information security, and business applications system.
Ensure security through access controls, backups and firewalls.
Install new servers and rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, upgrades etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements. Ensuring all the necessary server configurations are clearly and properly documented and all changes in server configuration are immediately reflecting in the documentations
Perform server administration tasks, including user/group administration, security permissions, group policies, print services, research event log warnings and errors, and resource monitoring, ensuring system architecture components work together seamlessly.
Plan and execute disaster recovery and normal recovery procedures, visual control of hardware equipment – ensure uptime of server
Maintain and update system, backup and patch procedure documentation
Anticipates Server down times through proactive analysis of logging data so as to ensure there is very minimal server downtimes
Advise on the server hardware and software specifications during the procurement process Monitor logging data and report system operating figures and irregularities regularly – communicate system or network events, troubleshoots problems and issues and escalate within organization
Install and manage data center racking, cabling, power, servers and storage devices (RAID) Design server resources concept and create lifecycle plan for servers and ensuring server replacements are done in time
Installation, configuration and maintenance of antivirus servers and ensuring proper distribution and regular antivirus updates on all AMBT servers
Installation and configuration of virtualization environment in Primary and DR Site
Plan and configure appliance-based firewalls
Plan detailed concept of LAN/WAN for all bank locations via connect to ISP
Support administrative functions of the Head of Infrastructure and technical functions for systems administrator Ensuring preventive maintenance plan schedule for all the servers in the Bank does exist and is timely implemented Interact with the help desk and other teams to assist in troubleshooting, identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed.
Requirements and Baseline Skills
Degree in information technology, computer science or comparable qualification
At least 3 years of professional experience in an operational IT role as a Server administrator IT certifications in Microsoft, Linux e.g. Microsoft Certified Professional, CompTIA Linux+ is required. N+, MCSA will be added advantage.
Server administration (modern MS Windows server (hardware, operation system, MS Office, network connections), patch management, scripting, user administration including Windows Server 2012/2016/2019 Linux server administration e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS
Working knowledge of virtualization, Hyper-V, VMware or equivalent.
Advanced knowledge of Windows Active Directory Network environment, GPO, DNS and DHCP IT security tools and methods (firewalls, VPN, TCP/IP) and experienced with appliance-based firewalls e.g. Sophos, FortiGate, Endian
Backup and recovery procedures (mysql-database server, operating systems)
Problem solving, analytical and process oriented
Disciplined approach towards daily operations and documentation
Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally in English
Willingness to travel to bank branches throughout the country for installation and administration of server Effective leadership of employees and providers
Basic knowledge of network and routing protocols
Please send your application letter and CV by email to career@accessmfb.co.tz. Certificates and other relevant documents will only be required during the interview. Application letters should explain why you fit for this position.
The deadline for applying to this position is 18th of March, 2022.
Access Microfinance Bank Tanzania is an equal opportunities employer.
Access Microfinance Bank Tanzania Limited is offering excellent long-term career development opportunities for experienced and highly motivated professional applicants. In order to support our expansion process, we are looking forward to recruit self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our IT department in the position of Server Administrator.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Plan, deploy, configure and maintain servers, administrative responsibility for all servers in the Bank Execute a high quality, risk-based audits of technology infrastructure, information security, and business applications system.
Ensure security through access controls, backups and firewalls.
Install new servers and rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, upgrades etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements. Ensuring all the necessary server configurations are clearly and properly documented and all changes in server configuration are immediately reflecting in the documentations
Perform server administration tasks, including user/group administration, security permissions, group policies, print services, research event log warnings and errors, and resource monitoring, ensuring system architecture components work together seamlessly.
Plan and execute disaster recovery and normal recovery procedures, visual control of hardware equipment – ensure uptime of server
Maintain and update system, backup and patch procedure documentation
Anticipates Server down times through proactive analysis of logging data so as to ensure there is very minimal server downtimes
Advise on the server hardware and software specifications during the procurement process Monitor logging data and report system operating figures and irregularities regularly – communicate system or network events, troubleshoots problems and issues and escalate within organization
Install and manage data center racking, cabling, power, servers and storage devices (RAID) Design server resources concept and create lifecycle plan for servers and ensuring server replacements are done in time
Installation, configuration and maintenance of antivirus servers and ensuring proper distribution and regular antivirus updates on all AMBT servers
Installation and configuration of virtualization environment in Primary and DR Site
Plan and configure appliance-based firewalls
Plan detailed concept of LAN/WAN for all bank locations via connect to ISP
Support administrative functions of the Head of Infrastructure and technical functions for systems administrator Ensuring preventive maintenance plan schedule for all the servers in the Bank does exist and is timely implemented Interact with the help desk and other teams to assist in troubleshooting, identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed.
Requirements and Baseline Skills
Degree in information technology, computer science or comparable qualification
At least 3 years of professional experience in an operational IT role as a Server administrator IT certifications in Microsoft, Linux e.g. Microsoft Certified Professional, CompTIA Linux+ is required. N+, MCSA will be added advantage.
Server administration (modern MS Windows server (hardware, operation system, MS Office, network connections), patch management, scripting, user administration including Windows Server 2012/2016/2019 Linux server administration e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS
Working knowledge of virtualization, Hyper-V, VMware or equivalent.
Advanced knowledge of Windows Active Directory Network environment, GPO, DNS and DHCP IT security tools and methods (firewalls, VPN, TCP/IP) and experienced with appliance-based firewalls e.g. Sophos, FortiGate, Endian
Backup and recovery procedures (mysql-database server, operating systems)
Problem solving, analytical and process oriented
Disciplined approach towards daily operations and documentation
Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally in English
Willingness to travel to bank branches throughout the country for installation and administration of server Effective leadership of employees and providers
Basic knowledge of network and routing protocols
Please send your application letter and CV by email to career@accessmfb.co.tz. Certificates and other relevant documents will only be required during the interview. Application letters should explain why you fit for this position.
The deadline for applying to this position is 18th of March, 2022.
Access Microfinance Bank Tanzania is an equal opportunities employer.