Ethiopia Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: System Administrator- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: March 25, 2019POSITION SUMMARY:System Administrator is responsible for the technical design, planning, implementation, and the highest level of performance tuning and recovery procedures for mission critical enterprise systems. S/he will serves as a technical expert in the area of system administration for complex operating systems. S/he recommends the redesign and configuration of operating systems and system applications.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Manage virtual and physical servers with Windows Servers ranging from 2008 – 2016 and RHEL operating systems.• Manage Active Directory, Microsoft Office 365, and server and workstation patching with SCCM• Ensure the security of the server infrastructure by implementing industry best-practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.• Architecture: Design and implement Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services utilizing Microsoft Best Practices.• Administration of E-mail messaging environment including SMTP and MAPI using Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016• Windows Server Administration in an Active Directory environment using Windows Server 2008 and 2012; including IIS, Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Services, and Certificate Services• Supporting Domain networking services such as DNS, DDNS, DHCP, WINS, and WPA2.• Supporting Internet and Intranet services including Internet Access, OWA, SharePoint Services, External Web Servers, and Intranet.• Perform enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery practices for all systems and applications and test routine system backups and restores.• Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and correct hardware and software issues on servers, and workstations. Escalate incidents as necessary.• Practice server asset management, including maintenance of server component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.• Recommend, schedule, and perform software and hardware upgrades, patches and reconfigurations.• Support Hyper-V environment• Supporting a VMWare ESX Clustered Environment• Support enterprise antivirus software.• Proactive systems monitoring and maintenance with native and 3rd party applications (SNMP, Solar Winds, AD Manage, WSUS etc.)• Provisioning and Maintaining Storage Area Network Equipment• Developing scripting tools as necessary to automate or expedite administration tasks• Installation and configuration of new physical and virtual server systems in standalone and high availability clustered configurations• Troubleshooting and resolution of complex server, workstation, and application problems• Supporting Internal IT Applications and problem ticket system• Maintaining Detailed Documentation and Following a prescribed Configuration Management Process• Develop required reports in response to business user and management needs.• Manage the physical environment of the server racks including cable management, documentation, labeling, and configuration of KVM switching for console and remote access.• Build and deploy new servers on the network as needed• General user support• Monitoring the use of the web by employees.• Managing the organization’s website• System Audit Logging• Others as requested by the supervisor

Bachelor's

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• BSC in Computer Science, Computer engineering or related field
• Microsoft Exchange 2010 Certification preferred
• At least 6 years directly related experience supplemented with relevant industry standard certifications.
• Six (6) plus years of advanced Windows system administration
• Experience with medium (400+ users) Active Directory migration project a plus
• Four (4) plus years managing corporate E-mail systems (Exchange Migration a plus)
• Four (4) plus years’ experience in medium (400+ users) Enterprise environment
• Experience with internal IT SLA
• Experience working in a virtualized environment

5-10 years

• We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to send (i) a cover letter, (ii) CV (maximum 5 pages), and (iii) a completed ATA online Application Form at http://apply.ata.gov.et• Also, please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application form.• Women are highly encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.