Systems Administrator

Salary: R25k per month
Location: Paarden Eiland, Cape Town

Requirements as follows:
• Bachelor Degree with a technical major such as engineering or computer science
• Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Unix & Microsoft
• Four to six years Windows based system administration experience (preferable in an SME / Corporate environment)

Overview of job outline:
• Ensure that the communication networks, electricity supply, switchboard & other technical systems within the company are functional at all times
- Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, storage, etc in accordance with standards and project / operational requirements
- Install and configure systems such as supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications
- Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled job such as backups
• Assist all company staff with any hardware, software, internet & email related problems that they may be experiencing from time to time, in an efficient and effective manner
- Provide support per request from various constituencies
- Investigate and troubleshoot issues
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
- Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies
• Ensure that the company policies with regards to IT usage are adhered to by all staff & report any discrepancies to the IT Manager
- Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
- Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary
- Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary
- Create, change, and delete user accounts per request
• Coordinate building maintenance