System Administration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrade, and support of IT infrastructures, including network, VPN, Window servers, computer, operating systems, email systems, applications and associated hardware and software.
• Perform server administration tasks, including user administration, security permissions, backup, etc, ensuring system architecture components work together seamlessly.
• Ensure security and policy compliance while performing technical tasks.
• Perform emergency or periodically planned information systems administration tasks, maintenance/updates and configuration changes.
• Perform system & server monitoring and backup and restore procedures to ensure system and data availability.
• Assist in the system integration hardware and software installation configuration and disposition of servers and workstations to support the architecture.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, resource optimization, repair and recovery from hardware or software failure for desktop and servers.
• Implement and manage server and application security policies, including firewall configurations and anti-virus solutions.
• Regularly apply security patches to server environments and respond to system vulnerabilities.
• Ensure proper access control and manage role-based access to sensitive information and systems.
• Collaborate with the IT Support team to manage identity and access management systems.
• Collaborate with the IT Support team on network-related security measures, such as VPNs and firewall configurations.
• Work closely with the IT Support team to ensure seamless integration between server infrastructure and the network environment.
• Provide second-tier support for escalated issues from the IT Support team and assist in troubleshooting system-related issues for end-users.
• Collaborate with other Technology teams to provide solutions and support for broader tech initiatives.

Job Requirements

• Diploma in Computer Engineering / Computer Science / Information Technology or related.
• 3 years of working experience as Systems Administrator.
• Strong hands-on knowledge in networking, database servers (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, PrestoDB), and networking equipment (firewalls, routers, switches).
• Proficiency in Linux and Unix operating systems is essential, including a strong working knowledge of bash commands.
• Experience with bash scripting or Python scripting is highly desirable.
• Experience in managing LAMP stack and Java environment servers.
• Hands-on knowledge on containerization technology (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD Tools (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins), scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell) for automation, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana), and Infrastructure as Code (i.e. Ansible, Terraform) is preferred.
• Familiarity with cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP) is an added-advantage.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrade, and support of IT infrastructures, including network, VPN, Window servers, computer, operating systems, email systems, applications and associated hardware and software.
• Perform server administration tasks, including user administration, security permissions, backup, etc, ensuring system architecture components work together seamlessly.
• Ensure security and policy compliance while performing technical tasks.
• Perform emergency or periodically planned information systems administration tasks, maintenance/updates and configuration changes.
• Perform system & server monitoring and backup and restore procedures to ensure system and data availability.
• Assist in the system integration hardware and software installation configuration and disposition of servers and workstations to support the architecture.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, resource optimization, repair and recovery from hardware or software failure for desktop and servers.
• Implement and manage server and application security policies, including firewall configurations and anti-virus solutions.
• Regularly apply security patches to server environments and respond to system vulnerabilities.
• Ensure proper access control and manage role-based access to sensitive information and systems.
• Collaborate with the IT Support team to manage identity and access management systems.
• Collaborate with the IT Support team on network-related security measures, such as VPNs and firewall configurations.
• Work closely with the IT Support team to ensure seamless integration between server infrastructure and the network environment.
• Provide second-tier support for escalated issues from the IT Support team and assist in troubleshooting system-related issues for end-users.
• Collaborate with other Technology teams to provide solutions and support for broader tech initiatives.

Job Requirements

• Diploma in Computer Engineering / Computer Science / Information Technology or related.
• 3 years of working experience as Systems Administrator.
• Strong hands-on knowledge in networking, database servers (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, PrestoDB), and networking equipment (firewalls, routers, switches).
• Proficiency in Linux and Unix operating systems is essential, including a strong working knowledge of bash commands.
• Experience with bash scripting or Python scripting is highly desirable.
• Experience in managing LAMP stack and Java environment servers.
• Hands-on knowledge on containerization technology (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD Tools (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins), scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell) for automation, monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana), and Infrastructure as Code (i.e. Ansible, Terraform) is preferred.
• Familiarity with cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP) is an added-advantage.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.