Linux System Administrator at Amecron Nigeria Limited

Amecron Nigeria Limited is an indigenous firm established and incorporated on the 26th of June 1980, under the companies and allied matters decree of Nigeria, 1968. Primarily set up, as a consulting Civil Engineering firm, the company served both the private and public sectors for a decade, before entering into the Oil and Gas industry in the turn of the decade (1990).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Linux System Administrator

Location: Rivers / Lagos

Description
General Services:

• 1st and 2nd Line Incident Management
• 1st and 2nd Line Incident Management
• 1st and 2nd Line Incident Management
• 1st and 2nd Line Incident Management
• 1st and 2nd Line Incident Management
• Request Management
• Change and Problem Management
• OS Backup Management
• Asset Inventory, Support Documentation and Spares Management
• Hardware Infrastructure management/support.

Specific User Services:

• VWS Landscape infrastructure support
• VWS Landscape user support
• VWS Landscape - Deskside visits.

Backend Services:

• Standalone Linux System support - RHEL
• Standalone Linux System support - RHEL
• Standalone Linux System support - Seismic Clusters
• Standalone Linux System support - Seismic Clusters.

TOE Compliance:

• Infrastructure / Platform
• SuSE
• SuSE
• RHEL VWS Blades
• VWS Maintenance Window for Windows blades only
• RHEL Systems
• Seismic clusters.

Support to other teams:

• Project Activities
• IT Clinic
• Support to other suppoort teams (storage, linux, database)
• Control ACD and Documentation Reviews
• Compliance Remediations
• Vulnerability Remediations
• Audit Response
• Review and respond to User and Monitoring tool mails
• Review and respond to device status reports
• Review and respond to service now ticket
• Review and respond to MS Teams calls
• Review and respond to ACD calls
• Review and respond to User requests
• Plan and execute changes
• Ensure monthly OS backups
• Maintain and update device support and spare records
• Provide hardware support for window servers and blades
• Provide system administration support to all users services
• Provide system administration support to all users services
• Plan and complete Deskside visits where required
• Provide system administration support to RHEL infrastructure
• Provide user-related system support to all users of RHEL servers
• Provide system administration support to seismic cluster nodes
• Provide user-related system support for Seismic cluster services
• Ensure TOE compliance for infrastructure firmware
• Ensure TOE compliance for infrastructure Operating Systems
• 3rd Line activities to help ensure TOE compliance for infrastructure Operating Systems
• Ensure OS TOE compliance for Windows and RHEL VWS Blades
• Ensure Monthly OS patching
• Ensure TOE compliance for infrastructure Operating Systems
• Ensure TOE compliance for infrastructure Operating Systems
• Provide support to project delivery
• Customer Engagement Sessions
• Adhoc support team requests
• Process Documents
• Remediation of all events of interest on controls for SOx and Non-SOx assets
• Remediation of all events of interest on controls for D&M SOx and Non-SOx assets (5 controls)
• Respond to Audit queries from LOD2 and External auditors.

Job Responsibilities

• The Linux Systems Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
• This position assists project teams with technical issues in the initiation, planning and implementation phases with multiple departments, clients, and vendors.
• The Linux Systems Administrator will be involved in the continued implementation, rollout, maintenance, and support of all corporate software and servers and related infrastructure.
• This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
• This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values and enabling staff.
• The ideal candidate is a strong technology professional with experience in a variety of environments for server and application administration for all development, testing, and production systems.

The key responsibilities include:

• Ensure HSE goal zero is achieved in all aspect operations service delivery.
• Ensure that servers’ availability is within agreed SLA.
• Incident/Problem resolution on escalation from 1st and 2nd Line Support
• Ensure backup operations are up and running.
• Ensure adherence to established processes.
• Events and capacity management
• Operations support for Hosting and Storage projects
• Hosting and Storage infrastructure security monitoring and remediation
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
• Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Develop, maintain installation and configuration procedures through the change management process.
• Participates in internal and client project planning for business systems and is relied upon to research and develop solutions/suggestions.
• Interface with hardware/software vendors to provide guidance on design and usability.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.

Key Interfaces:

• DBA & Middleware Team
• Hosting and Storage Project Team
• IT Security and compliance Team
• Subsurface and Wells Team
• Exploration, Geophysics and Reservoir Engineering Application Support Team.

Job Dimension

• Works as part of a team that provides support for about:
• Suse Linux servers and 2 support systems
• Physical & Virtual Linux servers
• Linux clusters with cluster nodes
• VWS Linux and Windows Workstations.

Job Purpose:

• Provide technical expertise for RedHat Linux
• Provide technical expertise for Suse Linux
• Provide infrastructure support for Linux based applications.
• Provide infrastructure benchmarks and ensure projects are delivered to operations specification.
• IT security and compliance management.

Special Challenges:

• Understanding of Operations Delivery process
• Understanding of Enterprise Services, Delivery Verticals, Business Interface and IDSO
• Understanding the nature of cross function reporting and communication
• Understanding of virtualization technologies with focus on VMware vSphere.

Requirements
Education & Experience:

• A Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, physical sciences, or Engineering.
• Ability to speak read and write in the English language.
• At least 5 years’ experience in Systems Administration within the Unix or Linux environment
• Formal Professional Training and Certification in RHCE and ITILF will be added advantage.
• Formal Professional Training on Linux System Administration & Troubleshooting and IT Service Management skills.
• Experience in working with or a good awareness of NetApp Storage Infrastructure.
• Has excellent project management skills to build and execute project plans for system upgrades, patches, rollouts, etc.
• Good understanding of the EP business
• Good understanding of the trends in the IT industry
• Ability to lead and manage third party personnel.
• Ability to manage relations with peers and senior EP business managers effectively in various organisations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, which are critical and required to develop the professional respect essential for successful performance.
• Natural flair for documentation and knowledge sharing
• Ability to communicate with and understand the needs of clients.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: cv@amecronng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.