Equinix is a global digital infrastructure company that has expanded its presence into Nigeria through the acquisition of MainOne, a leading connectivity and managed services provider in West Africa. Equinix’s goal is to facilitate the growth of digital economies by providing data center services and network connectivity solutions in Nigeria and across the broader West African region.
Job ID: JR-151565
Responsibilities
- Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the availability and efficiency of all server infrastructure resources and application systems, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
- Primarily provides support to the IPNGN virtual infrastructure.
- Apply OS/Hypervisor/Firmware/applications patches and upgrades as demanded, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
- Perform ongoing system performance tuning, infrastructure hardware upgrades ( CPU, memory and storage infrastructure), and resource optimization as required.
- Perform monthly Infrastructure and application performance reporting to support capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot and resolve operating system and application related issues.
- Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.
- Perform Server Hardening in line with server security best practices.
- Application servers review and deployment
Qualifications
- 3-5 years’ relevant experience
- B.Sc.Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
- CCNA, REDHAT, WINDOWS, VMWARE certifications
Skills & Competences:
- Linux and windows servers administration skills required
- Working knowledge of the Linux Kernel
- Database Administration experience
- Experience supporting Vmware vSphere environment
- Networking experience will be an added advantage
- Automation experience will be an added advantage (shell scripting, Ansible)
- Practical knowledge of DNS architecture, engineering, deployment and security
- Knowledge/ Experience working with Network monitoring tools and systems is an added advantage.
Method of Application
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