Network & System Administrator at Rwanda Medical Supply Ltd: (Deadline 20 June 2022)

Network & System Administrator at Rwanda Medical Supply Ltd: (Deadline 20 June 2022)

RMS Ltd is a State-owned company created by the Government of Rwanda with the mandate of managing the end-to-end health supply chain for Rwanda. RMS Ltd provides pharmaceuticals and health commodities towards 5 rights: the right patient, the right drug/dose, the right cost, the right route, and the right time. The vision of RMS Ltd is to ensure quality and timely availability of all health commodities to the public through a cost-efficient, sustainable and effective supply chain. Drugs will be available throughout the country through an economical and financially sustainable supply chain that can meet current and future need and manage increasing complexity RMS Ltd is looking for qualified, dedicated & experienced individuals to fill the following position:

Network & System Administrator: (1)

Duties and responsibilities.

• Responsible for the installation, maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems and servers
• Perform Disaster recovery plans, Backups and restorations to ensure continuity of services
• Establish network specifications, designs, implement, configure and install various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS).
• Maintain network and system security, business applications, security tools, web-servers, email, operating systems, local and wide area networking.
• Install, upgrade and monitor software and hardware and maintain system efficiency.
• Provide Level 1st and 2nd level support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Perform network maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Conduct network upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations.
• Monitor network performance and ensure system availability and reliability,
• understand software defined Architecture with hyper converged Infrastructure
• Work within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to the network infrastructure.
• Implement security tools, policies, and procedures in conjunction with the company’s security team. Document and keep records
• Analyze and take proper decision and implementation on what type of software and hardware configurations that are required for the organization
• Prepare and conduct end-user trainings on utilizing the network staff

Qualification and Skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electro Mechanical Engineering or any other relevant field with minimum with at least 2 years of working experience and having Certification in A+, N+, Linux+ and MCITP or MCSE, MCSA.  Certificate in CCNA and Server is an added advantage with maximum of 28 years old.

Knowledge and technical skills required

• Knowledge of critical components of an Enterprise Resource Planning Software and System Interoperability requirements
• Understand end to end MIS technology components that are inherent in advanced MIS systems and explore how these may be relevant in different supply
• understanding of data analytics and Visualization principles and tools
• Wide knowledge of operating systems administrations such as windows, Mac, and Linux, and general purpose scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, and Perl, which are the most popular for enterprise-grade networks
• Familiar with different types of networks and architectures (including WAN, LAN, WLAN, DNS, Firewalls, Network Security, MPLS, VoIP) and how they can be integrated into an existing system.
• Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases and Object Relational Mapping
• Experience with release processes and version control
• Knowledge of general-purpose scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, and Perl, which are the most popular for enterprise-grade networks
•  Good interpersonal communication skills and ability to work with others under pressure and solve problems
• Strong attention to details.

Job application procedure

Interested candidates should send their application documents (in one PDF document) including Curriculum Vitae, copy of ID, copies of education certificates and Driving license, names of three referees as well as their emails and telephones.

All applications are to be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Medical Supply Ltd through the following email address: [email protected]

Deadline for application: Monday 20th June 2022 at 5:00 pm.

NB:

• Only applications sent via the above e-mail shall be considered;
• Only Candidates with the right qualifications and relevant experience shall be shortlisted and   contacted;
• Incomplete applications shall be rejected.