MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Analyst - Infrastructure Management
Job Identification: 7849 Location: Ikoyi, Lagos Reports To: Manager - Infrastructure Management Division: Information Technology
Mission
Develop, document and oversee the life cycle and maintenance of IT infrastructure components, including servers, databases, backup, storage, and systems management components for MTNN in accordance with standard design specifications.
Description
Plan and monitor complex virtual clusters (VMware, Tanzu, Redhat OpenShift, Azure, Oracle Linux KVM) , physical server, database, storage, backup infrastructure to detect anomalies and prevent service disruptions to the greatest degree possible
Identify ways to streamline IT Infrastructure architecture documentation and align them to best international practice.
Coordinate, manage and conduct research studies around Private and Public Cloud infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure-as-Code, Hadoop Database, MongoDB, Exchange, Oracle Database, Backup, Microsoft business suites.
Leverage ITIL technics to identify potential Infrastructure incidents and provide proactive and reactive solutions to mitigate disruption to services.
Assist in maintaining Infrastructure software license compliance across servers (Physical/virtual), database, backup, storage, etc.
Maintain an up-to-date inventory report for all IT Infrastructure assets (servers, storage database, backup etc.)
Provide knowledge transfer to the IT Operations team by proactively bringing awareness of new IT Infrastructure changes, future roadmap initiatives and provide procedural documentation
Analyze IT Infrastructure needs from business units and deliver solutions for an integrated global IT infrastructure environment
Lead interactions with partners and service providers to foster strong relationships and troubleshoot major issues, determine adequate support levels, and evaluate new offerings
Monitor vendors and build progress until delivery
Uses expertise in overall infrastructure architecture to provide enhancements to existing products across server, backup, storage, database as well as direction for future capabilities
Leads specific IT Infrastructure projects including the design, justification, and implementation of new technologies.
Requirements Education:
First Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or IT related discipline
Fluent in English
Experience: 3-7 years’ experience which includes:
Minimum of 3 years Hands-on experience in Cloud Computing, Cloud-native Platform/application deployment, Virtualization, Operating System, Storage and System Management products.
Strong experience working in a complex Infrastructure environment
Strong experience in infrastructure architecture, data centers, servers, Database, Backup, Storage, SAN Switch and networks