Systems Administrator at Rhodes University

Purpose

• The Systems Administrator assists the Lead Systems Administrator with installing, configuring, upgrading, administering, monitoring and maintaining the diverse set of server operating system software and hardware, and applications that form part of the University’s central IT operations.

Requirements
A relevant NQF level 6 Diploma plus approximately 4 years’ relevant experience where such experience includes: -

• At least a years’ in an environment with a network of similar complexity/scale to Rhodes (e.g. an ISP with a large number of customers, or a large corporate or school network)
• Some experience or exposure in an open-source, community networking or similar project
• Some evidence of professional development in this field
• Formal certification (particularly at a higher level) in any of the operating systems, network infrastructure, etc. used by Rhodes will be an advantage