Indigenous Kenyans were barred by law from growing tea until the dawn of independence when the legislation was repealed for the indigenous people to commence on tea growing. In 1960, the colonial government created the Special Crops Development Authority (SCDA) to promote growing of tea by Africans under the auspices of the ministry of Agriculture. After Independence , Kenya Tea Development Authority was formed through legal notice No.42 of 1964 and took over the liabilities and functions of the SCDA to promote and foster the growing of tea in small farms, which were previously said to be unviable in view of the expertise and costs required, as witnessed in the plantation sector. Since then the growing of tea by the small-scale sub-sector in Kenya has carved a niche for itself in the global tea trade. Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited was incorporated on 15th June 2000 as a private company under (CAP 486) of the laws of Kenya, becoming one of the largest private tea management agencies. The Agency currently manages 67 factories in the small-scale tea sub-sector in Kenya

Main Duties and Responsibilities

•  Ensuring sound maintenance of network system as per set standards,
•  Controlling the accessibility of the data in the network,
•  Providing support services to network users as and when required,
•  Monitoring and reporting any major malfunction of the network system,
•  Ensuring safe custody of equipment and network systems,
•  Participating in network planning, design, development, deployment, and modification,
•  Performing preventive maintenance to ensure maximum uptime,
•  Enforcing of set policies regarding network usage and security,
•  Evaluating and identifying effectiveness of current architecture, business security issues, loopholes and escalate for remedial action,
•  Monitoring and analyze existing Intrusion Detection Systems to identify security issues and recommend areas of update,
•  Identifying potential threats, weaknesses and implement mitigation protocols for the data center,
•  Ensuring the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies,
•  Carrying out systems backup,
•  Maintaining the TOS and giving support to users,
•  Preparing incidents reports and maintaining current knowledge base of relevant scenarios in the security field,
•  Performing any other relevant duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

The Job holder must possess the following;

•  Bachelor of Science, ICT or its equivalent
•  Minimum of five (5) years in a dynamic business entity
•  Membership to CSK will be an added advantage
•  Related certification in Information and Community Technology from accredited institutions
•  Must demonstrate high integrity and ethical practice
•  Must demonstrate ability to execute work assigned with minimum supervision
•  Must be a team player who is able to work cordially in teams
•  Must demonstrate ability to multitask.
•  Should have ability to solve problems by applying relevant knowledge
•  Must have the ability to communicate for both written and oral communication
•  Must be able to work under pressure
•  Must be a flexible person, who is willing to learn and able to work flexible hours to achieve goals
•  Must be able to deliver targets, and a good planner who pays attention to detail
•  Must have knowledge in use of MS office packages