Liberty Life Assurance Kenya is a life insurance provider that has been providing relevant products to Kenyans for over 50 years. Our purpose at Liberty is to make a difference in people’s lives by making financial freedom possible

Main Purpose

The Network Administrator will be responsible troubleshooting network performance issues, analysing network traffic and performance and other aspects of network architecture.

Key Responsibilities

•  Responsible for maintaining Network hardware architecture and inventory, including procurement and specifications.
•  Assist in the design, implementation and maintenance of systems, programs, hardware, and software through ensuring appropriate networks.
•  Work with management and other key IT stakeholders to build and implement network security strategies.
•  Perform complex troubleshooting, backup, archiving, and disaster recovery.
•  Effectively manage and control the Data Centres
•  Provide onsite and remote Network administration, setup, and configuration and maintenance.
•  Responsible for repairing Network devices, both internally and via vendor support.
•  Monitor network usage.
•  Maintenance and administration of the Network infrastructure and related applications.
•  Assists in ensuring IT Network infrastructure and related applications are adequately configured to meet SLAs with the business.
•  Assists in the network support while enforcing network security within the entire infrastructure.
•  Enforcement of all security measures within the LAN and WAN infrastructure.
•  Administer LAN/WAN security, antivirus, and spam control measures.
•  Enforcement of all network policies and procedures
•  Assist in providing firewall administration.
•  Proactively manage the LAN/WAN network and enforce strong recovery policies to ensure 99.99% availability.
•  Troubleshoot network architecture and making recommendations for system fixes and enhancements.

Requirements

Qualifications :  Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology or any related field

 Relevant ICT certification:

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – A must
• Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Cloud certification

Experience

At least 5 years practical experience in providing network administration in a large ICT enabled environment.

Competencies

•  ITIL Governance Standards
•  Network management and administration; Routers, switches, firewalls, VPN
•  Network Access control and administration
•  Configuration and management of wireless technology
•  Configuration and management of Windows servers, Active directory, DNS, DHCP,
•  Enterprise storage and virtualisation
•  Enterprise Architecture
•  Disaster recovery planning
•  Business Continuity planning
•  IT Security and risk governance
•  Adhering to principles and values
•  Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
•  Following instructions and procedures
•  Coping with pressures and setbacks
•  Relating and Networking
•  Analyzing
•  Working with people
•  Applying expertise and technology
•  Learning and researching.
•  Presenting and communicating information
•  Achieving personal work goals and objectives – personal motivation