M-PESA: System Administrator
Vodacom Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Full-Time
30th October 2020
Role purpose:
The administrator will responsible for the general maintenance of the M-Pesa ecosystem. This will include end to end incident management from initial troubleshooting to root cause analysis to problem management. Implementation of security policies, patch management, and user access management as per the Vodacom policies. This role is responsible for designing and building modules and solutions based on the needs of business and IT.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership
- System Management (Core System + M-Pesa Eco System)
- System Monitoring
- System Security
- Business Continuity Management
- System Operations & End User Support
- Self-Development
Core competencies, knowledge, and experience
- Operating system Unix (Solaris), Linux, and Windows
- Excellent communication skills
- Relational Database Management Systems (Oracle, SQL Plus, MYSQL)
- Web Services & SSL/TLS Communication
- Experience in coding i.e. Java, Javascript, or PHP
Must have technical/professional qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or its equivalent.
- Strong technical, analytic skills.
- Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
- Mobile Money experience would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of ITIL would be advantageous.
Skills
- Maintain and Repair
- Monitor and Diagnose
- Implementation and Integration
- NFV/SDN
- Agile
- Incident Response
- Automation and Robotics
- Cloud