The University of Ghana Computing Systems provides the IT services that the University of Ghana requires to fulfil its mission to be a world-class centre for research and teaching. UGCS provides innovative services and projects to support learning, teaching and research in response to the changing demands and trends in the IT ecosystem.<\/p>\n
In order to more effectively carry out this mandate, applications are invited to fill the following Senior Member positions:<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n JOB TITLE:\u00a0Storage Specialist<\/strong> JOB SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The role of a Storage Specialist has become critical in the changing dynamics at UG\u2019s Data centre as we migrate from the traditional data centre to Hyperconverged Infrastructure with multiple Virtual Machines to manage working on near-line and flash storage for maximum availability and reliability. Key responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Performs upgrades, assists, and works with the Datacentre specialist to restore issues, maintains data centre documentation, tracks physical data centre inventories, and maintains disaster recovery processes for future references. Performs installation, configuration, setup, testing and operational support for enterprise Storage and Backup solutions. Essential Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Working experience designing, integrating, monitoring, and managing end-to-end Storage and Backup infrastructure Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Applicants must have a Master\u2019s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline. Having the following certifications would be an added advantage: Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n An applicant for any of the positions is required to submit an application pack to<\/p>\n the Registrar,<\/strong> or<\/p>\n registrar@ug.edu.gh<\/strong>\u00a0(Soft Copy).<\/p>\n The application pack should contain the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Completed application form for Senior Administrative and Professional Staff Application: (UAB Form 1B) to be downloaded from the University\u2019s website\u00a0www.ug.edu.gh\/hrodd Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a031 January, 2022<\/p>\n Further information about the University of Ghana may be found on the University website at\u00a0www.ug.edu.gh.<\/p>\n Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The University of Ghana Computing Systems provides the IT services that the University of Ghana requires to fulfil its mission to be a world-class centre for research and teaching. UGCS…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-gLB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDEPARTMENT:<\/strong>\u00a0Infrastructure and Security Services Division
\nREPORTS TO:<\/strong>\u00a0Head of System Administration<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The synergy required to understand and operate the various new technology platforms and integrate same to achieve business continuity and stability has brought to the fore, the need for a versatile personality with skills required to manage and maintain data storage within centres across the business sites into a software defined data centre with converged and hyperconverged infrastructure to operate<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Collaborates with team members and leadership to develop road maps and strategies for the Storage and Backup Infrastructure
\n\u2022 Performs patch and firmware management
\n\u2022 Performs Storage life-cycle management
\n\u2022 Performs business continuity and disaster recovery testing<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Experience with working in large complex computing and storage organization \u2013 OS, VMware, SAN\/Storage and Backup\/Recovery Administration.
\n\u2022 Performs installation, configuration, setup, testing and operational support for enterprise Storage and Backup solutions.
\n\u2022 Collaborate with team members and leadership to develop road maps and strategies for the Storage and Backup Infrastructure.
\n\u2022 Working experience with HPE storage and 3PAR, DELL\/EMC, Data Domain File shares.
\n\u2022 Experience in setting up File Shares and distributed File system shares.
\n\u2022 Working experience troubleshooting storage issues.
\n\u2022 Working experience configuring replication devices and performing replication tests.
\n\u2022 Working experience monitoring storage performance.
\n\u2022 Working experience with UNIX and Windows Engineering and administration to support all Windows and UNIX based server hardware and Operating Systems.
\n\u2022 VEEM deployment and support for real time backup
\n\u2022 Proficiency in datacentre migrations and consolidations including capacity planning, virtualization, and best practices.
\n\u2022 Working experience with Automation tools like Ansible, Chef and Puppet.
\n\u2022 Knowledge with Cloud Technologies preferred \u2013 Azure and GCP.
\n\u2022 Participate in 24X7 on-call support to provide advance support to critical issues affecting business continuity.
\n\u2022 Working experience with UNIX Shell, Python and\/or PowerShell scripting.
\n\u2022 Manages third party suppliers in an infrastructure project.
\n\u2022 Essential Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications \u2013 Working experience with power\/electrical.
\n\u2022 Working experience with wiring\/cabling.
\n\u2022 Working experience with network Data Centre operation.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Certified Information System Auditor
\n\u2022 Certificate in HPE Storage (3PAR) systems management.
\n\u2022 Certificate in HPE blade server systems management.
\n\u2022 Certificate in Opensource Datacentre virtualization.
\n\u2022 VMware Certification
\n\u2022 Sophos Unified Threat Management System Professional (Sophos UTM)
\n\u2022 Applicants should have at least 7 years of experience in Systems Administration Working experience progressively in complex compute and storage organization \u2013 OS, VMware, SAN\/Storage and Backup\/Recovery Administration.<\/p>\n
\nUniversity of Ghana,<\/strong>
\nP. O. Box LG 25, Legon,<\/strong>
\nAccra, Ghana (Hardcopy)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 An up to date Curriculum Vitae and copies of relevant academic and\/or professional certificates.<\/p>\n