Friday, October 10, 2008

VACANCY AT MERISTEM NIGERIA



JOB TITLE: Hardware and Infrastructure Support




REPORTING: Head, Information Technology


Our Organisation:The Meristem Group is an investment outfit committed to providing superior value to investors, shareholders, staff and other relevant stakeholders. With subsidiaries in Securities, Registrars and Assets, the Meristem Group is continuously positioning greater growth and increased distinction in the financial services industry. We hold key, values of integrity, responsiveness and insistence on quality; and keep our sight on doing all we can to remain the preferred.


The Context:Information Technology has moved beyond being an administrative necessity to being a strategic enabler in the 21st century organization. At the Meristem Group, we are building a leading IT department that seeks to understand, enable as well as enhance the strategic intents of the group. We seek to do this through an effective coordination of IT infrastructure, all of which are not ends themselves but only means to ensuring overall achievement of organizational objectives.


The Role:The core purpose of the role is to manage the network and internetwork infrastructure of the Meristem Group. The role also supports servers, desktops and other hardware platforms.


The Person:The Hardware and Infrastructure Support Officer should have a relevant first degree as well as a comfortable understanding of the implementation and managing of Cisco devices: switches, routers and firewalls. The person should also have a working knowledge of other hardware devise like servers, desktops and printers.Key competencies required to execute the role


Technical core

Demonstrate ability to configure Cisco routers to achieve secure connections.Effective understanding of IP addressing and services like DHCP, DNS, NAT and PAT.Ability to manage and troubleshoot PCs, Servers, printer, etc.


Technical non-core

Inventory management skillsA working understanding of IT processes in the financial service industryDexterity with Microsoft Office suite.


Behavioural

Stakeholder relationship managementProblem solving skillsAbility to devise unconventional and out of the box ideas to tasks


Conditions and Reward

The candidate should possess a minimum of a second class lower degree in the relevant discipline, as indicated above, and the role holder will be competitively rewarded in accordance with the level of skill and competencies required to execute.



2. JOB TITLE: Operating System Support

REPORTING: Head, Information Technology

Our Organisation:The Meristem Group is an investment outfit committed to providing superior value to investors, shareholders, staff and other relevant stakeholders. With subsidiaries in Securities, Registrars and Assets, the Meristem Group is continuously positioning greater growth and increased distinction in the financial services industry. We hold key, values of integrity, responsiveness and insistence on quality; and keep our sight on doing all we can to remain the preferred.


The Context:Information Technology has moved beyond being an administrative necessity to being a strategic enabler in the 21st century organization. At the Meristem Group, we are building a leading IT department that seeks to understand, enable as well as enhance the strategic intents of the group. We seek to do this through an effective coordination of IT infrastructure, all of which are not ends themselves but only means to ensuring overall achievement of organizational objectives.


The Role:The core purpose of the role is to manage the operating systems infrastructure group wide. These systems include Windows 2003 and Linux servers. The Person:The Operating Systems Support Officer should have a relevant first degree as well as Microsoft Operating Systems certifications. The person should have an effective understanding of Windows Active Directory design, implementation, troubleshooting, security and optimization. Key competencies required to execute the role


Technical core

Ability to implement, administer and maintain a windows 2003 networkAbility to implement and administer security on Windows Server 2003 Ability to implement and manage Microsoft Exchange Server 2003


Technical non-core

Proven project management skillsA working understanding of IT processes in the financial service industryDexterity with Microsoft Office suite.


Behavioural

Stakeholder relationship managementProblem solving skillsAbility to devise unconventional and out of the box ideas to tasks


Conditions and Reward

The candidate should possess a minimum of a second class lower degree in the relevant discipline, as indicated above, and the role holder will be competitively rewarded in accordance with the level of skill and competencies required to execute.

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