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Are you looking for Government jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Network Administrator Assistants job at The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA)

Kampala, Uganda

Full-time

Deadline: 

12 Mar 2024

The National Identification and Registration Authority is a government-owned organisation in Uganda, mandated to register births and deaths in the country and to develop a National Identification Register for both citizens and legally resident non-citizens.

Network Administrator Assistants job at The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA)

NIRA

RECRUITMENT OF TEMPORARY STAFF – MASS ENROLMENT AND MASS RENEWAL OF NATIONAL IDs

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) was established by the Registration of Persons Act (ROPA), 2015 and is mandated to establish and maintain the National Identification Register (NIR). The Authority is also charged with among others; the registration of citizens and legally resident aliens; assigning National Identification / Alien Identification Numbers (NINs/AINS) to qualifying persons and issuing Identification Cards to those 16 years and above; registration of births, deaths and adoption orders and issuance of the relevant certificates
The first release of National Identification Cards in Uganda was issued in 2014 with validity of ten (10) years. NIRA intends to conduct a mass renewal and mass enrolment exercise for all expired cards and unregistered citizens. Section 66 of the Registration of Persons Act, 2015 makes possession of a National Identification Card or National Identification Number (NIN) a mandatory requirement for persons to access public services.

To support the above exercise, NIRA wishes to recruit suitable candidates for the following temporary positions:

10.Job title: Network Administrator Assistant
Reports To: Network Administrator
Department: ICT

Job Summary: The Network Administrator Assistant will be responsible for assisting in supporting, configuring, and maintaining NIRA’s internal and external networks.

  • Assists in maintaining connectivity of field equipment and optimized network.

  • Assists in maintaining network servers, routers, switches, and related software.

  • Assists in maintaining an inventory of all IT related equipment showing the physical location, user, a clear description and specification details.

  • Assists in supporting diagnostics of network issues and providing support for service desk and technical staff.

  • Assists in updating and maintaining network documentation, assigning networking addresses, managing device configurations in accordance with approved policies.

  • Assist in monitoring backups, scheduled server and workstation maintenance. Overseeing new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades relating to network or telephone equipment.

  • Assist in planning and implementing any improvement, modification, or replacement of network infrastructure components.

  • Assist in receiving, prioritizing, and responding to incoming work orders regarding equipment connectivity problems.

  • Assist in ensuring efficient and effective network security and connectivity and monitoring network performance (availability, utilization, throughput, good output, and latency) and test for weaknesses.

  • Assists in managing user accounts, permissions and passwords.

  • Ensuring that data protection and privacy in accordance with the Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019 is embedded.

  • Perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Manager Information Systems

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  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree with Honors in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field

  • Hands on experience in networking, routing and switching in LAN, APNs and WAN

  • Excellent knowledge of best practices around management, control, and monitoring of server infrastructure

  • Experience with firewalls, Internet VPN’s remote implementation, troubleshooting, and problem resolution.

  • Ability to set up and configure network switches, routers, firewalls and server hardware.

  • Familiarity with backup and recovery software and methodologies

  • International certification in Juniper, Cisco, CWNA or BCNE


Experience and Skills

  • Proven network administrator experience will be an added advantage.

  • Problem solving skills and ability to think algorithmically, Ability to work under pressure and deadlines, Ability to work with or without supervision, Ability to sit for long working on a computer, Flexibility to work night shift and weekends.

  • Accuracy, Team player, Good organizational skills, Cost awareness

APPLICATION FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE DONE ONLINE:
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