Recruitment at Abuja Electricity Distribution Company For Officer, ICT Infrastructure and Platforms

Company Description:

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC Plc) one of the 11 privatized Electricity Distribution companies in Nigeria that operates in the following states; Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa and Abuja, is presently recruiting for the position below:

Job Title: Officer, ICT Infrastructure and Platforms

Job Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The role of this job holder is to carry out the identification and preparation of ICT facilities and deployment of ICT infrastructure, securing and provisioning power, building connectivity, cooling , CCTV monitoring, access control and lease as well as dark fiber connectivity between sites according to business requirements. Others include the provision of hardware resources for further configuration by specialist teams, monitoring, adhering to and enforcing strict access to ICT facilities as per policy.

Other Key Roles / Responsibilities

• Enforce data privacy, data integrity and service availability.
• Deployment of power, connectivity and cooling for ICT systems.
• Ensure tickets are resolved within team-defined SLOs.
• Enforce and adhere to access policy to secure data centers and highly secure ICT facilities.
• Provide inputs to budget preparation, tracking, reporting.
• Ensure high availability of services to end users.
• Carry out accurate capacity planning for ICT infrastructure.

Administrative/Supportive:

• Support Lead in building a strong team to meet corporate requirements.
• Mentor and provide support to ensure professional growth of new team members.

Education

• Software development certification a plus.
• B.Sc in Computer Science, Engineering course.
• Network certifications a plus.

Experience:

• Good operational knowledge of network systems, protocols, virtualization, cloud computing, SDN, load balancing.
• Work experience with the TCP/IP stack (DNS, DHCP, etc.).
• Minimum of 3 years cognate experience.
• Work experience in a multidisciplinary engineering team in a medium to large-size organisation.
• Good knowledge of electrical (including Solar and other renewable systems) and cooling systems.

Required Skills/Competencies:

• Good knowledge of dark fiber, leased wavelengths and data centers and data center switching and routing.
• Passion for excellence in serving users and addressing their needs.
• Project management skill.
• Good analytical, organizational and multitasking skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated with focus on results.
• People skills.
• Attention to detail.
• CCTV, VoIP, Access Control Systems – Deployment and Maintenance experience

Job Application Deadline:
13th February, 2019 at 5:00 pm GMT.

Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Information/Instruction
All applications should include curriculum vitae and a cover letter. The subject of your email should be “position applied for.” Failure to follow the instructions will lead to disqualification of your application.

The cover letter should be addressed to:
The MD/CEO,
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc,
1 Ziquinchor Street, Off IBB Way,
Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, FCT,
Nigeria
Attention: The Director, Corporate Services.

Note: Only soft copy of applications will be treated