2 Fresher ICT Officer Jobs – Eskom

Job Title:      ICT Officer (2 Fresher Jobs)  
Organization: Eskom
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
Reports to: ICT Manager
About US:
Eskom Uganda Limited is a subsidiary company of Eskom Enterprises based
in South Africa. Our business is operating and maintaining Nalubaale and Kiira
hydroelectric Power Stations. Their mission is to be the “Centre of Excellence
in Power Concession Management.”
Job Summary: The ICT Officer
will ensure overall reliability of the computing infrastructure; achieved by
identifying network requirements through; designing and planning, setting up,
maintaining, securing and expanding the network. The jobholder will also be
responsible for planning, developing, and maintaining a comprehensive,
enterprise-wide information security program to protect EUL electronic data and
network infrastructure from external and internal security breaches and to
ensure that security measures taken are in compliance with statutory and
regulatory requirements regarding information access, security and privacy.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Establishes network specifications by
    conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and
    security requirements.
  • Establishes network by evaluating network
    performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput,
    good-put, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation,
    configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and
    procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.
  • Maintains network performance by
    performing network monitoring, analysis, and tuning; troubleshooting
    network problems; escalating problems to vendor secure network by
    developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation;
    maintaining documentation.
  • Implements and manages a framework to
    ensure that all ICT security incidents are identified, logged, actioned
    and reviewed to ensure they do not adversely impact the security of the
    systems, or if they do that the impact is managed/mitigated appropriately.
  • Prepares users by designing and conducting
    training programs; providing references and support.
  • Ensures a defect fault log for the network
    is managed and that good quality service is supplied to end users – ITIL
    (critical, medium and low)
  • Diagnoses and fixes a variety of computer
    software and operating system problems according to ITIL standards.
  • Carries out routine maintenance of network
    and database assets (backup, check logs and events and performance tests)
  • Performs routine information security
    management through setting access permission levels/ rights and reviewing
    security logs. In addition, Identifies and report IT related risks to the
    ICT Manager, and ensuring compliance to the IT policies and procedures in
    place.
  • Routinely maintain and update the EUL
    asset register and provide quarterly report on EUL IT assets.
  • Plans and implements mitigations to
    departmental risks, and monitor continuous improvement.
  • Ensures a well-controlled disaster
    recovery environment including interim and monthly back-ups of all
    business information, and provides a monthly report for the performed
    backups.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidates must hold Degrees in
    Computer Science or Information Technology
  • At least two years’ experience working
    with network infrastructure, WAN and LAN Networks, and managing
    information and system security in a complex multi-platform computer
    systems and network environments.
  • Professional Qualification (one or more):
  • Certified Information Systems Security
    Professional (CISSP)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate Security
    (CCNA Security)
  • Systems Security Certified Practitioner
    (SSCP)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
    (MCSE) with specialization in Security
  • Good knowledge of Windows 2000/2003
    server, SuSe Linux server, Windows 2000/XP workstation, MS Exchange and
    Mdaemon Email servers, Symantec Backup Exec, and Symantec Antivirus
    Corporate Edition
  • Working knowledge of PC/LAN application
    software including word processing (Word or WordPerfect), spreadsheets
    (Excel or Quattro Pro), and administration in database management and
    development tools. Must be able to install, configure, and administer
    those systems.
  • Working knowledge of LAN and WAN
    topologies and architecture, including Multi Vlan architecture. Must be
    able to construct, operate and maintain LAN and WAN Networks.
  • Extensive knowledge of network equipment
    such as switches, routers, hubs, and associated equipment and how to
    construct and maintain networks.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    Firewall servers and basic rule setting programming.
  • Good knowledge of email clients like
    Eudora, Outlook, and Webmail.
  • ICT User Training and Support
  • Skilled and experiences in developing and
    administering web sites/Web servers
  • Broad information on security issues,
    requirements and trends plus risk assessment methods and techniques.
  • Implementation of data security strategies
    for large mainframe or data center environments including Authentication,
    authorization and encryption technologies
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested are encouraged to send their
application letters, copies of academic certificates and updated CVs including
three professional referees to;
The Human Resources Manager,
Eskom Uganda Limited (EUL),
Nalubaale Power Station,
P.O. Box 942, Jinja, Uganda
E-mail to:
recruitment@eskom.co.ug
Deadline: 8th February 2017

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