University of Wollongong in Dubai Hiring for Senior Systems and Security Administrator Job at Dubai Full Time

The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) is one of the region’s oldest, most prestigious and forward-thinking tertiary institutions. Our curriculum and teaching practices reflect those of UOW Australia, which constantly ranks among the top 2% of universities worldwide, and are nationally and internationally recognized. Our continuous efforts in providing an education of world-class standards, are evident in our longstanding ranking in graduate employability and also the reason why our graduates are highly sought after by employers.

UOWD is truly a dynamic and diverse institution that offers a broad spectrum of programs in Business, Engineering, Information Sciences as well as Arts, Media and Humanities, aiming to develop graduates who are ethical, agile, technologically literate and ready for multicultural workplaces. Our programs are relevant and industry related with a strong focus on encouraging creative and critical thinking, problem-solving and the development of unique leadership skill sets.

Position

The Senior Systems and Security Administrator manages, monitors, develops, and maintains the integrity and security of the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) IT network, servers, systems and infrastructure, whether it be on-campus or externally provisioned.

The Senior Systems and Security Administrator is responsible for development, maintenance, security and support of the UOWD IT infrastructure, network and Internet security and any other cybersecurity threats.

The aim of the Senior System and Security Administrator is to ensure the UOWD profile is maintained in the top tier of UAE Academic Institutions by evaluating and enhancing current IT systems and recommending developments towards future systems whilst maintaining the integrity and security of the system at all times.

Education and Experience

Essential:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in an Information Technology related degree;
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in senior technology systems and security roles in medium size corporate / enterprise organization. University IT operations experience is desirable;
• Excellent English communication skills;
• Cisco Certification or related network security certificate;
• Experience in leading technical support and service staff and
• Demonstrated experience in the following technologies:
  • Network switching devices such as Cisco, Brocade, Aruba and Mellanox;
  • Network protocols and functions for Internet based applications;
  • Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems, Virtualization infrastructure, previous programming or scripting experience; experience with troubleshooting hardware;
  • Routers, firewall, Layer 2/3/4 switches, bandwidth management, traffic analysers, log management and network security;
  • Enterprise security systems, antivirus systems and backup systems;
  • Network telephony system modules, ISDN, Voice IP, Video Conferencing, Wireless networks, VPN, VLAN, MPLS, network aggregation and resiliency, RADIUS authentication and NAC solution;

  Desirable:

• Certification on Virtual infrastructure including the VMware platform;
• Certification in Microsoft Azure, SharePoint and Office365 and
• Demonstrated experience in the following technologies:
  • Virtualization Infrastructure not limited to Servers, Desktop, Applications and Switches;
  • IP telephony, including wireless IP phones and call centre system setup and
  • Patch management, vulnerability management platform such as SCCM and Tenable.

• Public DNS, WAF, load balancer and application delivery controller (e.g. CloudFlare, Citrix NetScaler) and
• Maintenance of documentation related to network and systems infrastructure design and implementation

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Understanding of cyber security threats, incidence response and cyber risk mitigation;
• Ability to identify and implement failover systems where redundancy is required;
• Ability and motivation to learn new technologies quickly and with minimal support and guidance;
• Proficiency with operating systems, e.g. RH Linux, MAC, Windows operating systems;
• Knowledge of Internet services such as DNS, NFS, DHCP, printing, FTP service and SSL;
• Effective communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of faculty, students and staff;
• Ability to work productively in a team environment;
• Good problem-solving abilities and a “can do” attitude;
• Understanding of excellent IT service management;
• Understanding of IT project management principles and
• Understanding of IT risk management.

Desirable

• Understanding of the security of database servers (E.g. Microsoft SQL, My SQL, FileMaker);
• Secure web servers such as Apache with mod_ssl and IIS and
• Ability to design and implement a disaster recovery strategy.