Premier Switch Solutions S.C. (PSS) is a leading Electronic Payment Processing Company, established by major private banks of Ethiopia. The Company has implemented the first multi-institution shared-switch infrastructure to provide its member banks with a state of the art payment technology to drive ATM, POS, e-commerce, Mobile Banking and other payment channels and provide clearing of Debit/Credit card transactions for the banks. 

Currently, PSS has one vacant position stated below and would like to invite applicants who meet the qualification and required experience listed for this job opening. 

Description of Duties

• Involve in the implementation of the strategic direction of the IT infrastructure, environments system administration.

• Manage the implementation of the IT policy, procedures and documents.

• Perform the design, setup, installation, integration and operation of system to meet the business’ requirements.

• Manage all servers, back-up devices, operating systems and environmental systems are installed, configured and always functioning optimally.

• Manage and monitor all servers and storages  

• Perform corrective and periodic preventive maintenance of system equipment’s.

• Perform cleaning and dust removal of the servers and storages

• Work with vendor and monitor all system infrastructure support activities.

• Manage the delivery of systems and other projects.

• Conduct periodic system infrastructure performance metrics.

• Involve in the design of system capacity planning and build business continuity.

• Involve in the execution of upgrade and migration of system infrastructures.

• Manage high availability, confidentiality, integrity and reliability of system infrastructure.

• Provide support services to users within established SLAs;

• Work with all relevant IT and other work units in the group.

• Involve in research of system technologies and standards like servers and storages 

• Build knowledge base from the lessons learned.

• Provide training, coaching and mentoring of employees within the department towards effective career development.

• Prepare periodic reports.

• Attend incidents, interruptions, malfunctions, and system quality reductions at any moment

• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Job Requirements

Qualification & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, ICT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

• At least 5 years’ relevant experience

• Training in Linux and Solaris, Storage management and web technologies is preferable

• Experience in managing and administering servers and storages systems is preferable. 

• Relevant certifications are advantageous.

How to Apply

Interested applicants who meet the required qualifications are invited to submit their updated CV and copies of relevant documents within 10 days of this announcement. 

We only accept applications sent via our email:  pss.hr@pss-ethiopia.com

Please write clearly for which position you applied on the email subject line.

NB. : Only short-listed candidates will be contacted