Junior Systems Administrator

Our wireless division operates thousands of cell sites and supports roaming partners nationwide. We run a fiber backbone of over 20,000 route miles, plus data centres and network operations centres. Bucket truck and pole climbing training is done in-house.

Role overview:

Green Telephone is hiring a Junior Systems Administrator to work remotely from Uganda. This position covers server administration, identity, backups and escalations from the help desk. Our team is spread across 8 countries. Headquarters is in New York City. We hire in Uganda through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time.

Main duties:

• Administer Windows Server 2019/2022 and RHEL or Ubuntu servers.
• Automate routine tasks with PowerShell and Bash.
• Run monthly patching cycles with WSUS, SCCM/MECM or Ansible.
• Handle escalations from the help desk and close them with documentation.
• Maintain Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP.
• Set up monitoring in PRTG, Zabbix, SolarWinds or LogicMonitor.

What you need:

• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends for maintenance.
• Experience with VMware or Hyper-V.
• Strong Windows Server and Active Directory skills.
• Familiarity with backup and disaster recovery tools and practices.
• Understanding of VLANs, DNS, DHCP and firewall basics.
• PowerShell scripting.
• Working knowledge of Linux administration.

Nice to have:

• Intune and Autopilot.
• Experience in a regulated or audited environment.
• Ansible or Terraform.
• ITIL Foundation.

Rate: UGX 2,700,000 - UGX 3,500,000 pcm

Pay and benefits:

• 20 days paid time off.
• Company laptop.
• Co-working space stipend.
• Home office setup budget.

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Green Telephone.