The UNIDO IT Systems Administrator position for 2025 offers an exciting opportunity to support the United Nations Industrial Development Organization with a competitive base salary of EUR 66,981. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing IT systems that enhance the organization’s operational efficiency.
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As an IT Systems Administrator, you will oversee the maintenance, security, and performance of IT infrastructure while collaborating with diverse teams to implement innovative technology solutions. This position is ideal for individuals with a strong background in IT management and a passion for advancing industrial development. Join us in driving technological progress for sustainable industrial growth worldwide!
Technical and Functional Experience:
- Minimum of ten (10) years of working experience in IT Infrastructure, Operations and Support is required;
- Experience in managing a VMware virtualization environment is required;
- Experience in managing Linux operating systems is required;
- Experience in using any professional IT service management tool such as TopDesk, JIRA, OTRS, SolarWind, Service Now, etc.is required;
- Experience in managing SAN storage hardware and physical servers is required;
- Experience with IT Infrastructure automation tools, such as Ansible, is desirable;.
- Experience within the UN system or in a multicultural environment, under structured IT Service Management frameworks such as ITIL is desirable;
- Good organizing skills and ability to prioritize work assignments, organize own schedule, perform routine work independently, act pro-actively, meet deadlines, adapt to changing demands and multitasking is required;
- Ability to analyze complex incidents and problems and provide incident containment and problem resolution in a timely, efficient and sustainable manner is required.
Credit towards total working experience may be considered on a year by-year- basis, up to maximum of four years, for a higher degree education (including first university degree or equivalent diploma and/or master’s degree), in a relevant field to the post.
Languages:
Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Fluency and/or working knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.
FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of Infrastructure Team Lead, and the overall guidance of the Chief of COR/DIT, the IT Systems Administrator will be primarily responsible for providing technical support to storage systems, servers, virtualization systems, backup systems, and Linux operating systems. Specifically, the IT Systems Administrator will:
- Plan, implement and support a new Backup and restore System
- Expand coverage of the system management automation tool
- Manage and maintain SAN-attached storage systems including configuration, provisioning, zoning, space allocation/management, upgrades, repairs
- Manage and maintain physical server systems including sizing, installation, configuration, performance verification, upgrades, repairs
- Manage and maintain VMware virtualisation infrastructure, including VM provisioning, capacity management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and updates/patches
- Manage and maintain Linux servers, including installation, deployment, security management, configuration, troubleshooting, and updates/patches
- Create and maintain technical and procedural documentation in area of responsibility
- Support aspects of IT and Information Security in the context of Infrastructure and Operations
