IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is the only towerco solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has more than 40,000 towers across its 11 markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia. For more information, please visit: www.ihstowers.com

• Deploying and Configuring Virtual Networks.
• Orchestrating Routing Paths, especially in a Hybrid Cloud.
• Managing Public and Private IP addresses for our VMs and selected other Azure resources.
• Deploying VMs into Virtual Networks.
• Configuring VM for Optimum Cost, Performance, and Security.
• Backing up VMs and potentially providing Fail-over Recovery.
• Securing Data against unauthorized access
• Backing Up Data and making it efficient to restore when needed.
• Configuring long-term archival storage to maintain corporate compliance
• Encrypting data in transit, at rest, and in use.
• Protecting Azure Active Directory accounts against compromise.
• Reducing the attack surface of all our Azure resources
• Responsible for administration, monitoring, and maintenance of Azure server infrastructure.
• Install, configure, troubleshoot, backup and recovery, performance tune and secure Linux and Windows environments.
• Monitor and establish daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up.
• Resolves hardware/software interface and interoperability problems
• Installs/Configures/Maintains Enterprise storage area network (SAN).
• Creation and management of directory infrastructure. Participates in the ongoing process of investigating, analyzing and providing long-term resolutions to site issues.
• Coordinates across teams, working closely with peers to ensure the appropriate focus and sense of urgency is applied to all production issues.
• Works with third-party suppliers and vendors for support, upgrades, and implementations (RMS Servers and POC Projects).
• Works closely with business teams regarding site content.
• Provides infrastructure support for backend Windows-based Order Management System.
• Hyperconverged Infrastructure Hardware and software administration

Other Specifics:

• Data Risk mitigation and remediations – identification of Business Continuity related risks (internal/external).
• Assurance for the organization’s operational resilience. The importance of testing BCP plans regularly – a litmus test for an organization’s readiness to face unexpected challenges
• Customer and stakeholder confidence – Scalable infrastructure and resource optimization leveraging DC Hyperconverged infrastructure, delivering essential functions such as data storage
• Hands-on management of the Business Resiliency program. Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis/Incident Management
• Disaster Recovery Infrastructure deployment (Physical components and Hardware) and Plan (ITDR)

• Minimum of 4 - 5 Years working experience, preferably in a Telecommunication and IT solutions industry
• Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in Computer Science, engineering, Information Technology
• ITIL Foundation is required.
• Advance knowledge of Azure platform.
• Advance skill on Linux administration.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification is recommended
• Background IT knowledge on Virtual Machines, Networks and other IT Infrastructure aspects.
• CompTIA A+ certified is required or equivalent

Organizational Competencies

Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers’ needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.

Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development, and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.

Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.

Be Bold - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.

Sustainability- People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.

Our Vision

IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure, the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. We are dedicated to helping create a sustainable future for the communities in which we operate, and our sustainable strategy is structured around four pillars: ethics and governance, environment and climate change, education and economic growth, and our people and communities.