IFES

IFES is an international, nonprofit organization that supports the building of democratic societies. IFES promotes democratic stability by providing technical assistance and applying field-based research to the electoral cycle in countries around the world to enhance citizen participation and strengthen civil societies, governance and transparency. Founded in 1987 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, IFES has developed and implemented comprehensive, collaborative democracy solutions in more than 120 countries. Terms of Reference System Administrator The Expert Group of the Voter Registration Initiative is engaging a full -time System Administrator to provide adequate network application service to a nationwide user base of several thousand. Under the close guidance of the Senior System Administrator this System Administrator will use their demonstrated ability to analyze, plan, design and implement network application service systems in accordance with service requirements. Our user’s profiles are not only civil servants but also political party representatives and members of civil society. In this role, you will be responsible to convey technical concepts and recommendations to technical and non-technical staff at all levels, both orally and in writing, in a clear and concise style. System Administrator Responsibilities: - Install, configure, maintain and support server OS and network applications and provide prompt system user support. - Support the design, implementation and maintenance of web server applications, network database applications, mail server applications and multi application service platforms. - Support the design, implementation and maintenance of server cluster and virtualization. - Implement security policies. - Review server OS and network application configuration to propose an effective upgrade strategy to keep up with changing technology - Prepare high availability data and application system and data backup. - Use server system management and monitoring tools to prepare problem-analysis reports, resource utilization data, suggest measures to maximize server resources efficiency and provide recommendations and reports for management review. - Provide network application service support to the application development specialists ensuring their development process does not interrupted by server failure or network application service unavailability. - Work closely with other specialists on the development and implementation of server OS and network application services and policies. - Provide technical guidance for technical staff. The System Administrator must have a demonstrated track record working in a intermediate system administration role ideally but not necessarily in the software/information technology sector. The System Administrator will be engaged with the Voter Registration Initiative for an initial period until 30 November, 2012. It is expected that the role will be conducted on a full-time basis in the offices of the Infrastructure Support Team. If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit your letter of application and detailed resume at the latest on 7 September 2012 to: vacancy@ifesindonesia.org Please put the position you apply on the subject of the email. Only application in English will be accepted. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone inquiries.