System Administrator
Country Afghanistan Province Kabul,
Categories Government, Type Full Time
Post Date 2021-04-26 Close Date 2021-05-01
Vacancy No 0027 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 2 Contract Duration 2 years (extendable)
Education Minimum Bachelor’s degree, Master’s preferred, in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems De Experience 5 Years of relevant professional work experience
Organization Opportunities for you Salary As per scale of ATRA

About Company

About ATRA: Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (ATRA) is the independent regulator of the telecom sector. It is responsible for implementing the Telecommunications Sector Policy and enforcing the provisions of the Telecom Law. ATRA strives to create an enabling environment for the private sector to invest in developing telecom and Internet infrastructure and services. ATRA aims to achieve an enabling private sector-backed telecom market and services in Afghanistan through creating and enforcing regulations, applying standards, providing universal access to the services, regulating the market, overseeing, and fostering competition in the telecom market-- all in a nondiscriminatory and transparent manner. ATRA works closely with its stakeholders, the private sector, government entities and end-users and telecom services recipients to improve the level playing field in the telecom and Internet domains in Afghanistan.

Job Description

● Establish the needs of users and monitor user access and security
● Monitor performance and manage parameters in order to provide fast responses to front-end users
● Map out the conceptual design for a planned database
● Consider both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users
● Refine the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model
● Further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements
● Install and test new versions of the database management system (DBMS)
● Maintain data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act
● Write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary
(metadata)
● Control access permissions and privileges
● Develop, manage and test back-up and recovery plans
● Ensure that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly
● Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new initiatives to support and enhance the
RDBMS
● High-speed querying
● Proposing design changes and suggestions to processes and products
● Any other task assigned by Line manager

Job Requirement

● Minimum Bachelor’s degree, Master’s preferred, in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems
Development, Information Technology or another relevant field.
● 5 Years of relevant professional work experience with a bachelor’s degree and 2 years with Master’s
degree.
● Professional language proficiency in Pashto and Dari, as well as in English
● Hand on Experience in Databases such as Mango DB, MySQL, MS SQL Server
● Familiarity with big data tools Hadoop/Hive, Kafka, Spark
● Familiarity with Mango DB querying with any known language (Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++,
Node.js)
● Time management and prioritization skills
● Excellent critical thinking, decision making and negotiation skills
● Creativity is always a plus
● The desire to work in fast-paced environment

Submission Guideline

● All applications (CVs and cover letters) should be submitted via email to: jobs@atra.gov.af
Please, clearly indicate on the subject line the title of the position. Applications received after the closing date
will not be considered.
● The deadline for submission of application is: 01 May 2021

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