System Administrator – IT Datacentre Operations

About the role

Vodafone is looking for a System Administrator specialized in IT Datacentre Operations. You will manage and optimise datacentre infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security and performance for private cloud, IoT and big‑data platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Configure, deploy and maintain servers and network devices, leveraging automation tools.
• Monitor datacentre health, perform regular maintenance and resolve performance issues.
• Apply security patches, enforce compliance standards and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Manage backups, disaster‑recovery procedures and business‑continuity plans.
• Provide technical support to end‑users and coordinate with vendors for issue resolution.

Required profile

• Minimum 2 years of experience in IT infrastructure and systems administration.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking, server operating systems (Windows, UNIX, Linux) and IT service‑management processes.
• Familiarity with telecommunications and power‑system basics.
• Ability to work under pressure, analyse problems and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Required skills

• Systems administration and IT infrastructure management
• TCP/IP network administration
• Systems monitoring and performance analysis
• Server OS: Windows Server 2016+, Red Hat Linux, UNIX
• Load balancers (F5)
• Centralised storage (NetApp)
• Virtualisation (VMware)
• Cloud technologies (private/public cloud, containerisation, Red Hat OpenShift)
• Relational databases (MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, MariaDB)
• Hardware platforms (HP, Dell, Oracle Sun)
• Backup solutions (Commvault, Oracle ZFS, Networker)