Systems Manager
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| Ref. no : C/ITSD/SM/11/24-AP2 |
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Major Duties: |
The appointee(s) would take up duties in ONE of the following areas:
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Database Administrator in the area of Infrastructure Management |
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To provide technical support for Oracle / MSSQL / MySQL databases; |
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To perform database design, maintenance, configuration and upgrade; |
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To supervise DBA sub-team for the continual support of database service and database technical solution that meets the VTC’s IT requirements; |
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To monitor, maintain and tune database for improving reliability and performance; |
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To develop and implement standards and best practices for database administration; and |
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To assist in the overall planning and coordination of the development in IT infrastructure and other projects with Smart Campus Initiatives. |
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Container / Kubernetes Administrator in the area of Infrastructure Management |
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To provide technical support for the container platform such as OpenShift / Kubernetes cluster; |
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To perform container application platform design, maintenance, configuration and upgrade; |
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To extend the container application platform running on various Cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Alibaba and Huawei; |
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To administer and maintain the patch management system / platform such as Redhat Satellite for Linux System running on VM or Physical servers; |
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To supervise sub-team for the continual support of container platform service that meet the VTC’s IT requirements; |
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To develop and implement automation tools for the deployment of container administration; and |
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To assist the management in the overall planning and coordination of the development in IT infrastructure and other projects. |
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System Development |
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To assist the management in overall planning, development, implementation, and enhancement in IT projects; |
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To lead team members in supporting and maintaining IT services and infrastructure as well as programming and testing with enforcement of the Council’s IT policies and guidelines; |
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To carry out feasibility studies and requirement studies in formulating and enhancing IT solutions; |
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To perform system, workflow, and operation designs; and |
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To liaise with various operational units and vendors on IT projects and to ensure the enforcement of the Council’s IT policies and guidelines. |
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Requirements: |
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A recognised degree in IT or equivalent with at least 5 years’ relevant work experience; |
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Solid experience in IT project management; |
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Good supervisory skills, interpersonal skills and be a good team player; and |
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Proficiency in English and Chinese. |
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For Major Duties in (a) Database Administrator in the area of Infrastructure Management, applicants with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in any of the following aspects will be an advantage: |
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Oracle versions 11g / 12c / 19c; |
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Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Oracle Advanced Security; and |
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Microsoft SQL Server 2019 / 2022, MySQL. |
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For Major Duties in (b) Container / Kubernetes Administrator in the area of Infrastructure Management, applicants with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in any of the following aspects will be an advantage - |
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Architecture, implementation, and operation of container environment (e.g., OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker); |
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Cloud computing (e.g., AWS / Azure / Alibaba / Huawei); |
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Automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI / CD); and |
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Patch management (e.g., RedHat Satellite). |
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For Major Duties in (c) System Development, applicants with excellent knowledge and hands-on experience in any of the following aspects will be an advantage: |
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Student services such as Mobile app, Lifelong learning, Timetabling, Class Attendance, and student records administration; |
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Student Lifecycle Management such as student admissions, student records and assessment administration; |
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Corporate services such as accounting, finance, and procurement processes; |
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Design and develop ETL processes and data models to support various data integration; |
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Hands-on experience in Oracle database, Linux, JAVA, Spring, Spring Boot and RESTful API; |
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No-code development platform (e.g., Power Apps); |
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Experience in a CI / CD pipeline of a large-scale enterprise application in on-premises environment (e.g. Ansible, Docker. GitHub, Jenkins, Kubernetes & OpenShift, etc); |
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Preferably having experience on managing API gateway, message queuing system and developing Microservices to improve the efficiency and scalability of IT systems; |
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Development or maintenance of application in MS Dynamics 365 environment; and |
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Experience with SCRUM or other Agile methodologies will be an advantage. |
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Notes: |
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The post is at the rank of “Senior Officer”. |
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Applicants with less relevant experience and / or qualification may be considered for the post of Assistant Systems Manager, at the rank of “Officer”. |
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Applicants with substantial experience and achievements in the relevant field but without the required academic / professional qualifications OR those with exceptional academic/professional qualifications but with less experience may also apply. |
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Appointees may be required to work irregular hours / outside normal office hours and / or at different work locations on a need basis. |
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Appointees may be posted to any operational units of the VTC, for example a campus / centre, to carry out similar duties, and have different post titles which are subject to change at the Council’s discretion. |
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