| Major Duties: | ||
| The appointee(s) would take up duties in ONE of the following areas: | ||
| (a) | Database Administrator in the area of Infrastructure Management | |
| (i) | To provide technical support for Oracle / MSSQL / MySQL databases; | |
| (ii) | To perform database design, maintenance, configuration and upgrade; | |
| (iii) | To supervise DBA sub-team for the continual support of database service and database technical solution that meets the VTC’s IT requirements; | |
| (iv) | To monitor, maintain and tune database for improving reliability and performance; | |
| (v) | To develop and implement standards and best practices for database administration; and | |
| (vi) | To assist in the overall planning and coordination of the development in IT infrastructure and other projects with Smart Campus Initiatives. | |
| (b) | Container / Kubernetes Administrator in the area of Infrastructure Management | |
| (i) | To provide technical support for the container platform such as OpenShift / Kubernetes cluster; | |
| (ii) | To perform container application platform design, maintenance, configuration and upgrade; | |
| (iii) | To extend the container application platform running on various Cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Alibaba and Huawei; | |
| (iv) | To administer and maintain the patch management system / platform such as Redhat Satellite for Linux System running on VM or Physical servers; | |
| (v) | To supervise sub-team for the continual support of container platform service that meet the VTC’s IT requirements; | |
| (vi) | To develop and implement automation tools for the deployment of container administration; and | |
| (vii) | To assist the management in the overall planning and coordination of the development in IT infrastructure and other projects. | |
| (c) | System Development | |
| (i) | To assist the management in overall planning, development, implementation, and enhancement in IT projects; | |
| (ii) | 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; | |
| (iii) | To carry out feasibility studies and requirement studies in formulating and enhancing IT solutions; | |
| (iv) | To perform system, workflow, and operation designs; and | |
| (v) | To liaise with various operational units and vendors on IT projects and to ensure the enforcement of the Council’s IT policies and guidelines. | |
| Requirements: | ||
| (a) | A recognised degree in IT or equivalent with at least 5 years’ relevant work experience; | |
| (b) | Solid experience in IT project management; | |
| (c) | Good supervisory skills, interpersonal skills and be a good team player; and | |
| (d) | Proficiency in English and Chinese. | |
| (e) | 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: | |
| (i) | Oracle versions 11g / 12c / 19c; | |
| (ii) | Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Oracle Advanced Security; and | |
| (iii) | Microsoft SQL Server 2019 / 2022, MySQL. | |
| (f) | 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 - | |
| (i) | Architecture, implementation, and operation of container environment (e.g., OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker); | |
| (ii) | Cloud computing (e.g., AWS / Azure / Alibaba / Huawei); | |
| (iii) | Automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI / CD); and | |
| (iv) | Patch management (e.g., RedHat Satellite). | |
| (g) | 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: | |
| (i) | Student services such as Mobile app, Lifelong learning, Timetabling, Class Attendance, and student records administration; | |
| (ii) | Student Lifecycle Management such as student admissions, student records and assessment administration; | |
| (iii) | Corporate services such as accounting, finance, and procurement processes; | |
| (iv) | Design and develop ETL processes and data models to support various data integration; | |
| (v) | Hands-on experience in Oracle database, Linux, JAVA, Spring, Spring Boot and RESTful API; | |
| (vi) | No-code development platform (e.g., Power Apps); | |
| (vii) | 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); | |
| (viii) | Preferably having experience on managing API gateway, message queuing system and developing Microservices to improve the efficiency and scalability of IT systems; | |
| (ix) | Development or maintenance of application in MS Dynamics 365 environment; and | |
| (x) | Experience with SCRUM or other Agile methodologies will be an advantage. | |
| Notes: | |
| (1) | The post is at the rank of “Senior Officer”. |
| (2) | Applicants with less relevant experience and / or qualification may be considered for the post of Assistant Systems Manager, at the rank of “Officer”. |
| (3) | 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. |
| (4) | Appointees may be required to work irregular hours / outside normal office hours and / or at different work locations on a need basis. |
| (5) | 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. |
| Application Procedures: |
| Interested applicants should apply for the post via email. A completed application form [VTC-1 (Rev. 6/2024)], together with a full curriculum vitae, should be sent to [email protected]. |
| Candidates should take note of the following: | |
| (1) | Completed application form (VTC-1) and detailed curriculum vitae (CV) should be combined into one file in PDF format with a file size below 10MB. |
| (2) | The file should be saved with the applicant’s name as “your surname and given name”, e.g. “CHAN Tai-man.pdf”. |
| (3) | For the email subject, please cite “Application for the Post of Systems Manager (Ref. No.: C/ITO/SM/11/24-AP2)”. |
| (4) | Original and copy of other supporting documents are to be provided at a later stage upon request. |
| Closing date for application: 26 November 2024 |
| Applicants not invited for interview within 10 weeks from the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. |
| The Council reserves the right not to fill the post(s). |
| Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be destroyed 12 months after the completion of the recruitment exercise. |
Information Technology>IT System Management
Information Technology>Network & System
Information Technology>Security Specialist / Risk Management
Information Technology>Others
HK$ -
Full Time
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| Ref. no : C/ITSD/SM/11/24-AP2 |