Graduate Trainee – Graduate Systems Engineer/Administrator

Kenya Education Network (KENET) (http://www.kenet.or.ke) is a not-for-profit membership organization. The members include universities, tertiary colleges, research institutes, teaching hospitals and other affiliated institutions. It is incorporated as a Trust and licensed by Communications Authority of Kenya as a Tier-2 Network Facilities Operator.

KENET provides broadband Internet connectivity services and cloud-based digital enterprise and academic services to member institutions. It also provides specialized research and education services such as trust and identity services, eduroam, and research cloud services and academic CERT services.

KENET’s strategic priorities in the period 2022-2027 include expansion of the resilient national dedicated digital infrastructure for connecting tertiary colleges, schools, and teaching hospitals and research institutes; supporting the digital transformation and digital inclusion strategies of member institutions; and promoting the adoption of open science practices and compute-intensive research.

KENET invites suitable recent university graduates to apply to join the one-year Graduate Trainee program at KENET that aims to develop capacity in systems administration particularly on cloud infrastructure management.

Applicants must have graduated less than two years from the date of this advert from recognized universities in areas of computer science, information systems, electronic engineering, computer engineering, telecommunications engineering, or equivalent degree programs with demonstrated proficiency in one or more computer programming languages and interest in system administration of cloud platforms.