16
Nov 2022
System Administrator
System Administrator
Lahore
Job details
Job Type
Full-time
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s (Required)
- System Administration: 5 years (Required)
- Night Shift (Required)
- Overnight Shift (Required)
Full Job Description
About Us:
- Founded in 1996, GCS Information Technology Services, Inc. is a leading provider of helpdesk, desktop, managed network support, managed hosting, data backup, disaster recovery, business continuity support and services.
- Our mission is to make technology work for our clients, whether that means implementing an onsite help desk, providing break/fix services, hosting complex applications, conducting network security audits on regular intervals, ensuring disaster recovery plans are in place and/or resolving problems with servers. GCS helps companies realize the full value of information technology from anywhere at any time.
Job Description
- GCS Information Technology Services (Microsoft Midmarket Solution provider, Managed service provider) is looking for a self-driven System Administrator to join our team.
- Provide remote support to users, who can be staff and clients in the USA, and troubleshoot any problems that arise.
- The selected candidates will work in full coordination with technical staff such as Sr. System Administrator, Chief System Architects, and other team members.
- If you are passionate about learning and acquiring new skills in this field, do not miss this opportunity.
Job Responsibilities:
- Gather client requirement, assess, and design system architecture / solutions as per requirement
- Install, configure, and maintain system hardware such as servers, SAN, backup appliances and other system equipment.
- Design, implement and maintain virtual infrastructure e.g., Hyper-V and VMWare according to client’s need.
- Effectively maintain virtual infrastructure resource management and performance.
Implement and maintain disaster recovery, fault tolerance and fallback solutions for virtual environments. - Implement and maintain DRS and Vmotion features for virtual environments.
- Effectively design, implement, and maintain a network in a virtual environment.
- Implement and maintain network farms, storage farms and server farms switches.
- Install and upgrade computer components and software, manage virtual servers, and integrate automation processes
- Effectively troubleshoot hardware / servers’ errors and fix them according to client’s needs.
- Ensure required RAID is configured in all servers as per business needs.
- Ensure domain controls and forest environment (ADCs, RODCs) implementation and effective maintenance.
- Ensure effective maintenance of active directory services
- Effectively integrate on-prem active directory with azure AD.
- Implement and maintain access rights matrix according to client’s needs.
- Effectively update user information and access rights on their onboarding, offboarding and transfer to other departments.
- Manage complex domain environments i.e., domain controllers, ADS, RODCs, Azure AD, active directory, in multi-site and on-prem & cloud environments etc.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems, and assessing impact of issues.
- Provide documentation and technical specifications to IT staff for planning and implementing new or upgrades of IT infrastructure.
- Take necessary measures for capacity, storage planning, and database performance.
- Diagnose and resolve infrastructure related issues in all areas such as hardware, software, networking, and system issues
- Timely upgrade hardware and software on required frequency with client’s approval.
- Timely update / upgrade all servers and other equipment patches and firmware.
- Monitoring system performance to ensure everything runs smoothly and securely.
- Implement security measures and deploy necessary security policies using server / domain security policies.
- Implement required group policies and monitor their effectiveness.
Research and recommend new approaches to improve system environment / devices
Skills and Experience desired
- 2-4 years of IT or related experience.
- Professional IT Certifications, such as: Microsoft MCP, MCSA, or MCSE, Citrix CCEA or CCIA, SonicWALL CSSA, ConnectWise CCPA, LabTech LTCP, Cisco CCNA, or VMware VCP preferred
- BA/BS, in computer science or a related field preferred.
- Interpersonal skills: such as telephony skills, communication skills, active listening, and customer-care.
- Diagnosis skills of technical issues.
- Ability to multi-task and adapt to changes quickly.
- Technical awareness: ability to match resources to technical issues appropriately.
- Service awareness of all organization’s key IT services for which support is being provided.
- Understanding of support tools, techniques, and how technology is used to provide IT services.
- Typing skills to ensure quick and accurate entry of service request details.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work in a fast-moving environment
Location: Lahore & Multan
Shift: Night (7pm-4am)
Benefits:
- Market Competitive Salary
- P.F
- EOBI
- Annual Bonus & Eid Bonus
- Annual Leaves
- Bi-Annual Performance Increments
Job Type: Full-time
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Lahore: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
- Bachelor’s (Required)
Experience:
- System Administration: 5 years (Required)
Shift availability:
- Night Shift (Required)
- Overnight Shift (Required)