Senior Systems Specialist (Windows)

About IntouchCX

IntouchCX is a global customer care and technology company that provides value-driven, future-forward solutions. For over 20 years, we have been the people and technology behind the world's biggest brands, empowering human potential through our artificial intelligence division, Laivly, and driving change for our client partners through actionable insights and analytics.

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About the Job

IntouchCX is a global company with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We provide innovative and transformative customer support for some of the biggest brands in various industries with almost 30k+ users globally.

We're tech savvy and pride ourselves on our ability to deliver the best service to our customers. As we grow our team, we're looking for people who can thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

If you value collaboration, diversity, and flexibility, the Senior Systems Specialist role at IntouchCX could be perfect for you!

Reporting to the Manager of System Engineering, the Senior Systems Specialist will be our go-to person for the department. You will respond to a variety of issues, preventing your day from ever being boring or routine, and work with people from across the company on a daily basis.

As Senior Systems Specialist (Windows), You Will

• Manage and maintain server environments based on Microsoft technologies
• Troubleshoot hardware and software errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems, and assessing impact of issues working closely with business units and clients
• Provide documentation and technical specifications to IT staff and other departments for planning and implementing new deployments or upgrades of IT infrastructure
• Perform or administer regular backup operations, system patches, and reports; implement appropriate processes for data protection, disaster recovery planning activities and documentation, and failover procedures
• Review for capacity, storage planning, and database performance
• Optimize and improve existing server infrastructure deployments, and take ownership of planning new expansions / project implementations against current utilization and expected growth
• Design and implement solutions as requested by business and stakeholders, including research into various options available
• Participate in information security monitoring, incident management, and investigations as required under direction of the Information Security department
• Participate in after hours on-call support rotation
• Travel when required
• Design and architect solutions to meet real business and user needs
• Focus on planning, designing, and implementing future solutions
• Define and document how to operationalize things that are designed and deployed in a useful and repeatable SOP that makes everyone's lives easier (especially your own)

Requirements

As Senior Systems Specialist (Windows), You Have

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field, or equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years of experience in managing complex and large IT environments
• Extensive experience of managing Microsoft technologies (Active Directory, IIS and MS SQL)
• Experienced in MS SQL database management, MS MSQL clusters, database performance optimizations and MS SQL version upgrades.
• Working knowledge of virtualization (VMWare),cloud computing (AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge of implementing effective IT operations best practices, including expert knowledge of security, storage, data protection, and disaster recovery protocols
• Experience with scripting and automation tools would be a plus
• Knowledge of Identify providers such as Okta or Duo
• Knowledge of Google Workspace (formerly GSuite) would be an asset
• Knowledge of Linux administration would be an asset
• A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on company's success
• Excellent time-management and critical thinking skills
• Strong communication and technical presentation skills, both written and oral
• Detailed oriented work ethic and are organized with technical design & documentation skills
• Ability to learn new technologies on the fly in a dynamic environment
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment, and respond to emergency situations effectively
• Strong personal desire to know how things work, and to help them work simply and consistently
• Pride in knowing (or learning) what elements in system design make for healthy and effective systems that thrive in their purpose and their implementation
• Be a technology specialist and a team player with the ability to multitask

Ready to apply? Submit your application and one of our recruiters will reach out via email/phone/text to learn more about you and connect you to this exciting opportunity!

IntouchCX is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, arrest and conviction records, or any other characteristic protected by law. IntouchCX will comply with all local fair chance ordinances."

Any applicant who, because of a disability, needs accommodation or assistance in completing an application or at any time during the application process should contact the Recruiting department and/or the Human Resources department. IntouchCX also provides reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities consistent with its obligations under the law.

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Benefits

Benefits of Working as a Senior Systems Specialist (Windows)

• Competitive salary ranges from $100,000 - $125,000 (dependent on experience, certifications, and portfolio)
• Industry-leading medical, vision, and dental benefit plans paid by the employee + paid time off and sick time leave benefits (where applicable by legislation)
• Amazing career growth opportunities