What we are looking for:

  • System Administrator for 4+ years managing Contact Center / CRM / ERP platforms for 100+ concurrent users
  • 5+ years as Windows/Linux or Network administrator for 100+ simultaneous users
  • Proficiency in Alvaria, Aspect, Noble Systems products
  • Skilled in supporting high-volume, public-facing web apps with a focus on availability and security
  • Expertise in administering multi-user, mission-critical servers
  • Familiarity with contact center and customer service solutions
  • Relevant education/certifications or equivalent experience

Responsibilities:

Solutions Availability

  • Administer / Support / Maintain / Troubleshoot selected solutions
  • Participate in an on-call support rotation to provide technical support and work outside normal business hours as required

Solutions Suitability

  • Understand business and technical problems raised by stakeholders
  • Specify solution requirements jointly with stakeholders
  • Work with internal and external providers, consultants and vendors to determine the most cost effective solutions satisfying the requirements and the constraints
  • Evaluate solutions feasibility
  • Identify / design possible solutions
  • Provide solution estimates
  • Evaluate / Test / Select retained solution candidates
  • Deploy selected solutions
  • Phase out solutions

Work Quality

  • Document for various audiences, at the multiple levels of the processes, to support availability and suitability
  • Aim for best practices in each of the various IT areas
  • Drive continuous performance improvement for both the team and the clients

Clients Service

  • Proactive (you don’t wait for things; try to anticipate)
  • Responsive (not instant gratification but when engaged, there’s presence)
  • Accountable (you’re strongly contributing to success; information needs to flow for proper decision making; qa/continuous improvement/coaching/mentoring)
  • Autonomous/Responsible (don’t need to chase people or push; instead steer and possibly slow down a little)

Implementation, integration, deployment and troubleshooting perspectives:

  • Understanding of networking/interconnectivity concepts, protocols, devices and related toolsets
    o e.g. VLANs, ACLs, TCP/IP, IPSEC, NAT, PAT, Proxies, Reverse Proxies, (S)RTP, SIP, IAX, AJP, HTTP(S), SOAP, REST API, SMTP, SDN, ping, arp, tracert, traceroute, netstat, ss, nmap, tcpdump, wireshark, curl, telnet
  • Understanding of common enterprise application stack components, how they interact, how to navigate in the layers and the related toolsets o e.g. Hardware, Virtualization, OSes, Application Servers, Applications, Dependencies, Databases, Storage, Monitoring, Automation
  • Understanding of identity management, authentication and authorization o e.g. LDAP(S), AD, Kerberos, ADFS, SAML, oAuth, ADAM
  • Understanding of scripting / code o e.g. Powershell, Bash, Python, Javascript, Java, C#, PHP, SQL
  • Some understanding of Business Analysis, Project Management, Architecture, Security and Procurement
  • Self-motivation to recognize and fill information / knowledge gaps arising from complex enterprise environments and new technologies
  • Demonstrable ability to leverage and apply all the above when evaluating, designing or troubleshooting

Soft skills:

  • Excellent active listening and reading skills in English
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities in English
  • Strong team player with analytical skills
  • Capable of multitasking and thriving in high-pressure, fast-changing environments
  • Exemplary client service skills