Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
Primary functions & responsibilities
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Primary responsibility is to administer and support the Windows Servers, SQL databases, Network Infra, including monitoring of system, databases, and application health to ensure higher system performance and maximum uptime.
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Prior experience working on an enterprise infra monitoring tool and ticketing system is must.
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Excellent verbal & written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
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Comfortable working in rotational shift to support 24x7 global IT environment and participate in an on-call support during off-hours and weekends.
Qualifications
Education:
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Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
Experience Required:
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7+ years of experience working for a mid to large size firm supporting Datacenter systems such as Windows Servers, Storage, VMware, MSSQL Databases, Active Directory & Network Services
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5+ years of experience in monitoring and supporting NOC operations
General Requirements:
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Hands-on experience supporting Datacenter systems including but not limited to Servers, Storage, VMware, MSSQL Databases, Active Directory, Fileservers, Cisco routers, switches, Palo Alto firewalls, and Meraki APs.
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Proactively monitoring of IT Infra systems and resolve technical issues with SLAs.
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Continuously work on Infra improvements while optimizing and automating repeated issues, processes, and to document as SOPs.
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Good knowledge with deploying Microsoft fixes, Cumulative Updates and Service Packs.
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Perform after hours scheduled maintenance and support with release/change deployment activities.
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Should be flexible, quick learner and team player with “get-it-done” personality
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Ability to work independently in a rapidly growing environment
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Good understanding of ITIL processes is important.
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Strong command over communication and collaboration skills to work with global IT team and able to support global users.
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Comfortable working in 24x7 global IT Operation team and flexible in participating in rotational on-call support during weekends and off hours.
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Working knowledge of PowerShell and Python scripting will be added advantage
Reporting Relationships
Senior Manager, Production Support