Senior IT Engineer

Careem is building the Everything App for the greater Middle East, making it easier than ever to move around, order food and groceries, manage payments, and more. Careem is led by a powerful purpose to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organisation that inspires. Since 2012, Careem has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains, simplified the lives of over 70 million customers, and built a platform for the region’s best talent to thrive and for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses. Careem operates in over 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior IT Engineer who will be responsible for providing technical assistance to our colleagues on site in the Karachi office and as well as other offices / markets (remotely). You will diagnose and troubleshoot software and hardware related incidents and help our colleagues with their day to day IT needs. You will work closely with basecamp and work within the IT guidelines / processes and be a custodian of the IT department to deliver a high-quality service.

What you will do

• Providing 1st to 3rd support to all the IT systems and services provided and used by Careem including the Customer Call Center
• Log and track all incidents via the ITSM tool (Jira) and follow the incident management process. Working on escalated Incidents from the IT Service Desk and ensuring that Incidents are updated regularly with meaningful updates, quality and troubleshooting steps performed. Ensure that incidents are resolved within the set SLA’s
• Working on the IT service requests and incidents to help drive down the support queue (remote support)
• Providing support via the central IT Support Slack channel and ensuring that incidents are logged on behalf of the end users
• Ensure that priority 1 / critical issues are communicated to the IT leadership team and key stakeholders for visibility and awareness
• Perform daily checks on IT infrastructure and systems to ensure that uptime for network performance, WiFi, Zoom rooms, Business applications, Datacenter etc.
• Support Call Center by providing related technical support, including configure and deliver required hardware devices (laptop, desktop, mifi, headset,,,etc)
• Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults including replacing damaged parts, ordering new parts when necessary and managing maintenance cycles with vendors
• Installation of new hardware, software and printers
• Implementing and assisting on the roll out of new applications and operating systems.
• Preparing new laptops, installation & configuration of computer hardware operating systems and applications as part of the new joiners onboarding processes
• Working with the People (HR) Team for the leavers (Offboarding) processes, disabling account access, collection of HW devices, revoking application licenses and uninstalling software, and updating the Asset Management tool
• Coordinate with the local supplier / procurement team for the asset management / tagging and tracking
• Providing assistance to colleagues with technology-related issues.
• Meeting room support for tele / video conference solutions to minimize disruption to the productivity of meetings. Proactive monitoring to ensure that all meeting rooms are online and in working order
• Problem Management to ensure that incidents are reviewed for recurring issues and problems are highlighted. Provide work arounds, perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and document Known Errors
• Change Management to assess / minimize the impact to production services. Ensure there is communication to the users of any disruption to services.
• Working closely with the Information Security team to ensure IT security policies and best practices are up to date and enforced. Follow the security guidelines in place to protect Careem’s Infrastructure and Assets.
• Enforce IT policies and procedures and act as a custodian of IT to educate users on best practices, protect data, software and hardware to local IT infrastructure.
• Ensure continuous improvement and will be responsible for infrastructure projects. Timely rollout of new applications, new hardware and security releases as instructed by basecamp (Dubai, UAE)
• Keeping up to date with the latest technology changes and industry practices.
• Help in planning in-house or off-site activities, like company and team events, meetups, and conferences
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree in computing or similar discipline.
• Well experienced, all-rounder IT support / infrastructure engineer with working knowledge of IAM, MDM, Office 365 or Google Apps, Slack, Zoom, Meraki WiFi, Apple Mac, Windows, VMWare, and Public / Private cloud technologies.
• IT certifications such as MCSE, CCNA, ITIL
• 4-5 years experience
• Ability to support on Saturday (shift rotation)
• Basic knowledge and experience in automation with scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Javascript a plus
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to superiors.
• Delivers engaging, informative and well-organized presentations.
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.

...Oh, and also, we’re looking for someone who can take ownership and who shoots to the moon and beyond. Is this you? We’re looking forward to seeing your application!

 

What we’ll provide you

We offer colleagues the opportunity to drive impact in the region while they learn and grow. As a full time Careem colleague, you will be able to:

• Work and learn from great minds by joining a community of inspiring colleagues.
• Put your passion to work in a purposeful organisation dedicated to creating impact in a region with a lot of untapped potential.
• Explore new opportunities to learn and grow every day.
• Work 4 days a week in office & 1 day from home, and remotely from any country in the world for 30 days a year with unlimited vacation days per year. (If you are in an individual contributor role in tech, you will have 2 office days a week and 3 to work from home.)
• Access to healthcare benefits and fitness reimbursements for health activities including gym, health club, and training classes.