- Competitive Salary Packages
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Setup
- Equipment Provided
- Day 1 HMO
- Life Insurance
The IT Specialist supports, maintains, and optimizes the organization’s hybrid IT infrastructure, including on-premises, virtual, cloud, Windows Server, Linux, network, storage, and endpoint environments. The role helps ensure the availability, performance, security, and reliability of critical IT services while supporting compliance with organizational policies and PCI DSS requirements.
The position also serves as the technical escalation point for the IT Helpdesk, handling hardware, software, system, and infrastructure-related issues that cannot be resolved through standard front-line support. The role monitors escalated tickets, coordinates with internal teams and vendors, and supports timely resolution in accordance with established SLAs and security standards
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Main Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain on-premises, virtualized, and cloud infrastructure to ensure availability, performance, and reliability.
- Administer Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, network, storage, and endpoint environments.
- Manage hardware installation, configuration, troubleshooting, repair, upgrades, replacement, and lifecycle activities.
- Handle escalated hardware issues involving endpoints, servers, network equipment, storage devices, and peripherals.
- Review system health, alerts, logs, resource utilization, patches, updates, and security events; escalate critical issues as required.
- Manage user accounts, security groups, permissions, access reviews, onboarding, and offboarding requirements.
- Maintain infrastructure security and PCI DSS compliance, including audit evidence and technical documentation.
- Manage IT assets, software licenses, inventory records, maintenance, and vendor support.
- Recommend improvements to infrastructure security, reliability, performance, and operational efficiency
- Handle Helpdesk ticket overflow and escalated hardware, software, account, network, and system issues.
- Troubleshoot complex incidents and coordinate unresolved issues with internal teams or vendors.
- Monitor assigned tickets and provide updates through resolution or proper handover.
- Document actions and resolutions and recommend improvements for recurring issues.
- Coordinate infrastructure incidents and requests with the Helpdesk, internal teams, and service providers.
- Monitor ticket assignments, progress, and SLA compliance.
- Ensure incidents, alerts, actions, and handovers are properly documented.
- Coordinate vendor maintenance, repairs, and service restoration.
- Perform assigned infrastructure-related tasks and projects.
- Recommend and implement approved operational improvements.
- Participate in on-call support, emergency troubleshooting, and scheduled maintenance.
- Work outside regular hours when required for critical incidents or approved maintenance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, and other related fields.
- Minimum 3 years' experience as an IT Specialist / IT Support
- The ability to install, configure, and maintain multi-layer switches and routers.
- Knowledge of Server Support for Windows Server.
- Remote support experience via ticketing and calls.
- Knowledge of Firewalls Ubiquity products (UDM pro, PFSENSE, and Fortinet).
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP.
- Knowledge of routing and routing protocol BGP.
- Relevant knowledge of Workspace environment for Google and Microsoft.
- Relevant experience with ESET or other antimalware solutions.
- Intermediate to advance computer hardware and software troubleshooting.
- Inventory Management knowledge
- Vendor Management knowledge.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team, also being self-directed and motivated.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- At least 3 years of experience as an IT Specialist or IT Support professional
- Ability to install, configure, and maintain multi-layer switches and routers
- Windows Server support experience
- Remote support experience using ticketing systems and calls
- Knowledge of Ubiquiti UDM Pro, pfSense, and Fortinet firewalls
- Strong TCP/IP knowledge
- Knowledge of routing and BGP routing protocol
- Knowledge of Google Workspace and Microsoft environments
- Experience with ESET or other antimalware solutions
- Intermediate to advanced computer hardware and software troubleshooting skills
- Inventory management knowledge
- Vendor management knowledge
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively while remaining self-directed and motivated
What We Do
Payreto stands for OPERATIONS EXCELLENCE. We are a Knowledge Process company that provides customizable operations solutions for the financial services industry. Our job is to fuel our financial institution partners’ operations excellence by embedding our world-class support principle and wide-ranging knowledge applications. We address any operations problems our partners might face thru our four pillars of services: 1. Onboarding as a Service Achieve an agile onboarding application process with a solid customer due diligence and transaction monitoring while acquiring customers targeted to your compliance criteria 2. Payments as a Service Go to market quickly and offer advanced global payment processing through our PCI Level 1 certified white-label multi-gateway approach 3. Finance as a Service Streamline your back office processes with a team of experts focused on finance & accounting, reconciliation, and reports 4. Contact as a Service Manage customer and merchant inquiries with a 24/7 contact center and technical support Here in Payreto, our team is geared towards global reach and experience - a culture we aim to nurture long-term. This commitment to our team is our pledge to our partners and clients as we continue to grow and become the leading and trusted operations partner for financial institutions around the globe.
