Job Responsibilities:
• Handing of complex hybrid infrastructures
• Adherent to stringent financial regulations
• Managing emerging operational resilience standards
• Management and monitoring of Data center, Disaster Recovery (DR) site and Data Backup site
• Training, assigning and evaluating tasks to team members on daily basis.
• Design, configure, and administer DR plan and DR drill activity for the department.
• Responsible for performing, verifying and deploying operating system and other applications patches and upgrades.
• Responsible for performing and verifying of Backup/ restoration activity of servers within data center.
• Maintain performance standards, policies, procedures implementation and enforce security policies and procedures using Antivirus, group policy, Internet Proxy and other tools.
• Performing and fulfilling documentation and compliance requirement as per Banking standards and audit reviews.
• Managing and planning compute, storage and infrastructure resources and capacity.
• Configures, maintains and troubleshoots all servers with in data center located at Primary site.
• Deploy operating system and other applications security patches after the approval from Systems Administrator.
• Responsible for performing backup activity for all servers within data center.
• Maintains and configures Active Directory Services for all staff of the Bank.
• Physical installation of new servers / relocation of existing servers whenever required.
• Create, maintains, delete email accounts of all staff of the Bank.
• Any other assignment given by the reporting head.
• Ability to develop and test rigorous Disaster Recovery (DR) plans, including "Active-Active" replication and semi-annual live failover drills.
• Well verse in managing Microsoft Exchange.
• Installation of new servers including relocation of existing servers
• Maintenance and configuration of Active Directory Services
• Backup activity for all servers within data center
• Deployment of security patches on operating system and other applications
• Configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting abilities for all servers with in data center
Department:
Information Technology
Qualification:
• A Bachelor’s degree (minimum 16 years of education) in Computer Science, IT, or a related field from a recognized university. A Master’s degree (MS or MBA) is highly preferred for managerial roles.
Certification:
• Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP) or Certified Data Centre Facilities Operations Manager (CDFOM).
• ITIL 4 (Infrastructure Library)
• MCSE (Core Infrastructure), RHCSA (Red Hat), Certification of Virtualization, Cloud or VMWARE certification and Microsoft Exchange Certification
Job Experience:
At least 8–10 years of progressive IT experience, with at least 5 years specifically in a senior level capacity overseeing data center operations or enterprise systems.
Skills:
• Knowledge of industry standards such as ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and local central bank regulations (e.g., SBP or ECB mandates).
• Skilled in negotiating Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and managing third-party support contracts for critical hardware and software.
Location:
Head Office, Karachi
Application Deadline:
30-Apr-2026
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