Network Engineer

Integrated Health Services (IHS)

Integrated Health Services (IHS) is a national healthcare group, working with the objective of integrating health services in one system to provide healthcare that is not just quality based but reliable, affordable and covers all spectrums of the society.

From a modest start in 1996, IHS has grown into a conglomerate of health services with no parallel in Pakistan. With operations spread from Islamabad to KPK, Karachi, interior Sindh, Gilgit Baltistan and Baluchistan, IHS is involved in provision of a wide range of curative and preventive health services along with interests in research, consultancies, public health trainings and health infrastructure development.

IHS achieved this success due to the innovative approach of the founding board and untiring efforts of its dedicated and committed team of health professionals.

Job Title: Network Engineer

Education: Bachelors / Masters in IT / Computer Science / Telecom

Experience: 3 to 5 years

Location: Islamabad

Job Type: Full time

Salary: 40,000/- to 60,000/-

Job Description:

• Diagnose hardware and software problems, and replace defective components.
• Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations.
• Setting up, installation, monitoring & trouble shooting of Bio-Metric.
• Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
• Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures in order to protect data, software, and hardware.
• Operate master consoles in order to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use. 
• Perform routine network startup and shutdown procedures, and maintain control records.
• Design, configure, and test computer hardware, networking software and operating system software.
• Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.
• Confer with network users about how to solve existing system problems.
• Monitor network performance in order to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future.
• Train people in computer system use.
• Gather data pertaining to customer needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.
• Analyze equipment performance records in order to determine the need for repair or replacement.
• Maintain logs related to network functions, as well as maintenance and repair records.
• Research new technology, and implement it or recommend its implementation.
• Coordinate with vendors and with company personnel in order to facilitate purchases.
• Hands on experience with Windows server and Linux Server is a big plus
• Maintaining existing software and hardware and upgrading any that have become obsolete
• Ensure secure network connectivity throughout a company’s network.
• Troubleshoot core network connectivity, pin point the problem area and rectify the issue.
• Configuring and installing security infrastructure devices.
• Identifying, monitoring, and defining the requirements of the overall security of the system
• Manage firewalls, IPS/IDS, virtual private networks, web application firewalls.
• Establish networking environment by designing system configuration; directing system installation; defining, documenting, and enforcing system standards.
• Maximize network performance by monitoring performance; troubleshooting network problems and outages; scheduling upgrades; collaborating with network architects on network optimization.
• Secure network system by establishing and enforcing policies; defining and monitoring access.