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IT Analyst

Pocket Gems

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Location: 4567 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC V5C 6G8, Canada Posted: Mar 25, 2022

Job Description

Pocket Gems seeks to build the greatest mobile games and most compelling interactive entertainment in the world. That’s the mission our founders began with, in an apartment above a pizza shop back in 2009, and it continues to inspire us today. Since then, we’ve grown to over 200 people headquartered in San Francisco, and with $155 million in backing from Sequoia Capital and Tencent, we’re constantly breaking new ground in mobile entertainment.

Our products have been downloaded over 500 million times by players around the world and have grossed over $1 billion in revenue. We continue to release brand new content for Episode, a mobile storytelling network and platform, and War Dragons, a visually stunning 3D real-time strategy game.

As our community of players continues to grow, we’re committed to building diverse and inclusive environments across our teams, and in our games.

As Pocket Gems’ IT Support Analyst , you will be responsible for addressing our company’s individual and collective IT needs. You will join a three-person team and be responsible for supporting our network and device management infrastructure, managing and automating our internal helpdesk, and improving internal processes. You should be extremely flexible, ready to tackle new challenges, comfortable working in a startup environment, and a great team player eager to collaborate and innovate within the mobile entertainment industry.

*Please note this is a six month temporary assignment with potential for permanent employment*

**This role includes full benefits, including healthcare, paid holidays, and more**

What We’ve Accomplished:

  • Cloud migration of Mobile device management tools
  • OKTA rollout and application migrations
  • Metrics report demonstrating SLA performance over time

What You’ll Do:

  • Provide world class internal support on laptops, peripherals and accounts including setting up, configuring, and tracking machines
  • Provide first level support of computer problems and set Return merchandise authorization requests as needed
  • Work within and improve upon our JIRA-based ticketing system
  • Follow and maintain documentation with an eye to process improvement
  • Develop and implement more efficient workflows for the team
  • Identify and explore new technologies which will help enhance the overall IT function

What You Bring to the IT Team :

  • 1-2 years in an IT support role with a strong customer service orientation
  • Experience maintaining Windows and Mac computers
  • Experience administrating company-wide tools or services
  • Comfortable with cloud-based SAAS environments and Google products
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Familiarity with mobile device management tools

Extra Gems for:

  • Previous experience working in tech startups and/or the gaming industry
  • Experience with VMware Workspace One, JAMF Pro, G-suite, Unity
  • Automation experience, bash scripting experience
  • Experience deploying and customizing JIRA projects

Read more about what we’ve been up to!

At Pocket Gems, we're building teams that value originality, inclusivity, and accountability -- and we hope to engage with talent based on these and other core values . We also offer competitive perks, such as flexible vacation, 401k matching, and a generous benefits package,

Pocket Gems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

About Pocket Gems

Our initial slate of games created the simulation genre on mobile, one of the very first successful categories. Over the past couple of years, we have been building on our legacy through the establishment of two new categories: storytelling in the form of an interactive mobile-first platform and synchronous AAA-quality multiplayer 3D games

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