Senior 2nd Line Support Engineer job in Cape Town, Century City

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Advantages: Negotiable
Site: Cape Town, Century City
Type: Permanent
Reference: #21178
Society: Recruitment

A fast-growing UK technology company is seeking the technical expertise of a process-focused 2nd line Senior Support Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will need a formal tertiary qualification in IT, proven experience in the technology industry providing support at 2nd Line level or above, HP and Dell, Microsoft Server OS up to 2019, Linux, Hyper- V, VMWare and AD-related aspects of Intune, server rebuilds, Azure AD, ASR, IAAS, PAAS, subscriptions and management groups, role-based access control (RBAC), NSG, Key Vault, automation, storage, App Service, Azure SQL, Veeam, Azure Backup, Backup Exec, MABS, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Replication, AD sync, GPO, Clustering, DFS and EG Sage 3rd party business application troubleshooting. The role will be remote until further notice.

Homework:

    • Respond appropriately and deal with questions or complaints in an efficient manner (i.e. punctual, polite and empathetic).
    • Take ownership of their assigned tickets or their Virtual Team (“VT”) ticket queue and professionally manage them through to resolution or escalation.
    • Ask targeted questions and apply specific troubleshooting.
    • Contribute fully as an active member of the team and ensure that personal and team goals are achieved.
    • Collaborate with other teams to maintain standards and functionality.
    • Maintain a professional relationship with clients and peers.
    • Use excellent customer service skills and exceed customer expectations.
    • Report potential risks to customers.
    • Report customer feedback and potential product requests.
    • Maintain your own personal development plan with support from your manager.
    • Collaborate with other teams to maintain standards and functionality.
    • Undertake any other task assigned by management.
    • Availability during your shift hours (which may result in shift and office rotation).
    • Troubleshoot, maintain and support a wide range of systems.
    • Ensure service level agreements (“SLAs”) are met.

Support Services Engineer Duties –

Telephony:

    • Respond to overflow calls and try to resolve the first call.
    • Confirm and capture accurate information.
    • Take possession of the tickets assigned to you or your relevant VT ticket queue within the agreed SLAs required.
    • Prioritize and manage multiple open tickets at the same time.
    • Apply extreme attention to detail.
    • Effective troubleshooting skills related to your relevant support area.
    • Take charge of technical climbing.
    • Contribute to and enhance internal knowledge base assets.
    • Refer to internal knowledge base, assets, internal/external resources to provide an accurate solution.
    • Provide prompt and accurate feedback to customers.
    • Refer unresolved issues to a Technical Specialist (within your VT) or Incident Management (outside our VT) for technical escalation.
    • Requires a level of supervision.

REQUIREMENTS:

    • Formal IT qualification (minimum AZ-104).
    • Proven experience in the technology industry providing support at the 2nd line level or above.
    • Server infrastructure: HP and Dell, Microsoft Server OS up to 2019, Linux, Hyper-V, VMWare and AD aspects of Intune, server rebuilds.
    • Azure: Azure AD, ASR, IAAS, PAAS, subscriptions and management groups, role-based access control (RBAC), NSG, Key Vault, automation, storage, App Service, Azure SQL.
    • Backup technologies: Veaam, Azure Backup, Backup Exec, MABS.
    • Active Directory: DHCP, DNS, replication, AD synchronization, GPO, clustering, DFS.
    • Troubleshooting third-party line of business applications, eg Sage.
    • Excellent technical ability in one or more key virtual team areas.
    • Strong customer relations skills to understand customer/customer representative concerns and requirements.
    • Willingness to acquire relevant qualifications and accreditations.
    • Own transport (reliable).

Attributes:

    • Use initiative and creativity to solve more difficult problems.
    • Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Able to prioritize under pressure and meet deadlines.
    • Flexible, calm and approachable, “can do” at

Published on February 10 09:35, Closing date March 12

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