Support Technician

 

Recruiter:

Talented Recruitment

Job Ref:

DBN001951/TK

Date posted:

Friday, June 24, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa


SUMMARY:
A leading digital concern requires a Support Technician to join their team. Based in JHB.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Requirements:
  • Matric.
  • 3 years’ Service Desk/Help Desk/Call Centre experience/Manage Engine administration/networking.
  • Customer focused, good communicator, technically proficient, previous call centre/help desk experience essential.
Duties and responsibilities: 
  • Manage inbound technical calls.
  • Attend to all incoming technical calls on the technical helpdesk with agreed service standards.
  • Remotely investigate/troubleshoot system and network problems and diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults clients might have.
  • Talking clients/field technicians through a series of actions telephonically, to help set up systems or resolve issues.
  • Accurately capture and updating all interactions in as much detail on applicable systems for future use and also for trend analysis use.
  • Escalate priority issues and logging unresolved queries correctly to the appropriate resource for attention.
  • Identify persistent and potential problems and suggest solutions.
  • Offer alternative solutions where appropriate, keeping in mind the objective of resolving client issues.
  • Work collaboratively with other members of the technical helpdesk, scheduling, project management, regional managers, and infrastructure architects to develop and deliver long-term solutions to meet user needs.
  • Establishing a good working relationship with customers and other service providers to ensure clients issue gets resolved.
  • Increase 1st level or remote fixes at all times.
Managing outbound calls:
  • Making outbound calls to priority 1 clients with offline venues/devices identified by the network offline list.
  • Making outbound calls to specific clients as requested by network directors, regional managers, and other senior management staff.
  • Provide high service and quality standards to calls made outbound that applies to inbound calls.
  • Provide feedback to relevant parties on conclusion of outbound calls to networks.
Network management:
  • Manage, monitor, and maintain assigned network venues.
  • Establish contact with venues needing technical assistance that forms part of your assigned networks.
  • Provide prompt initial communication and responses to all assigned networks and promptly address requests/incidents to ensure customer expectations are reached.
  • Provide customer with regular communication regarding status of requests/installations including notification when repairs are complete, as well as customer validation that the repair is satisfactorily completed.
  • Follow up with customers to ensure satisfaction was achieved.
  • Ensure all networks checks are done timeously to ensure no unnecessary downtime is experienced by the client.
  • Partner with other IT service providers the client might have to ensure resolution is reached.
Manage Engine System administrator:
  • Manage, monitor, and maintain Manage Engine reporting system.
  • Setting up new users' accounts and profiles and dealing with password issues.
  • Provide relevant system reports on request.
  • Support documentation to assist staff with system usage and requests for information and to provide staff training if required.
  • Testing and evaluating new requirements for the system.
  • Advise and assists the Head or Services, Media Services manager, and Network Director in the day-to-day operation of the system as well as, participating in the planning, growth, and development for the system.
  • Communicate with system service provider to ensure system use is optimal and to learn new ways to customize system to address internal company needs.
Should you not receive a response within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website, you wish to keep abreast with our active roles.
 
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