Advanced Technical Support Agent
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About us
1-grid is a leading web hosting company with a well-established customer base that is passionate about delivering top-quality hosting solutions to SMEs in South Africa. Were on a mission to grow businesses online with simple and reliable products and were looking for a ATS Agent to join our team and help us bring our vision to life.
Job Purpose
Be the first line of contact for Pro & Premier customers. Provide 3rd line technical support for tickets escalated. Resolve incidents within agreed first-time-fix parameters and escalate within the team where required complying with SLAs and take ownership of incidents and manage through to resolution.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitoring
- Systems and fix potential issues or escalate where required.
- Attend to proactive and reactive monitoring alerts to ensure minimum disruption to customers.
- Troubleshooting
- Server hardware and OS software related issues.
- Basic RAID (1510)
- Second and Third line Hosting queries
- Customer Support
- First point of contact for Pro and Premier customers
- Resolve incidents within agreed first-time-fix parameters and escalate within the team where required complying with SLAs.
- Build and maintain the companys reputation & customer relationships.
- Perform the backup restore of systems
- Take ownership of incidents and manage through to resolution where possible.
- Liaise with Sysadmin on projects and technical tasks.
- Produce information reports upon request.
Qualification and Experience
- Matric or equivalent IT qualification advantageous
- Windows server knowledge (server 2008 R2 - 2019) and certification required
- A N certification
- Two years experience in an IT Service Desk support environment (3rd line support) experience supporting VMware hypervisor Linux Servers Windows Servers MysQL and MsSql.
- Solid technical understanding of
- DNS
- Web Hosting and Web Hosting Technologies
- Basic Understanding of
- Network troubleshooting
- MsSQL and MySQL
- VPS and Docker
- Virtualization(Kvm/Hyper-v)
- Exposure to
- Data Centre hardware software and storage technologies.
- Modern Backup & Disaster Recovery technologies
Advantageous
- Linux LPIC certification(s)
- Scripting (PowerShell Bash Phyton etc.)
- cPanel Certification
- Plesk Certification
Key Competencies
- A desire for continuous learning and career development
- Ability to work well in a team environment with a high degree of collaboration
- Strong Interpersonal skills
- Customer focused
- Strong technical aptitude
- Solution driven
- Takes initiative
- Excellent delivery standards
Requirements
- Own transport with a valid drivers licence
- Shift work
This appointment will be made in accordance with the Companys Employment Equity Plan and preference will be given to people from Designated Groups and people with a disability provided such job applicants meet the inherent criteria of the vacancy. Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
In with the POPIA the usage of your personal data and sensitive personal data will be used for the following purposes communicate with you regarding positions you have applied for assess your skills qualifications and suitability as well as obtain references and background checks when necessary.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Dhcp
- SQL
- Active Directory
- VOIP
- VMware
- Customer Service
- Windows
- Trouble Shooting
- Java
- VPN
- Sharepiont
- hardware
- Dns
- Technical Support
- Software Applications
About Company
1-grid.com is a fast-growing web hosting company in Cape Town with an established customer base, recently acquired by recognised leaders in the internet services industry. We have the vision and resources to be the market leader in SA in the next 5 years; this vision is supported by a ... View more
