IT Field Support Engineer Isipingo, South Africa
Durban - South Africa
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Technology Engagement (TE) / IT Field Support professional with a minimum of 710 years of experience to provide high-quality IT support across physical sites and ensure an excellent technology experience for end users.
The successful candidate will act as the hands and eyes on-site for core IT infrastructure and end-user support working closely with local regional and global technology teams to maintain reliable IT services support business operations and drive continuous improvement.
- Deliver a first-class IT user experience across all assigned physical sites.
- Provide on-site support for core IT infrastructure and end-user technology.
- Drive the adoption and effective use of digital collaboration technologies to improve productivity and connectivity.
- Support end users in effectively utilizing available technology and minimize dependency on external support partners.
- Maintain and align the IT Service Continuity Plan with local operational requirements.
- Execute the IT Service Continuity Plan when required to maintain service resilience and business continuity.
- Provide IT support for executive and senior leadership meetings conferences and events in collaboration with relevant technology teams.
- Partner with global technology teams to assess the local technical impact and applicability of technology solutions.
- Participate in service reviews with internal and external service providers to monitor performance resolve issues and drive continuous improvement.
- Manage routine IT support activities including:
- Incident resolution
- Service requests
- Hardware and software support
- IT asset management
- End-user support
- Incident resolution
- Operate within the organizations Technology Engagement governance framework and follow established IT policies and procedures.
- Provide business continuity support in accordance with defined SLAs and service performance metrics.
- Manage and track Purchase Orders (POs) to support financial control and operational efficiency.
- Prepare translate and distribute IT-related communications and updates to end users as required.
- Maintain accurate documentation and provide regular updates on IT service performance and outstanding issues.
- Collaborate with internal teams vendors and external service providers to ensure effective delivery of IT services.
- Minimum 710 years of relevant IT experience preferably in IT field support technology engagement infrastructure support or enterprise IT environments.
- Strong experience in end-user support and IT infrastructure operations.
- Proven experience supporting users across multiple physical locations.
- Experience supporting senior leadership executives meetings conferences and corporate events.
- Strong knowledge of IT service management incident management service requests and asset management.
- Experience working with internal and external technology service providers.
- Understanding of IT Service Continuity business continuity SLAs and service performance metrics.
- Experience with IT procurement PO management and tracking.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with global and local teams.
- English must be the primary working language.
- Proficiency in the local language is also required.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Required Skills:
Physical onsite assistance to enable remote troubleshooting and remediation. Console connectivity to network devices (switch/router/firewall) as instructed by the Remote Support Team. Providing physical access support to the Remote Support Team (e.g. opening racks locating devices/ports power cycling per instruction). Visual verification and reporting (LED status link status alarms fan/power status cabling condition). Engineer must have basic understanding of network devices sufficient to: Identify network equipment types ports power supplies uplinks and patch panel layouts. Follow remote instructions accurately (step-by-step) without deviating from approved runbooks. Perform basic checks: link lights port mapping verification cable reseat label verification. Network Device Rack & Stack Rack mounting/unmounting of network devices per site rules and safety practices. Patch and dress cables to basic professional standard (as instructed). Coordinate with Remote Support Team for post-install verification. Basic Configuration Perform basic level initial actions (only as instructed by the Remote Support Team) such as: Connecting console and granting remote access session (screen share/terminal access where applicable). Executing clearly provided command steps (copy/paste) when approved. Applying basic baseline actions (e.g. set management IP/VLAN) only when explicitly instructed and approved.
Required Education:
Qualifications and ExperienceDegree or equivalent qualification in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related least three years of relevant application infrastructure network or field-support experience with Windows Linux servers networks and IT service-management supporting eGates kiosks or biometric equipment is Microsoft Linux Cisco CompTIA or relevant OEM certification is desirable.