IT Support Engineer - Client facing
Be Different Recruitment
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- R15,000-16,000 per month
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Strong communication skills
- Strong customer facing skills
- Strong troubleshooting skills and technical aptitude
- Minimum directly related experience of 4 years
- Valid Driver’s License, reliable vehicle, current auto insurance policy, with a good driving record
- Represent the company in a positive and professional manner
- Work with all personnel and outside contacts to satisfy clients and achieve company goals
- Identify areas of improvement in the company and assist in creating and implementing solutions
- Identify wasteful or inefficient practices and other unnecessary expenses
- Have a thorough understanding of entitlement and under-entitlement pertaining to service contracts and responsibility levels
- Perform remedial repair activities on customer site
- Perform hardware installations
- Perform assignments as requested by helpdesk technicians or senior technical staff
- Require infrequent backline support while performing remedial activities on-site
- Recognize situations requiring an escalation and follow proper escalation procedures
- Provide the support required to close service events promptly, within the SLA and to the satisfaction of the customer (“fix the customer”)
- Provide timely, accurate and unambiguous updates to the ticketing system
- As needed, communicates frequently with customers and other System 5 staff members
- Effective 'debrief' and reporting of service call for future enhancements
- Travel to and from customer locations, documenting work activity and maintaining administrative paperwork.
- Arrive to work, job sites and meetings on time and prepared
- Software training including, but not limited to, servers, storage and networking equipment
- Hardware training including, but not limited to servers, storage and networking equipment
- Ongoing training to enhance individual technical competency, both self-study and company sponsored
- Ability to work with and enhance the team concept
- Communicate issue and problem resolution notes back to helpdesk
- Work within established guidelines and procedures
- Maintain work areas in a clean and organized manner
- Appropriate customer facing dress required.
- Perform any other duties assigned by your manager