South Africa Job Openings

1-grid

Advanced Technical Support Agent

Cape Town

FULL TIME

October 7, 2024

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. We're on a mission to grow businesses online with simple and reliable products, and we're 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

Perform monitoring of systems and fix potential issues or escalate where required.
Be able to perform 2nd/3rd line hosting queries and troubleshooting.
Can troubleshoot server hardware and OS software related issues.
Know how to troubleshoot basic RAID (1,5,10)
Can Perform Backup + restore of systems from Backups where required.
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.
Take ownership of incidents and manage through to resolution where possible.
Attend to proactive and reactive monitoring alerts to ensure minimum disruption to customers.
Liaise with Sysadmin on Projects and Technical tasks.
Produce information reports upon request.
Build and maintain the company's reputation & customer relationships.
Able to work 24/7 rotational shifts.

Qualification and Experience

Matric or equivalent, IT qualification advantageous
A+ N+ certification
2 years minimum relevant customer service experience ideally from a webhosting or tech environment.
2+ years' experience in an IT Service Desk support environment (3rd line support), experience supporting VMware hypervisor, Linux Servers, Windows Servers, Mys QL and Ms Sql.
Ability and willingness to work shifts; Valid Driver license + own transport
Valid Driver license and own transport
Understanding of DNS / Hosting
Windows server knowledge (server 2008 R2 - 2019) and certification required
Basic Network troubleshooting knowledge
Basic knowledge of Mssql and My Sql
VPS and Docker basic knowledge
virtualization(Kvm/Hyper-v)
Exposure to datacentre hardware, software, and storage technologies.
Exposure to modern Backup & Disaster Recovery technologies
Very strong technical understanding of current industry-leading webhosting technologies
A desire for continuous learning and career development

Key Competencies

Ability to work in a team
Interpersonal skills
Customer focused
Tech - savvy
Solution driven
Takes initiative
Excellent delivery standards.

Advantageous:

Linux LPIC certification(s)
Scripting (Power Shell, Bash, Phyton, etc.)
c Panel Certification
Plesk Certification

This appointment will be made in accordance with the Company's 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.
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