IT Support & Build Specialist

Vinebrook Technology; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT Services is seeking a full-time IT Support & Build Specialist in Ottawa. This role involves providing exceptional technical support, managing customer assets, and collaborating with a team of specialists. Ideal candidates are self-starters with strong troubleshooting skills and a commitment to customer service. The position requires driving to a local depot for asset management and offers a remote work schedule.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years in a technical support role.
• Experience providing customer support.
• Experience in 24x7x365 Managed Services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Triage tickets per specified severity levels.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Perform basic troubleshooting across various platforms.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Detail Oriented

Self-motivated

Education

High School Diploma

College Degree

Tools

Apple Business Manager

JAMF

MS InTune

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Vinebrook Technology

Account Executive | Modern IT Services & Solutions

Overview: Vinebrook Technology is hiring a full-time, remote IT Support & Build Specialist in Ottawa, Canada This person will work with a team of managed services specialists, administrators, and engineers to deliver excellent support and management of our customers’ environments. They will field issues and requests escalated directly by customer IT personnel, end users, and monitoring tools. This role will have broad exposure across a range of end user devices, network, server, virtualization, and security platforms. The support specialist will be expected to work issues independently, and when needed, with the assistance of senior subject matter experts on the team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, with an ability to learn quickly, and provide exceptional customer service.

This support specialist will also be responsible for customer assets (laptops, docking stations, keyboards, etc) as requested. We have a local depot in Ottawa where assets are stored for our customer. This specialist will be responsible for driving to the asset site in Ottawa to retrieve customer devices to box and ship them out as requested.

Schedule:

• Monday - Friday
• 9am - 5:30pm EST
• Remote
• Ability to drive to depot in Ottawa
• Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *Must be in Ottawa or close proximity*

Qualifications:

• High school diploma required; college degree strongly preferred
• Canadian Citizen ONLY *No Visas at this time*
• Apple Business Manager (Required)
• JAMF (Required)
• Google IT Support Professional (Preferred)
• CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ (Preferred)
• Microsoft MTA (Preferred)
• ITIL v3 Foundation (Preferred)

Experience:

• 1-3 years in a technical support role.
• Experience providing customer support.
• Experience in 24x7x365 Managed Services preferred.
• Experience using ITSM and Monitoring tool sets.
• Experience using MS InTune, or other device management software.

Responsibilities:

• Triage tickets per specified severity levels.
• Refer/ escalate customer issues to the appropriate level of support, as needed.
• Provide excellent customer service, staying calm and communicating clearly and professionally in stressful situations.
• Perform basic troubleshooting steps such as checking logs, checking capacity, and running basic diagnostics across a variety of platforms including Linux/Windows servers, network devices, hypervisors, and storage systems.
• Respond to automated alerts performing troubleshooting and resolution of issues, as well as proper notifications where required.
• Fulfill service requests and remediate incidents using customer Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Use a ticket system to provide regular status updates and make sure tasks are completed based on priority and in compliance with SLAs.
• Distribute scheduled reports to customers as required.
• Supporting end users by diagnosing and resolving computer hardware, network, and application issues.
• Assist with cross training of other team members, as needed.
• Drive to and from customer depot to prepare assets for the customer, as requested.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by management.

Skills:

• Highly analytical thinker and troubleshooter.
• Detail oriented with excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Self-motivated, passionate about technology, with the desire to learn new things.
• Ability to use and troubleshoot Microsoft Windows, Office, Office365, and macOS.
• Foundational understanding of operating systems and servers, both physical and virtual.
• Experience working with active directory to perform basic tasks, such as user creation and password resets.
• A commitment to maintaining a safe and organized work environment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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