Technical Support Associate

Francisco Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optimistic and supportive work environment

Healthcare Plan

Pensions

Highly competitive salary

Job summary

GoTo Meeting is looking for a Technical Support Associate to assist enterprise customers with technical inquiries via live chat and telephone. The ideal candidate should possess a bachelor's degree in a technical field and have 1-3 years of experience in technical support, particularly in network security. Responsibilities include troubleshooting customer environments and documenting interactions comprehensively. This role provides an optimistic work environment along with healthcare benefits and a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of previous technical support experience.
• Experience managing Windows and Mac workstation deployments.
• Familiarity with enterprise deployments of iOS, Android, and Chromebook devices.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex technical support inquiries via telephone and live chat.
• Document interactions for auditing and record keeping.
• Create knowledgebase entries to improve customer self-service.

Skills

Technical support

Network security

Excellent communication skills

Routing and switching

Linux

Problem-solving

Team player mentality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Firewalls

DNS management tools

Windows Server

Red Hat Linux

VDI implementations

Job description

Company Overview

iboss is a cloud security company that enables the modern workforce to connect securely and directly to all applications from wherever they work. Built on a containerized cloud architecture, iboss delivers security capabilities such as SWG, malware defense, RBI, CASB and data loss prevention to all connections via the cloud, instantaneously and at scale. This eliminates the need for traditional network security appliances, such as VPNs, firewalls and web gateway proxies, which are ineffective at protecting a cloud‑first and mobile world. Leveraging a purpose‑built cloud architecture backed by 230+ issued and pending patents and more than 100 points of presence globally, iboss processes over 150 billion transactions daily, blocking 4 billion threats per day.

More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss Cloud Platform to support their modern workforces, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies.

To learn more, visit https://www.iboss.com/

Job Description

Technical Support Associates interface directly with our Enterprise (Commercial, Government, K12) customers via live chat, ticket system, and telephone to assist them with technical support issues or inquiries. An ideal candidate for this role will have a wide breadth of knowledge and experience with enterprise networks, systems, and cybersecurity. An outstanding candidate will have previously been the “go‑to” network engineer, system administrator, or security engineer in a previous role. The outstanding candidate will also understand the challenges that administrators face when trying to secure their users and devices in today’s borderless network landscape and have a track record of solving them.

If you have an innate curiosity to understand how systems work (and could possibly be abused), a drive to find creative solutions to problems others may think are impossible to solve, are comfortable in a fast paced, challenging, and exciting environment, and are driven to provide customer satisfaction, we want to hear from you. We’ll provide the opportunity for you to work with some of the largest and most complex networks on the planet, providing a service that helps protect organizations and users from threats.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex technical support inquiries via telephone, live chat, and ticket interactions with a positive and professional demeanor;
• Document interactions comprehensively for auditing and record keeping purposes;
• Spin up lab environments consisting of firewalls, switches, routers, and endpoints to reproduce customer environments for advanced troubleshooting purposes;
• Work with team leads and management to bubble up recurring issues or opportunities for product or process improvements;
• Participate in testing pre‑release solutions and validating performance against test plans documenting results;
• Create and submit knowledgebase entries to help improve customer self‑service capabilities;
• Create and maintain internal knowledge systems to assist other internal team members;
• Stay abreast of product changes, working with lab and test systems to come up to speed quickly with new capabilities, devices, and features;

Skills / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical field (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology)
• 1-3 years of previous technical support experience
• Possess a strong work ethic and team player mentality
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Experience designing and supporting multilayer IP networks; routing and switching
• Experience with network security; firewalls, intrusion prevention, risk assessment, pen testing, content filtering, PKI, SSL/TLS
• Experience managing Windows Server or Red Hat Linux server environments; Proficient with Linux
• Experience managing large (>1k seat) Windows and Mac workstation deployments
• Experience managing DNS; Microsoft or Bind
• Experience with virtualization, specifically VDI implementations
• Experience with acquiring and analyzing packet captures
• Experience/familiarity with managing enterprise deployments of iOS, Android, and Chromebook devices
• Highly developed sense of integrity and commitment to customer satisfaction
• Strong detail orientation and listening skills
• Strong decision‑making and analytical abilities

Benefits

• Optimistic, supportive, and FUN work environment
• Healthcare Plan, Pensions
• Highly competitive salary

The duties and responsibilities described above are essential functions of the job.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran or as an individual with a disability.

*This position is not eligible for sponsorship of work visas