Support Center Engineer 3

cb20; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

cb20 is an award-winning managed IT and AV services provider serving New York, Massachusetts, and New England. The Site Lead – Support Center Engineer III role provides technical support to managed services customers, remotely and on-site, handling installation, configuration, upgrades, and usage of hardware and software with professional customer service.

The candidate acts as incident and problem manager for major outages, mentors the on-site team, handles high-level escalations, and helps

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related field, OR equivalent education/experience.
• MCSE/MCITP or Meraki certification knowledge is expected.
• 8+ years IT engineering experience with Windows administration.

Responsibilities

• Acts as incident and problem manager for major outages.
• Technical escalation point for on-site team; triages escalated tickets.
• Develops training and mentors on-site staff for best practices.
• Supports customer onboarding and ensures high-quality service.
• Performs triage, troubleshooting, and end-user support across devices.

Skills

Networking

WAN

LAN topology

Troubleshooting

VMware

Hyper-V

Microsoft products

Multitasking

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

MCSE/MCITP certificate or equivalent

Meraki certification or equivalent knowledge

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Job description

cb20 is anaward-winning provider of managed IT and audio-visual services, proudly serving organizations across New York, Massachusetts, and the greater New England region. With over 30 years of experience, a team of world‑class engineers, and trusted partnerships with the world’s leading hardware and software providers, we deliver confidence, security, and above all “An Experience Above”.

cb20 won the Albany Business Review Best Places to Work and Albany Times Union Top Places to Work five years in a row. In 2025, cb20 achieved the #1 spot in the over 100 category at the ABR Best Places to Work event. People are cb20's greatest asset.

As a Site Lead – Support Center Engineer III, you will provide support for managed services customers. This role is responsible for providing customers with technical support, remotely and/or on‑site so that they can complete core and essential duties of their roles with functional, required equipment. The candidate should be able to explain features of technical products, answer questions about installation, configuration, upgrades, customization, and usage of technical equipment. A Support Center Engineer applies basic diagnostic techniques to identify problems, investigate causes, recommend solutions to correct common failures, and elevate complex problems when required. Providing a high level of professionalism and day‑to‑day customer service.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as an incident and problem manager for major outages.
• Is a technical knowledge escalation and subject matter expert point for the on‑site team.
• Triages and resolves high level escalated tickets.
• Develops technical training and mentors’ on‑site team for best practices of the Support Center and Managed Services.
• Helps to make customer onboarding run smoothly.
• Solve technically complex, strategic, high‑profile, or long‑running customer issues.
• Assists in automation and efficiency practices for Managed Services
• Participates as an on call technical escalation point.
• Assists and oversees tool development.
• Oversees the customer experience feedback loop.
• Participates in solutioning technology for customers that originate in the Support Center.
• Works to have technology best practices in place for managed services customers that are included in their service.
• Perform triaging, troubleshooting, and support to client via telephone, chat, email support, or tickets.
• Document all pertinent end user information in ticketing system.
• Provide support for users utilizing laptops, workstations, desktops, iOS, and Android devices.
• Provide connectivity support for user’s devices.

• Configure and install software for end user devices such as laptops, workstations, and tablets.
• Support the systems and networks of customers.
• Provide exemplary customer service.
• Perform customer call backs as required.
• Using problem‑solving and people skills to ensure swift resolutions to technical issues.
• Troubleshooting, and diagnosing error messages and failures.
• Provide Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 support.
• Ensure system backups are completed.
• Create and maintain client and support documentation.
• Testing, troubleshooting, and diagnosing error messages and failures.
• Install, configure, maintain, and monitor Windows, Linux, VoIP, PC, Storage, Virtual, Mobile, Server, O365/M365, and Network environments.
• Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot patching for devices.
• Check and troubleshoot backup jobs/engines.

Qualifications Requirements/Job Specifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related field, OR equivalent combination of education and work experience.MCSE\MCITP certificate or equivalent knowledge. Meraki certification or equivalent knowledge.

Experience

8+ years of IT engineering experience and Windows Administration. Industry expertise with enterprise infrastructure solution development (physical computer, networking, storage, or data center concepts).

Standards:

Ability to follow standards as outlined in the cb20 Company Manual.

Skills:

Strong working experience in networking, WAN, LAN topology, and support; installing, configuring, and setting up workstations, servers, and printer. Working experience in building, troubleshooting, and maintaining VMWare and Hyper‑V Virtual networks; Microsoft product portfolio; various technology OEMS. Excellent troubleshooting skills, the ability to multitask, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Working time

40 hours/week. All other times as defined by the demands of the customers and department’s needs.

Lifting

Typically, no lifting more than 25 lbs.