Technical Support Specialist - Level 2

Port Cyber Corporation; Kensington (MD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Port Cyber Corporation seeks to grow its technical team to provide fixed-price IT support to small and mid-size businesses in the DC metro area. The Technical Support Specialist Level 2 will own and resolve client incidents, respond to network/server alerts, and perform onsite support as needed to maintain maximum uptime.

You will collaborate with Support Services staff, maintain documentation, and participate in ongoing training and on-call rotations to deliver exceptional service to clients.

Qualifications

• Two-Year or Four-Year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or other related disciplines
• Certifications: CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, MCSE, VMware

Responsibilities

• Respond to and resolve client incidents via remote and on-site desktop support.
• Resolve client system outages and coordinate client communication.
• Maintain ownership of multiple client issues and incidents while independently researching reliable and scalable solutions.
• Facilitate hardware orders and deploy new workstations.
• Update client documentation and standard procedures.
• Maintain response SLAs and follow standard operating procedures for triage and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with other Support Services staff to ensure a positive and effective client experience.
• Provide regular status updates to Director of Support Services and other senior staff.
• Attend regular individual and team supervision meetings.
• Maintain top-level customer service and communications, both written and verbal, within Port Cyber and with clients.
• Participate in training and development of customer service and technical skills.
• Participate in Port Cyber on-call rotation

Skills

Desktop support

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

Windows

Mac OS

Job description

Port Cyber Corporation is seeking to grow its technical team to keep pace with its steady growth. Port Cyber is a provider of fixed-price IT support to small and mid-size businesses in the DC metro area. The company is looking for highly motivated individuals with the ability to effectively communicate with both internal staff and clients. Candidates must also possess a strong information technology background and knowledge.

About the role

The Technical Support Specialist Level 2 (TSS - L2) role within the Support Services group will be responsible for ensuring all client-facing customer support requests are resolved in a complete, correct, and timely manner. Typical responsibilities are:

Tier 1 and 2 Issue Resolution – The TSS - L2 should be capable of taking ownership and resolving issues directly or engaging the correct internal or external resources to drive the issue to resolution. The TSS - L2 will also assist with certain escalated issues.

Responding to Networking/Server Alerts – At time, the TSS - L2 will be responsible for assisting with resolution of network and server related issues to ensure maximum uptimes for all clients.

Onsite Support – The TSS - L2 will be required to make scheduled and unscheduled onsite visit to client offices and homes to assist with support items that cannot be addressed and resolved remotely.

Documentation – Along with all other technical staff, the TSS - L2 will participate in reviewing and maintaining documentation of clients’ information technology infrastructure and systems. The TSS - L2 will also be responsible

What you'll do

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in "other related organizational and logistical duties as may be reasonably assigned":

• Respond to and resolve client incidents via remote and on-site desktop support. Incidents are submitted via phone calls and email.
• Resolve client system outages and coordinate client communication.
• Maintain ownership of multiple client issues and incidents while independently researching reliable and scalable solutions.
• Facilitate hardware orders and deploy new workstations.
• Update client documentation and standard procedures.
• Maintain response SLAs and follow standard operating procedures for triage and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with other Support Services staff to ensure a positive and effective client experience.
• Provide regular status updates to Director of Support Services and other senior staff.
• Attend regular individual and team supervision meetings.
• Maintain top-level customer service and communications, both written and verbal, within Port Cyber and with clients.
• Participate in training and development of customer service and technical skills.
• Participate in Port Cyber on-call rotation

Qualifications

The ideal Technical Support Specialist will have tier 1 and 2 experience performing Windows and Mac desktop support in a business environment. Prior experience working in a desktop support role for an Information Technology Managed Services Provider (MSP) is beneficial but not required. Our ideal team members will strive to provide a high level of customer service and possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills. This position will be highly collaborative with staff members varying degrees of experience and technical expertise and will provide opportunities to learn new skills and to take on additional responsibilities. Team members will be most successful by employing critical thought and analysis to learn new technologies and consistently improve in customer service.

Required Experience

The position requires mandatory oblig ...

The position requires mandatory oblig ...

Education and Certifications Preferred, Not Required

• Two-Year or Four-Year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or other related disciplines
• Certifications: CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+,MCSE, VMware

Additionally Must Possess

As Technical Support Specialist, you will interact extensively (both over the phone and in person) with end-users that possess a wide range of technical knowledge. As such, you will need to possess strong analytical skills, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to design workable solutions to problems in a timely manner, the ability to travel to client sites (local travel only) and a strong customer service ethic.

You may be responsible for, and candidates should be able to perform light physical work. Examples would include things such as lifting, moving, and relocating computers or other information technology infrastructure within an office or data center facility.