Desktop Support Engineer

Logicalis Group (De); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 250 000 - 350 000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology solutions provider in Cape Town is seeking a Desktop Support Engineer to ensure high system availability and support customers' environments. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in customer service and technical troubleshooting. Responsibilities include managing incidents and conducting on-site support. This a great opportunity to join a diverse and dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 5 years in Customer Service with desktop support experience.
• 1 year supporting network infrastructure.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work unsupervised.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of customers' requests and proactively deal with issues.
• Perform Incident Management to restore service within SLAs.
• Travel onsite to customer locations.

Skills

Advanced working knowledge of MS Office & Windows

Troubleshooting and administering video conferencing equipment

Configuring, troubleshooting and administering office printers

Good understanding of general IT equipment

Proficient relationship building skills

Strong service-oriented culture

Education

Graduate or qualified by experience

A+, N+ ITIL v3 or V4 Fundamentals

Job description

Desktop Support Engineer in Cape Town at Logicalis
It's not just IT solutions, It's IT global know-how!

Logicalis is an international multi-skilled solution provider providing digital enablement services to help customers harness digital technology and innovative services to deliver powerful business outcomes. Our customers span industries and geographical regions; and our focus is to engage in the dynamics of our customers' vertical markets; including financial services, TMT (telecommunications, media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government, manufacturing and professional services, and apply the skills of our 4, employees in modernising key digital pillars; data centre and cloud services, security and network infrastructure, workspace communications and collaboration, data and information strategies, and IT operation modernisation.

We are the advocates for our customers for some of the world's leading technology companies including Cisco, HPE, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware and ServiceNow. Logicalis employees are innovative, smart, entrepreneurial and customer centric, with a shared ambition of making Logicalis the worlds leading IT Solutions provider! We offer speedy decision-making, opportunities for personal development, and a supportive, inclusive environment that celebrates our diversity. Join us and become a part of something epic!

Role Purpose

This technical engineering position focuses on the smooth running of our customers' environment, ensuring that system availability is maintained at the highest level and any issues that arise are dealt with within SLA.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of customers' requests and be proactive when dealing with customers' issues.
• Ensure all requests meet or exceed the contractual Service Level Agreements.
• Always maintain high customer‑care levels.
• Actively seek to improve and grow own skills and that of the Customer Services team.
• Perform Incident Management to ensure that the appropriate action is being taken to meet SLAs and service is restored for the customer.
• Fixes to be documented as knowledge articles.
• Create / review knowledge articles to ensure FCR can be done.
• Proactively identify, plan and remediate any issues on the client's desktop estate using the chosen tool.
• Application Deployments / updates to be performed to the desktop / laptop estate.
• Follow the escalation matrix if any issues relate to Infrastructure issues.
• Carry out onsite / diagnostic tests, troubleshooting when incidents are logged by customers.
• Work and travel onsite to the customer locations.
• Escalate calls to senior engineers or management as appropriate, using the required escalation matrix.
• Liaison with internal departments, vendors and suppliers where required.
• Provide advanced diagnostics.
• Manage phone calls from customers, ensuring they are made aware of what action has been or will be taken to resolve their issues.
• Update customers by telephone or e‑mail on the progress of a support call or to ask for additional information.
• Assist with the implementation of Customer projects, internal support projects or support administration tasks.
• Ad‑hoc duties as required.
• Adhere to delivery of standard reporting packs.
• Assist in the coordination of security incident response.
• Resolve information security incidents.
• Assist technology teams to develop, implement, and automate security solutions.
• Communicate the risks and potential Customer impact of identified issues and recommend controls to mitigate them.

Key Performance Indicators

• Complete Partnership and Technical Skill Certifications Requirements.
• Customer and End User Satisfaction and Relationships.
• Customer Service Improvements.
• ISO compliance.
• Project Execution and Service Transition Quality.
• Ticket Management Disciplines and SLA's.
• Timesheet Completion Quality.
• Skills and Competencies Accountable Execution.
• Agile Transformation.
• Cross‑Business Engagement.
• Excellent Customer Solutions.
• Impactful Communication.
• Inclusive Teamwork.
• Positive Resilience.
• Smart Decision Making.

Person Requirements

• Experience: 5 years in the Customer Service industry with direct input into a technical environment performing desktop support. 1 year experience in supporting network infrastructure (Routers, switches, firewalls etc).
• Technical Skills: Advanced working knowledge of MS Office & Windows and other Office products. Experience in troubleshooting and administering video conferencing equipment. Experience of configuring, troubleshooting and administering office printers. Good understanding of general IT equipment e.g., desktops, applications, servers, switches, routers etc.
• Qualifications: Graduate or qualified by experience. A+, N+ITIL v3 or V4 Fundamentals.
• Additional Skills / Attributes: A high command of the English language both written and verbal is essential. Self‑motivated with the ability to work unsupervised. Punctuality. Ability to remain flexible and adapt to changing priorities with promptness, efficiency and ease. Possess proficient analytical and decision‑making skills. Demonstrated capacity for gathering and scrutinizing data to identify issues, opportunities and patterns. Proficient relationship building skills – predict customer behaviour and respond accordingly. A strong service‑oriented ('can‑do') culture, with a strong focus on the 'internal customer' approach, committed to exceeding customer expectations. Good communicator with the user environment. Dynamic but aware of the views and feelings of others. Able to operate as a good team player. Drive and Energy. Demonstrate clear purpose, enthusiasm, and commitment. Full, valid drivers licence.
• Other Requirements: Years of experience in providing VIP desktop support. Valid drivers licence.

We use Employment Equity (EE) and affirmative action (AA) measures in an endeavour to redress the disadvantages in employment experienced by designated groups. Where possible, preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act and in line with Logicalis SA's Employment Equity plans.

Disclaimer: Strictly fair and non‑discriminatory selection procedures will be followed.

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