Remote Incident Response Tech Lead

FusionTek; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 800,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Managed Security Service Provider seeks an Incident Response Technical Lead in Johannesburg. This role involves managing incident response projects while ensuring clear communication with clients and stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong technical skills, experience leading teams, and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Quarterly bonus eligibility based on KPIs

Educational reimbursement for certification tests

Qualifications

• Experience leading a technical team is crucial.
• Knowledge of Office 365 and Azure cloud services required.
• Strong comprehension in various operating systems essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage incident response projects from start to finish.
• Provide technical updates on project progress to stakeholders.
• Document and escalate tasks through the ticketing system.

Skills

Technical Management

Communication Skills

Incident Response

Problem-Solving

Time Management

Networking Troubleshooting

Tools

Autotask

Job description

FusionTek is a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) with offices in multiple US locations and team members globally. We’re a tight-knit team of friendly, intelligent people focused on IT infrastructure management for small- to mid-sized businesses since 2007.

We’re also rapidly growing and are looking for top-tier candidates who share our four core values:

• We are team players, collectively working towards a common goal.
• We work each day with a growth mindset focused on the success of our coworkers, clients, and the company.
• We do the right thing with an honest and transparent approach that always puts our clients first.
• We take ownership of our work, always seeing it through to completion.
• We execute quickly and precisely, both internally and externally.

If this opportunity excites you, we invite you to continue reading! Join our team as an Incident Response Technical Lead. We’re seeking a proactive problem-solver with a client-focused attitude who thrives on tackling technical challenges.

As an Incident Response Tech Lead, you will provide excellence in high-touch technical management for incident response projects. This includes frequent technical and non-technical written, verbal and video call (Zoom / Teams) updates with all stakeholders on a project, both within FusionTek and externally. Throughout the day you’ll be translating technology to clients who aren’t always technical, so communication skills are paramount in this role. A broad technical foundation is also required, as you will make decisions on the client’s recovery strategy and will serve as escalation point and subject matter expert to FusionTek team members and the client.

We are currently staffing the following shifts:

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Sunday to Thursday or Tuesday to Saturday - South Africa Standard Time (SAST)

2:00 PM – Midnight (Friday to Monday) - South Africa Standard Time (SAST)

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• You’ll primarily be focused on technical management of incident response recovery efforts from start to finish. This can include initial project mobilization, assignment and management of technical workstreams, and frequent client and vendor communication. There are daily (sometimes more frequently) updated calls and associated reporting.
• Incident response projects can often begin over a weekend or outside of traditional business hours, and weekends are crucial recovery opportunities to lessen the impact the client feels as their businesses are often completely down.
• You’ll work through our ticketing system to document, track, and escalate project tasks and tickets, and you’ll also work on our documentation platform to keep everything up to date along the way.
• You'll serve as an escalation point on technical questions from other engineers and the client.
• You’ll be working with a team of intelligent people to deliver world-class service to our clients

• Excellent comprehension and communication in the English language
• Previous experience leading a technical team
• Knowledge of Office 365 / Azure cloud services
• Knowledge of Active Directory
• Knowledge of complex networking troubleshooting (VLANs/routing/subnetting/packet captures)
• Broad understanding of how operating systems work
• Knowledge of advanced OS troubleshooting (boot issues/corruption of profiles/OS files)
• Comfortable working in different OSs, both in CLI and GUI
• SQL DB knowledge is a plus
• Knowledge of advanced firewall configuration skills (creating and troubleshooting complex firewall policies/routes)
• Experience troubleshooting ingress/egress issues
• Comfortable working in diverse firewall UIs (SonicWall, Meraki, FortiGate, Cisco, WatchGuard, etc.)
• Strong comprehension of system architecture (i.e. - how servers’ function, what their roles are, etc.)
• Understanding of the elements of network and system performance
• Time management skills are crucial to your success in this role
• Superb verbal and written communications skills are a must
• Demonstrated skillset through industry certifications or an agreed upon plan to obtain them
• Previous recovery / remediation experience a plus
• Experience working in a ticketing system is preferred, with Autotask experience a plus

At FusionTek, we truly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, which is why we’re excited to provide:

• Salary range – R800,000 to R950,000
• Quarterly bonus eligibility based on specific KPIs.
• Educational reimbursement for certification tests and company supplied training resources