Technical Support Analyst (AMS)

Webhosting; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness

Gym reimbursements

Mental well-being resources

Job summary

DigiCert is seeking a Technical Support Analyst to assist enterprise clients using our DNS and traffic monitoring solutions. This role aligns with U.S. Eastern Time hours to support global needs, and includes hands-on installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of DigiCert DNS services.

You will respond to questions via calls, emails, and tickets, document all activity, and strive for high quality, accuracy, and customer satisfaction while leveraging a fast-paced team environment.

Qualifications

• 1+ years Technical Support or IT client interfacing experience.
• Proficiency in English (essential).
• Previous experience with CDN, monitoring solutions, web hosting services, or network services (strongly preferred).
• Ability to translate technical concepts into plain language for clients.

Responsibilities

• Answer questions and troubleshoot DNS and monitoring configurations.
• Review DNS and monitoring configurations of DigiCert DNS and monitoring.
• Provide technical support to DNS Made Easy and Constellix customers via calls, emails, and tickets within SLAs.
• Document and record all activity and communication with customers.
• Record activity in the ticketing system to track progress in the customer portal.
• Suggest DNS and monitoring configurations based on user requirements.
• Communicate with clients professionally via chat, email, or video.
• Maintain knowledgebase with new product information and common issues.
• Meet or exceed department goals for response times and customer satisfaction.

Skills

DNS knowledge

Monitoring tools

Technical support

Customer interfacing

Linux/UNIX basics

Networking basics

Communication skills

Education

Computer Science/IT degree

Tools

Ticketing system

Job description

Not specified Full-time Not specified Customer Support

Job Description

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

Job summary

AsTechnical Support Analystsupporting our enterprise clients that utilize the DigiCert DNS and traffic monitoring solutions. DigiCert owns and operates the brands of DNS Made Easy and Constellix which are known as the industry leaders in the DNS and monitoring industry. Working hours are aligned with U.S. Eastern Time to support global business needs.

What you will do

• Answer questions and troubleshoot DNS and monitoring configurations.
• Review DNS and monitoring configurations of DigiCert DNS and monitoring.
• Provide technical support to DNS Made Easy and Constellix customers by answering telephone calls, replying to emails, and utilize ticketing system in line with departmental measures, with a focus on high quality, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
• Document and record all activity and communication with customers according to departmental standards of quality.
• Record all activity in the department’s ticketing system, updating cases within SLA guidelines so progress can be tracked with each customer’s incident, viewed via the customer portal.
• Answer questions and propose DNS and monitoring configurations based on user requirements.
• Respond to client’s tickets, chats, and phone calls in a professional matter.
• Communicate with clients over video zoom or other video conferencing technologies as necessary.
• Understand how our customers are utilizing DigiCert’s DNS and traffic management solutions and recommend additional features that can be leveraged to increase their digital experience.
• Self-manage workload to ensure timely response to client concerns.
• Act as an advocate for the customer.
• Meet or exceed service level requirements and departmental goals for ticket Management, Phone and Email response times, and Customer Satisfaction scores.
• Review cases for technical complexity and make recommendations to team members with regards to escalation according to departmental Best Practice.
• Use and create knowledgebase articles based on new product information, support incidents, and/or common or critical issues.
• Adhere to DigiCert Support Services best practices.
• Actively participate in team and departmental meetings by providing feedback on current day to day activity and recommendations for improvement.
• Perform hands-on installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of DigiCert DNS services.

What you will have

• 1+ years Technical Support or IT client interfacing experience.
• Computer Science, Information Systems or Information Technology qualification.
• Proficiency in English (essential).
• Previous experience with CDN, monitoring solutions, web hosting services, or network services (strongly preferred).
• Experience working with enterprise customers, with the ability to diffuse complex customer challenges.
• Ability to gather customer requirements and challenges.
• Ability to analyze complex situations and work cross-functionally towards a solution.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Basic understanding of DNS.
• Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills, strong attention to detail, some experience with Linux and UNIX OS systems, and some basic working knowledge of networking.
• Demonstrates the ability to work well in a fast-paced, challenging environment as part of a dynamic team of professionals and can communicate effectively in group settings as well as to senior management.
• Previous experience with Sales Engineering, Customer Service, or other customer-facing roles (advantageous).
• Previous experience with project management / PMP, CAPM, or other Project Management certification (advantageous).
• Adaptable, versatile, customer obsessed, solution-oriented, proactive and passionate about technology (advantageous).
• Ability to translate technical network anomalies into plain language for clients.
• Efficiency in managing multiple chat windows or support tickets simultaneously.
• Ability to assist non-technical users with empathy during frustrating service outages.
• Health and wellness support, including medicalcover (where applicable), gym reimbursements, and mental well-being resources