POSITION: Junior First Line Support Engineer
LOCATION: Roodepoort, Western Johannesburg
SALARY: Market related for junior level position (1-2 years' experience)
Applications close 30 January 2018

OVERVIEW:
This position will provide first line, remote support to our growing client base. The ideal candidate will bring a technical background, good client interaction, excellent communication skills and agile thinking to this fast paced and rapidly growing organization. We offer extensive and ongoing training, interesting colleagues, and the opportunity to grow with us.

Please only apply if you meet the following requirements.
Please ensure that your application is accompanied by a CV that gives detailed work experience, including dates of employment and reasons for leaving. Regrettably only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 1 month of the closing date, it means you have not been shortlisted.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (NOT NEGOTIABLE):
• Grade 12
• IT qualification (NQF4 and higher)
• Valid SA ID
• Valid driver's licence
• Own reliable vehicle as you will be required to work shifts and travel to occasionally assist clients on-site
• At least 1 year technical server support experience
• Excellent English communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Previous experience with Backup Software advantageous

Minimum technical skills and knowledge:
• Knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating system and its components. This includes troubleshooting via the event logs, understanding how to acquire crash dumps and application dumps, making registry changes etc.,
• Knowledge of networking and troubleshooting connectivity, name resolution, and performance-based issues with OS and/or hardware,
• Understanding of Backup Theory,
• Practical Microsoft Office skills.

Advantageous:
• Linux knowledge or experience,
• VMware\Hyper-V or any other Hypervisor knowledge or experience,
• SAN, NAS and Tape device knowledge or experience,
• Commvault Software Suite knowledge or experience (very advantageous)
• Teamviewer,
• Microsoft Office 365,
• 3CX Softphone.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Answer incoming problem calls, emails and system-generated tickets,
• Resolve quick, simple issues (15 minutes),
• Categorise and tag unresolved issues and assign these to appropriate Second Line Support Engineers,
• Document and track customer information and details of the problem,
• Effectively handover unresolved tickets to Second Line Support Engineers,
• Effectively communicate the results of their intervention to the customer,
• Perform daily, weekly and monthly tasks for Managed Services customers.