National Company is seeking an experienced Managed Services Collaboration Team Lead for their branch in Johannesburg

Purpose of Position:

The MS Engineer (L3) is responsible for providing a service to clients by proactively identifying and resolving technical incidents and problems. Through pre-emptive service incident and resolution activities, as well as product reviews, operational improvements, operational practices and quality assurance this role will maintain a high level of service to clients. Their primary objective is to ensure zero missed service level agreement (SLA) conditions.

The MS Engineer (L3) is responsible for managing tickets of high complexity, conducts advanced and complicated tasks, and provides resolution to a diverse range of complex problems. This position uses considerable judgement and independent analysis within defined policies and practices. Applies analytical thinking and deep technical expertise in achieving client outcomes, while coaching and mentoring junior team members across functions.

Provides technical support to field engineers, technicians, and product support personnel who are diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing and debugging complex electro/mechanical equipment, computer systems, complex software, or networked and/or wireless systems. Responds to situations where first-line product support has failed to isolate or fix problems in malfunctioning equipment or software. Reports design, reliability and maintenance problems or bugs to design engineering/software engineering. May be involved in customer installation and training. Provides support to customer/users where the product is highly technical or sophisticated in nature. Survey Tip: In software companies this position generally interacts directly with the customer/user when the product is highly technical or sophisticated in nature, such as with systems level software where the user has a technical background. In a less sophisticated environment, as with many applications products where the user is nontechnical, this position would generally interact with product support personnel and potentially the customer when the customer’s problem cannot be resolved directly by first-level resources.

Minimum Requirements:
Advanced diploma, degree or relevant qualification in IT/Computing (or demonstrated equivalent work experience)
Technical experience in the following is a must:
Genesys Cloud
Avaya

Required Experience:
Solid years of work experience
Solid experience required in in Engineering function within a medium to large ICT organisation
Solid experience of Managed Services
Excellent working knowledge of ITIL processes
Excellent experience working with vendors and/or 3rd parties

Advantageous Certifications:
Up to date and relevant ITIL certification
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Routing and Switching (CCIE-R/S)
Cisco Certified Network Professional - Wireless (CCNP-W)
Juniper Networks Certified Support Professional - Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCSPENT)
JNCIA Security
Certified Partner SE - WAN Optimization
Riverbed Certified Solutions Professional - WAN Optimization (RCSP-W)
F5 Certified Technology Specialist Local Traffic Management (F5-CTS-LTM)
301a LTM Specialist Architect Setup and Deploy Security domain
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Security (CCIE-S)
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate - Intrusion Detection and Prevent (JNCIA-IDP)
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Check Point Certified Security Administrator NG with Application Intelligence (CCSA-NG AI)
Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
Certified Partner SE - Security
Certified Partner SE - Web Security
VMware Certified Professional vSphere
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Certification - Data Center (CCIE-DC)
MCSA+VCP, RHCE or equivalent
EMC Technology Architect, VNX Solutions Specialist Version 8.0 (EMCTA_VNX_SS_V8)
Blue Coat Certified Proxy SG Professional (BCCPSGP)
Blue Coat Certified Proxy SG Troubleshooting (BCCPSGT)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Voice (CCIE-V)
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Video (CCNA-VID)
ACIS - Avaya Communication Manager 5.2.1 (ACIS – 6006)
Genesys Certified Composer Routing 8 Developer (GCD8-DCR)
Genesys CIM8 Troubleshooting for Support (GCS8-CCTS)
Genesys eServices 8 Consultant (GCP8-CESV)
Genesys Inbound Voice 8 Consultant (GCP8-CIV)
Genesys SIP Server 8 Consultant (GCP8-SIP)
Genesys Voice Platform 8.5 Consultant (GCP8-CVP)
Genesys Workforce Management 8.5 Consultant (GCP8-WFM)
Cisco Qualified Specialist - Cisco IP Contact Center Express Representative (CQS-IPCCER)
Cisco Qualified Specialist - Cisco IP Contact Center Express Specialist (CQS-IPCCE)
Cisco Qualified Specialist - Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist (CQS-DS)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Certification - Collaboration (CCIE-COLLA)
Genesys Certified Composer Routing 8 Developer (GCD8-DCR)
Genesys Composer using Voice Applications 8 Developer (GCD8-DCV)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Ensure that assigned infrastructure at the client site is configured, installed, tested and operational
Perform necessary checks, apply monitoring tools and respond to alerts
Identify problems and errors prior to or when it occurs and log all such incidents in a timely manner with the required level of detail
Assist in analysing, assigning and escalating support calls Investigate third line support calls assigned and identify the root cause of incidents and problems
Report and escalate issues to 3rd party vendors if necessary
Provide onsite technical support to clients and provide field engineering services to clients
Conduct monthly random review of incidents and service requests, analyse and recommend improvement in quality
Provide continuous feedback to clients and affected parties and update all systems and/or portals as prescribed by NTT
Proactively identify opportunities for work optimisation including opportunities for automation of work

Salary is market related