Location: Cape Town
Salary Range: 28, 000 ZAR 30, 000 ZAR salary, plus 30% Nightshift Allowance.
About Us:
We have been providing our clients with comprehensive IT Support and technology solutions, including cloud services, managed print, telephony, Office 365 applications, cyber security and data recovery, and more, since 2002.
As part of Advania, we are backed by a leading technology services and solutions provider, and the most awarded Microsoft partner in the UK.
Position Overview:
To provide technical software, hardware and network problem resolution to clients. Perform problem diagnosis and guide users through step-by-step solutions in a desktop support-based environment. Provide technical solutions in a user-friendly, professional manner, facilitating one-to-one end user training as required and ensure site technical documentation is maintained.
Responsibilities:
- Able to communicate verbally and in writing to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Creative, analytical problem solver with the ability to apply original and innovative thinking
- Methodical approach suitable to resolution of client requirements
- Able to manage changing workload and priorities
- Able to work both within a team and using own initiative
- Configure, troubleshoot issues using all MS windows server platforms
- PC/Server Hardware diagnose and upgrade, both hardware and firmware on PCs
- AD configure new users, new OUs, configure sites and services, resolve issues
- DNS running through the Active Directory-based DNS structure to ensure domain entries exist for domain Controllers, Services and devices. Troubleshooting name resolution issues on endpoints using standard tools.
- IP networks, TCP/IP, DHCP etc, routers, switches, broadband, firewalls
- Understanding of Backup technologies, understanding of Cloud Repositories are advantageous
- Ability to troubleshoot failed backups and copy jobs
- Group Policies Understanding and Basic troubleshoot issues.
- Proven years of experience as a ServiceDesk engineer supporting SMEs
- Experience of working in a customer facing role
- Familiar with working to SLAs to meet both customer and contract requirements
- Working as part of a wider service delivery function
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamic operating systems and online services including installation and maintenance
- Exchange Technologies
- Active Directory
- Firewalls, Router & VPN technologies
- Microsoft Office and 365 services
- Sage X3 technologies (Desirable)
- Cloud and traditional Phone systems (Desirable)
- OneDrive for business (Desirable)
- SharePoint and SharePoint document libraries (Desirable)
- Databases SQL (Desirable)
At Advania, we are dedicated to the growth and development of our employees, which is reflected in our diverse learning ecosystem. Whether through self-paced online courses or provider-led training sessions, Advania ensures that all employees have access to valuable learning opportunities. We offer a range of benefits designed to support training for personal development, business needs, and client requirements.
Discover how LinkedIn Learning has become our central Learning Experience Platform (LxP) driving skill development across our organization by reading our LinkedIn Learning Case Study
Our Selection Process:
We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
Please do let us know if youll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form.
