Position Title
3rd line Engineer 24 / 7
Company
Bluecube Technology Solutions - An Ekco Company
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
About Ekco
Founded in 2016 Ekco is now one of the fastest growing cloud solution providers in Europe! We specialise in enabling companies to progress along the path of cloud maturity, managing transformation and driving better outcomes from our clients’ existing technology investments. In a few words, we take businesses to the cloud and back! We have over 1000 highly talented and supportive colleagues (and counting) across a number of regional offices in the UK, Benelux, South Africa, Malaysia & Ireland.
About The Role
As a 3rd Line Engineer on the 24x7 Service Desk, you will be the subject matter expert of our Service Desk team. Working from our Cape Town office and reporting to the 24x7 Manager, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting advanced solutions across our support technologies. This role acts as the final escalation point for complex issues, drives automation and governance, and contributes to strategic initiatives that enhance our support services and customer experience. This is a shift‑based position, with a 4‑days on, 4‑days off pattern and a requirement to work either days or nights, including bank / public holidays.
Key Responsibilities
- Receive incoming calls from our customers, raising tickets, providing support and guidance over the phone and via our ITSM tool (FreshService).
- Act as the point of contact and final point of escalation for incidents and requests related to our services, supporting the full lifecycle of the tickets through to resolution.
- Raise, implement, review and technically approve change requests utilizing the Change Management process, attending CAB when necessary.
- Lead root cause analysis and Problem Management activities working closely with the Problem Manager.
- Review customer solutions to identify potential improvements and cost efficiencies.
- Communicate clearly and professionally with customers, ensuring they are informed of progress and resolution, ensuring a high customer satisfaction.
- Managing and monitoring the team and your personal ticket queues, ensuring tickets are updated, progressed and resolved in a timely manner.
- Work hand in hand with other teams to facilitate smooth escalations and maintain momentum in resolution efforts.
- Drive the creation and use of knowledge base articles by documenting and sharing common workarounds and more complex fixes.
- Provide technical mentoring and guidance to the teams.
Essential Skills & Experience
5+ years of experience in remotely supporting our technologies, including :Microsoft 365 administration and licensingMicrosoft AVD & Remote DesktopMicrosoft Active Directory & Entra IDMicrosoft Exchange & Exchange OnlineMicrosoft Intune & Group PolicyMicrosoft SharePoint and OneDriveMicrosoft TeamsEnd-user Devices and DesktopsOn‑Premise NetworkingVMwareCustomer centric with great people skillsProactive and positive approach to problem solving and client interactionExperience with PowerShellExperience with ITSM and remote support toolsMD-102 or MS-700 or SC-300 or similar certificationDesirable
Experience of virtualised Microsoft environmentsITIL Foundations certificationMS-102 certificationPersonal Qualities
Resilient to changeTakes pride in providing a high level of serviceStrong attention to detailAbility to work under pressure and handle difficult situationsImpeccable time management skills with the ability to prioritise effectively#J-18808-Ljbffr