IT Services Support Specialist

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full time

Associate in Computer Science or related field or experience equivalent.
- 1+ years of experience in help-desk or desk-side support environment
- Must have knowledge in Microsoft Windows 10 and additionally one or more of the following: Mac OS X, Linux.
- Strong verbal and written skills proven ability to communicate with technical and non-technical staff
- Ability to work both independently and within a team environment
- Display a commitment to quality and strong multi-tasking skills
- Adherence to shift schedules and timeliness are key requirements
- Ability to work a set shift of 10:30am - 7:30pm UK hours and flexibility to work bank holidays

Job summary

Amazon's IT Services Support is the first point of contact for technical support service requests. Our IT Support Technician spends their day fielding incoming support chats, calls and online requests on behalf of Amazon Corporate and its subsidiary employees worldwide.

This role is for a specific shift within our team in Edinburgh and we are specifically recruiting individuals to work between 10:30am and 7:30pm UK hours Tuesday-Saturday

The successful IT Support Technician will be customer focused and motivated by team success. You will be innovative, energetic, and able to adapt to new processes and procedures quickly while dealing with a high volume of requests. You will also be committed, flexible, and have demonstrated ability to maintain high levels of productivity while maintaining quality support.
- Provides comprehensive technical support to Amazon Corporate employees worldwide.
- Diagnose and troubleshoots end user computing problems including analyzing the problem, identification of appropriate resources, testing of proposed fixes and follow-up to ensure the problem has been resolved.
- Creates and submits detailed call logs documenting customer interactions that are accurate, thorough, and timely.
- Informs customer of needed repairs and answers basic questions. Ensures that customer understands and is satisfied with work completed.
- Follow all standard operating procedures (SOP) through the effective use of Knowledge management.
- Manage a case count between 15-25 tickets.
- Acquire and maintain current knowledge of relevant support policies in order to provide technically accurate solutions to users.
- Assists with activities to triage and escalate any system or network outage to reduce downtime.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or IT related field.
- Microsoft MCSE, MCITP Systems Administrator (Active Directory)
- Advanced Linux systems administration skills
- Strong troubleshooting skills of very complex systems
- Ability to explain complex IT concepts in simple terms
- ITIL Foundation Certification


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