First Focus is Australia's best Managed Service Provider (MSP), with a team of over 300 technical professionals across offices in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. We have grown consistently and profitably for over 15 years, and we're continuing to win new clients and challenge ourselves to rise to new heights.
We have just started the search for the best Senior Support Engineer in the Philippines who will work directly for one of our US based partner MSPs. Why would such an amazing and talented individual consider coming to First Focus? What makes First Focus better than where you are today?
- We actively promote equal opportunity and fair treatment for all our employees, irrespective of their position, location or nationality, fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture - grow your career!
- We understand the value you deliver, and we will give you the support to get the job done - be supported to be awesome!
- We find and retain the best - best Project Engineers, best technical escalation, best team leads and managers, best team!
- We encourage transparency as one of the foundations of our culture, creating a healthier, more productive work environment while actively discouraging toxicity - be heard, feel safe to speak up!
Duties
- Providing remote and phone based support to customers of our US-based partner MSP
- Supporting servers, desktops and applications within an Microsoft AD and Exchange environment
- Delivering the support of Terminal Services, VMware, Hyper-V and Citrix-based cloud infrastructure
- Performing a wide variety of Level 1-3 support functions across many technologies
- Occasional project team work to deploy solutions for customers
- Delivering the support of Terminal Services, VMware and Citrix-based cloud infrastructure
- Performing a wide variety of senior support across many technologies
- Working with highly experienced solutions experts to maintain best practice environments
- Document and log all actions into ticketing system
Requirements
Please note: To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate a independent approach to the way you resolve technical issues. We are seeking someone who has the confidence to try new things and risk failure in this role. We will be asking you questions about what you would do in a situation where you need to make independent decisions.
- Extensive experience working with VMWare & Hyper-V is REQUIRED
- A general knowledge of technical infrastructure from desktop to firewall, including LAN & WAN networking principles (Fortigate, Meraki, Sophos UTM preferred)
- Experience using ticketing systems and customer service principles
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English (Mandatory)
- Extensive experience with Windows Server 2012 R2 and above
- Extensive knowledge in Azure AD/GPO/DNS/DHCP
- Exchange On-prem, Hybrid and Office 365
- Experience working with VMWare & Hyper-V
- iDRAC/iLO
- O365 and AD Administration
- SAN/Storage
- Extensive experience with backup technologies (Veeam, Datto and StorageCraft preferred)
- Excellent complex-problem diagnosis technique
- Email Security Gateway/Anti Spam
Qualifications:
- Can work full-time in the office
- At least 5 years of extensive experience doing Senior Support Role
- Worked in Managed services, outsourcing or professional services environment is a plus
- Calm under pressure
- Comfortable on strictly following checklist and process
- Willing to work any shifts - preferably night/afternoon
- Strong attention to details (this role is very focused on compliance)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Willing to work in our Ortigas Office
Office Address:
- 29th Floor, Robinsons Cyberscape Gamma, Topaz Road, Ortigas Pasig City Metro Manila Philippines
- 26th floor, Axis Tower One Building, Filinvest Ave, Alabang, Muntinlupa
