Technical Support Specialist Level 1 with German

What you will do

• Responsible to deliver the content to end users on an appropriate manner, focused on meeting contracted customers SLA's and KPI's

• Provide Level 1 support levels via phone, email, tickets, or other needed methods on Hoist/Planet managed solutions, logging customer requests (CR) or incidents, or simply follow-up/update customers on case status

• Analyse data to determine issues root causes of problems and resolve them from remote, using as required diagnostic testing and software equipment

• Maintain system capabilities by testing existing equipment and programs, providing remote
troubleshooting solutions for systems issues that affect course delivery

• Carrying out screen-sharing to help customers get set up and operational

• Empowering customers by promoting Knowledge base and self service

• Configure security, operational and access settings/permissions for groups or individuals

• Work with Level 2 and Product Team on escalated tickets

• Log and escalate calls with third parties where required, ensuring communication back to the customer

• Onboard new team members and provide necessary product and processes training

Who you are

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to multitask, with solid
troubleshooting experience

• Exceptional customer service and confident communication skills, customising your interaction to the individual customer personalities and contexts

• Strong work ethic and ability to work efficiently and effectively with minimal supervision

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with excellent organizational skills

• Able to work to targets (SLA's)

• Basic technical background in Engineering for TCP/IP | Networks (Switching, Routing)

• Wide proven experience of remote or on-site support, collaborating with customers, partners, and internal teams

• Experience in network operations or on field operations

• Preferably familiar with some types of production environments and common industry brands &
variants of hardware assembly and configuration

What you will need to bring to Hoist

• Excellent teamwork skills

• Enthusiastic and a great attitude towards learning

• Experience managing service and/or operational level agreements with strong customer service, interpersonal and active listening skills

• A high standard of written and spoken English and German are essential. Additional languages would be an advantage (key additional languages include French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish)

• Attention to detail

• Able to work with non-technical customers and technical customers alike

• Preferably with network vendor technical certifications (Aruba, Ruckus, Cisco, Brocade, others)

• Preferably with a B.S. or equivalent science/IT degree preferred

• Willingness to work from the office and to cover 24/7 rotation shifts including weekends and some holidays

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.