This full-time, remote position requires 3+ years of technical troubleshooting experience in a B2B environment. Responsibilities include providing 24/7 technical support via phone, tickets, and live chat, resolving first-level issues by determining the nature of the problem, gathering information, reproducing issues, and offering troubleshooting steps or solutions. You'll direct customers to help articles, escalate unresolved issues, monitor for emerging problems, and participate in a shift-based team. Strong technical skills (LAN/WAN, VPNs, email servers, Office 365) and excellent communication skills are essential. The role demands empathy, problem-solving abilities, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. The position is home-based, requiring a stable internet connection and backup.
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Description
Position at VIPRE Security Group
Join an energetic team in one of the hottest growing sectors in software—cybersecurity. VIPRE Security Group, a part of Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD), is a global, highly rated, award-winning security, privacy and data protection company protecting millions of consumers and businesses supporting some of the largest brands. Backed by cutting-edge machine learning, one of the world’s largest threat intelligence clouds and real-time behavior monitoring, the VIPRE Security Group delivers unmatched protection against today’s most aggressive threats. The group operates under various brands, VIPRE™, STRONGVPN™, IPVANISH™, Inspired eLearning™, Livedrive™, and SugarSync™.
Our team helps fight the cybercriminals and protect our customers by delivering innovative solutions that help keep families and businesses and their data, digital identity, employees, websites, email, and applications private and safe.
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Patient and customer care focused
Strong technical skill set including LAN/WAN networking and router configuration
Knowledgeable of VPN services, Email Servers and Office 365
3+ years recent work experience involving technical troubleshooting
Work experience in a call centre/BPO industry, help desk or NOC environment assisting customers through ticket, chat or phone interfaces
Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English
Self-motivated and works well within a team environment
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical support via phones, tickets, and live chat
Engage customers via multiple interfaces
Practice empathy and positive words choices when communicating with customers
Resolve first level issues by:
Determining the nature of the issue by identifying what the customer is trying to accomplish
Gathering information from the customer including steps that customer took
Attempting to reproduce reported issues
Analyzing the symptoms and where possible identifying the underlying problem