Technical Support Advisor

Main Purpose of JobTo provide specialist support for military applications, land and sea based.To be a pro-active member of the Global Customer Support Centre (GCSC) delivering 1st and 2nd line technical support on product, service and billing enquiries primarily for the Royal Navy but to also include both maritime and land based commercial customers.To provide 1st /2nd line network operations support including monitoring of our client's VSAT Networks and its BGan POP, assisting with line up and service issues and ensuring that problems are resolved quickly whether overall network or remote customer related.Working within a team with a clear growth path and development strategy thatencourages internal growth.Key TasksTo liaise with the internal MoD projects and engineering teamsTo monitor and respond accordingly to the MoD Escalations email inboxTo respond to customer enquiries and to reply quickly and efficiently ensuring that customer expectations are met and, for key customers, that SLA's are met specifically in regard to response and resolution timesTo ensure each call/email is logged and that Microsoft CRM or Freshdesk are maintained at all times, so clarity is ensured for other team members, chasing cases and escalating issues to other departments or the on call engineers where necessary (and in consultation with Shift Supervisor) and following each issue to conclusion.To provide 1st/2nd line support for GCSC activity ensuring continuity between shifts (day and opposite night shift) and seamless handover of tasks outstandingTo assist with monthly customer surveys and reports to ensure that our client's service levels are met.To manage inbound calls as required by the Shift SupervisorTo assist in the development of systems to deliver front line support for the company's customer handling and customer care programmes and make recommendations for improvementsTo proactively monitor the GCSC associated infrastructure, investigate alarms, issue outage reports, act on high usage alerts and resolve any and all service issues. Whether network or remote customer relatedManage cases through to resolution, with the assistance of the Technical Support Supervisor, escalating to both internal and external resolver groupsTo actively pursue technical training and to continually update technical expertise. Training on products and services, sharing this knowledge with shift colleagues.To make recommendations to improve development of systems and processes to the benefit of the customer and companyAny other appropriate tasks as delegated by managementDimensionsMonday to Friday between the hours of 0800 - 1830, will be on a weekly rotation of eitherearly or late shifts, for example 0800 - 1630 or 1000 - 1830Experience/Skills/QualificationsEssential:Experience in operating Royal Navy communications systemsCustomer facing experienceBe computer literateConfident and clear telephone mannerPossess a keen commercial awareness with ability to work on owninitiative and unsupervisedAbility and willingness to continuously learn and support new systems andservicesPreferred:Inmarsat and/or VSAT operational, service or technical experienceIn depth technical knowledge of at least some of the following customerequipment or systemsNAICIS, MNE, SCOT, LC2, IRLInmarsat Satellite Maritime Customer equipment including T&TSailor, JRC systems and Intellian FXCobham Seatel, T&T and Intellian VSAT equipmentInmarsat Land Mobile systems including Nera & T&T (BGans)Iridium Certus, Thuraya3G/4G Wireless LTEKnowledge of customer IT networks/systems eg IP address rangesCisco and HP SwitchesNetwork Operations experience