Job Description

Company Description

We're a continually growing, innovative and multi-award-winning wholesaler and distributor of communications, cloud, billing and hardware products and services.

We work in a fast-paced and exciting industry, where we have forged strategic partnerships and relationships with the UK's top telcos, networks, and vendors, including BT, TTB, Vodafone, Virgin Media O2, EE, CityFibre, Sophos, Microsoft and Samsung.

As a Channel-only business, we never sell directly to the end-user. Instead, we serve a market of independent resellers, which we proudly refer to as our partners.

We offer our partners a market-leading and comprehensive product portfolio, intuitive portals and platforms and a passionate team of industry experts.

We make a complex industry as simple as possible for our partners, enabling them with a commercial platform to sell the latest technologies and solutions to the resilient UK SMB market.

We have huge aspirations to challenge our industry and what we do, and we continuously dream big for the future. As a team of over 750 people, we're all immensely proud to work for a rapidly expanding company with an incredible culture that puts our team members and partners at the heart of everything we do.

• Salary: 30,000 - 35,000
• Location: Home Based (occasional travel) OR Office based (Richmond)

Purpose of role

The Software Support Team Leader should be an experienced customer-focused individual who will be responsible for supervising, leading, and inspiring a team of support engineers to deliver an exceptional customer service experience.

Working within an ITIL framework you will provide technical support an established client base including some of the UKaEUR(TM)s largest telecommunications brands.

You will have an analytical approach to your work and possess exceptional problem-solving skills underpinned by a strong technical understanding of databases and software. You will have proven experience in identifying problems, implementing solutions, and delivering enhancements to improve software platforms and / or business processes.

You should expect to be given responsibility early on and will be fully supported by an experienced, friendly, and knowledgeable team. You should have an enthusiastic and flexible approach to the role with the ability to work under your own initiative.

This role would suit someone with experience of leading a technical support team or experience working in a software support environment who is looking to progress their career with a successful and growing software business.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Lead and mentor of a team of software support engineers, providing:

o Assistance with technical queries and investigations.

o Management and prioritisation the teamaEUR(TM)s workload.

o Identification of training needs within team, coordinating or delivering appropriate training.

o Monitoring of teams KPIs and delivery of departmental objectives.

o An escalation point within the team for ongoing issues

o Identifying and collating teamsaEUR(TM) technical issues and working with Problem and Development teams to find solutions

o Coordination and leadership of daily team sessions to review productivity and share business news

o Regular 1-2-1aEUR(TM)s with team members with support of Support Manager

o Representation of your team at departmental management meetings

• Investigate, troubleshoot and diagnose technical issues with our software platforms
• Database interrogation through use of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to understand data discrepancies and provide workaround for incidents via data fixes
• Prioritise and manage teamaEUR(TM)s open support cases and ensure all cases are kept up to date with progress in accordance with customer SLAs
• Identify trends in repeat support cases and raise problems to Problem Management team to proactively reduce avoidable incidents
• Accountable for utilising monitoring software to identifying major infrastructure incidents via monitoring software
• Contribute towards the maintenance of the companyaEUR(TM)s internal support documentation and knowledge base
• Provide training and advice to customers and junior team members via phone, email, ticketing platform and collaboration software
• Able to communicate technical information in a clear and understandable manner to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Monitor cases to ensure senior staff are informed about issues before they escalate
• Willing to learn how to support new technologies and products as they are developed and released
• Contribution towards team Key Performance indicator (KPIs) and objectives
• Preserve information security, report security breaches, in line with the Information Security Policy, and to act in accordance with the requirements of the Information Security Management System
• Implement and adhere to all aspects of Union Streets Total Metering and Billing Systems (TMBS)

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Strong problem-solving skills and a good understanding of web-based software, technologies, systems, and processes.
• Ability to take ownership of escalations and act as an escalation point for customers, team members, and internal stakeholders.
• Experience working with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
• Ability and desire to learn and develop new skills and technologies.
• Proven experience working in a support environment, including telephony-based customer service experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with people possessing various degrees of technical understanding.
• Self-motivated and driven, with the ability to multitask and respond well under pressure.
• Ability to manage time and prioritise work effectively.
• Commitment to service improvement with a customer focused attitude.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of ITIL or ITIL Foundation qualification.

• Incident Management.
• Request Fulfilment.
• Problem Management.
• Change Management.
• Event Management
• Knowledge of Microsoft technologies E.g.

• Azure.
• MS SQL.
• Active Directory.
• Experience with logic monitor or similar monitoring software.
• Knowledge of how programming languages work
• Understanding of the telecommunications industry would be a distinct advantage.

Additional Information

Giacom, DWS and Union Street are part of the same group of companies, bringing together three leading channel solutions in telecoms, cloud software services and cloud billing. Our aspiration is to be the number one supplier in the channel.

Your job role may be focused at one of the brands, but you will interact and impact across the wider group of companies.

WhataEUR(TM)s in it for you? Why should you come and work for us?

Our benefits consist of; no dress code (you, do you), days off for special life events, work from anywhere concept with occasional travel for training or meetings. Work with and learn from experts in the telecoms industry, a wellbeing and engagement team, 'if you want a career with us then grab it' concept, recognition and team/industry events as well as a whole host of other benefits which can be found on our website on our Careers page.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we positively encourage applications from all eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy or maternity.

We aim to ensure that all applicants are provided with the same opportunities during the recruitment process, and, to that end, we strive to comply with the duties placed upon us to make reasonable adjustments as prescribed by the Equality Act 2010. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require a particular adjustment to be made to allow you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please ensure you let me know.

Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, provide two references and proof of right to work in the UK, unrestricted.

Here are some of the benefits that we offeraEUR

• 24 days holidays, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase more!
• Pension
• Employees Assistance Programme
• Professional development to help you achieve your personal goals
• Eye care vouchers available and discounted Medicash membership
• Access to discounts and savings at more than 1,200 retailers
• An additional day off on your birthday

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