Technical Support Representative
Description
This position has primary responsibilities for providing hands-on technical troubleshooting, feature explanation, and best practice guidance for our product. The technical Support Representative work environment is focused on providing support to customers, partners and colleagues both in a fast-paced environment.
A successful Technical Support associate operates efficiently in this climate, maintains composure, exhibits professionalism, understands our services, Team needs and delivers the highest level of client satisfaction.
- Installs, modifies, and makes minor repairs to computer hardware and software systems.
- Resolves tickets representing staff-generated technical requests or problems and troubleshoots technical and process issues to maintain productivity.
- Maintains system functionality by testing computer components.
- Helps design and implement networks.
- Consults with users to determine appropriate hardware and software needs and assists in placing orders.
- Maximizes computer systems capabilities by studying technical applications and making recommendations.
- Tests compatibility of new programs with existing ones.
- Gathers data to identify and evaluate technical purchasing options.
- Confirms program objectives and specifications by testing new programs, comparing them with established standards, and making modifications.
- Evaluates vendor-supplied software by studying user objectives and testing software compatibility with existing hardware and programs.
- Installs software and necessary applications for workflow.
- Trains users on new software in person or through a variety of tutorial channels, including self-guided training videos, user manuals, and digital instruction pages, often in collaboration with technical writers.
- Maintains system capability by testing computer components.
- Carries out software, network, and database performance tuning.
- Documents hardware and software updates.
- Keeps up to date on technical advancements by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional societies.
- Prepares reference material for users by drafting operation instructions
Requirements
- 2+ years of technical support experience: Preferably supporting customers via email and chat.
- Experience in providing technical support: installing and uninstalling apps from phones and computers.
- General knowledge of how web-based and mobile apps work.
- Passion for creating exceptional customer experiences and an ability to use challenging situations as an opportunity to exceed customer expectations.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and evolving environment – must be adaptable.
- Metrics-driven and proven ability to handle a high volume of customer interactions.
- Strong conflict resolution skills and even temperament in challenging situations.
- Native or near-native written and spoken English.
- Ability to properly understand and convey tone via written communications.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
- Impeccable judgment – the ability to make fact-based decisions that support desired outcomes, particularly in ambiguous situations.
- Loads of empathy – you genuinely care!
- Proactive attitude and ability to work with limited supervision.
Plus Requirements
- Support the team by executing initiatives and collaborating on projects.
- Take initiative and identify areas of opportunity that you can contribute to help the team as it grows.
- Acquire valuable customer insights and share them with the rest of the team to improve the education and experience to create customers for life.
- Flexible work schedule.
- Passion for Customer Experience.
- A proven ability to work remotely as part of a team but also with little direction is highly desired.
Benefits
- SSS
- Pag-ibig
- Philhealth
- HMO on day one
- 13th month pay
- Paid incentive leaves
- Personal time-offs (PTOs)
- Sick leave