Current Vacancies at Teraco

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• The role is required to oversee equipment maintenance, inventory, customer service, contractor management and employee management.  Your versatility will be your greatest asset as you deliver mission-critical support and empower our clients to harness the full power of Teraco offerings.

OBJECTIVES MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

Data Centre Management

• Responsible for equipment maintenance tasks such as managing and installing custom upgrades for clients, replacing cables, components and accessories
• Conduct working methods to ensure zero capacity incidents, and to maintain agreed PUE levels
• Ensure that records, drawings and schematics of the data centre environment/s are maintained
• Evaluate the best practices for design and maintenance
• Supervise a team of technicians to ensure smooth operation of the facility
• Manage working methods to ensure that all SLA and MSA’s are achieved
• Ensure that planned and corrective maintenance is carried out according to predefined standards and schedules
• Share knowledge and best practices across all Data Centres by building close relationship with other DC Managers and peers
• Expected to improve current processes, and introduce automation with aim towards simplification
• Manages escalated support cases and leads appropriate internal technical resources and/or 3rd party vendors to resolution
• Management of data centre infrastructure to provide a concurrently maintainable, cost effective system supporting 99.999% electrical uptime and 99.99% mechanical uptime. This includes capacity management of assets under safe operating design parameters.
• Management of data centre cabling infrastructure supporting 99.99% uptime
• Active participation in new data centre builds or expansions
• Monitoring and alerting of all critical components
• Ensuring comprehensive Root Cause analysis are completed for all incidents/outages
• White space capacity planning
• Quick responses to potentially critical situations
• 3rd party vendor management and service delivery
• Active involvement in network, physical and cyber security matters

Compliance, Audit & Risk

• Ensure compliance is maintained incorporating industry best practices
• Ensure data centre facilities best practices are enforced, maintained and improved
• Ensure data Centre cleaning standards are enforced and maintained
• Implement company and departmental policies, processes and work instructions as per the agreed quality and timeline/RFS
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Ensuring adherence to all relevant standards and policies
• Active involvement in all audits
• Strong adherence to process
• Ensure that inter-departmental OLA’s (Operational Level Agreement) are met

Information Security

• Identify and manage risks with regards Teraco’s information assets & systems. This includes risks in regards confidentiality, availability and integrity.

SKILLS REQUIREMENT 

Finance

• Forecasting of future spend
• Monitoring and managing of budgetary spend
• Budgetary reporting

Leadership

• Innovate and make decisions on your own, but also know how to take direction when it is given
• People management
• Active involvement with staff onboarding
• Guide and develop staff by working with HR to ensure skills, training and performance requirements are met
• Defining of personal development plans for direct reports
• Defining of measurable KPI’s for direct reports
• Develop and grow relationships with other business units
• Support and adherence to BEE targets when onboarding new resources
• Effective communication across all relevant platforms
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of clients, colleagues and staff
• Interact with all levels of the organization in a professional, and tactful manner
• Provide guidance and mentorship to direct and indirect reporting staff

Administrative duties

• Scheduling of employee shifts, standby and after hour rosters
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulations
• Change and incident management
• Ensure adherence to all established guidelines and management practices for employees
• Occupational Health and Safety responsibilities
• Reporting accurately, as per agreed format, quality and timelines
• Outstanding organizational skills, ability to prioritize effectively, and experience with technical project management

Client satisfaction

• Ensure client satisfaction by providing an optimal level of customer service, in line with company objectives
• Client support responsibilities can include, but is not limited to, client relations, responding to client inquiries and coordinating with other organizations
• Meeting of defined client survey and reporting targets
• Ability to understand client urgency and sensitivity of problem/incident/request

Behaviour

• Adopt a mindset of continuous improvement
• Lead by example
• Be on the lookout for constant process improvements
• Growing our people
• Delivering to our shareholders
• Respecting each other
• Embracing diversity
• Upholding the highest levels of integrity
• Serving our clients
• Highly service-oriented, reliable, responsible, self-motivated, and enthusiastic
• Ability to work productively in cross-functional teams or resourcefully and independently as an individual
• Focused on continued learning and self-development

General

• Open to provide after-hours support as needed for significant issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent technical abilities
• Proactive problem solving

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Electrical and/or mechanical qualification preferable
• Cabling qualification preferable
• Minimum 5 years relevant data centre experience
• +5 years’ experience, managing teams, including line management, appraisals, performance reviews, hiring new team members, participating in disciplinary matters, financial management, etc.
• Extensive knowledge on Data Centre environments and critical infrastructure systems e.g. Cabling, Cooling, Power
• Experience of Data Centre KPIs (incident ticket related matters, time to solve tickets, physical security, infrastructure metrics, staff, safety, overall operations)

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Proactively identify roadblocks to high quality servicing and implement strategies to deliver the required level of service to the client, utilizing the on-site resources. Monitor and attend to all tickets related to the Service Delivery Co-Ordinator Role. Support any issues that may arise at other sites, that impact customer satisfaction, and escalate to site management if required.

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

General

• Adhere to company policies, procedures, and processes.
• High quality verbal and written communication with clients.
• Process and update tickets within agreed operation service level agreement and client SLA timelines.

Client Satisfaction

• Facilitate high quality servicing by all on-site staff, and if required assist with resolution or servicing. However, it must be noted, that the After-Hours Service Delivery Coordinator Team Lead must ensure that existing staff fulfil the servicing requirements, and the After-Hours Service Delivery Coordinator Team Lead only performs the function when the existing staff fail to and client satisfaction is impacted, or there is a skill or resource shortage; If required to fulfil the functions, the After-Hours Service Delivery Coordinator is required to have the knowledge and capability to perform all functions except guarding, remote hands, and facilities technical management. However, the After-Hours Service Delivery Coordinator Team Lead must have a can-do attitude to resolve any situation where customer satisfaction impacted.
• Optimise client satisfaction.
• Communicate suggestions & comments and feedback to management.
• Plan and implement preparation activities that may be required for major client deployments, and/or execute on a plan provided by Service Delivery Manager / Management to ensure high client satisfaction.
• Support all sites, to resolve or escalate client service impacting issues.

Administrative responsibilities

• Accurate recording and data capture of queries, resolution, and follow-up.
• Accept and log tickets in the agreed queues in the expected turnaround times.
• To process and update tickets in expected turnaround times.
• Potential ticket escalation to other divisions of the business or technical.
• Monitor ticket queues and ticket closure for all tickets (irrespective of site) and escalate to Management if queues are not being managed appropriately, or any tickets are not being accepted for processing within 15 minutes

Time dependent i.e., no immediate client servicing issues requiring attention, them:

• Process all tickets relevant to the After-Hours Service Delivery Coordinator role.
• Review My Team tasks and tickets and assist with clearing any backlog.
• May be required to perform task not strictly defined in the job description, for which you have competence, during downtimes, when excess time is available.

Escalation and Reporting

• Assist on-site staff with escalation for support as required e.g., Ozone, network downtime.
• Identify roadblocks that impact client satisfaction and present recommendations to management to
• address underlying root causes.
• Prepare and submit any reports that may be required from time to time.
• Report any incidents to management within SLA, where impacting clients requiring notification i.e., act as management eyes and ears for escalation after hours.

Self-Development

• This role is required to operate independent of the Business Hours Service Delivery Coordinator team, and therefore it is critical that the individual is a self-starter who is willing to learn operations from other on-site staff, without management oversight in most cases

Office Hours and Location

• The role is an active role in which the individual is required to actively monitor all components of the site impacting clients, and therefore the person is required to be mobile and active.
• This role is required to work Thursday to Sunday, 18:00 to 06:00. However every 4 months, may be required to work day shift for a 2–4-week period to undergo on-the-job training or office-site training.
• This role is required to work on-site at JB1/Isando or JB2 Bredell, however, may be required to change location to another Teraco site, if the client requirements for afterhours support change.

Team Lead Responsibilities

• Conduct weekly team sessions and coach on improvement initiatives
• Ensure that all work conducted by the Team Lead and Team members are performed following Policy, Procedure, Process and Work Instructions for continuous improvement of Teams performance
• Ensure all tickets related to the Service Delivery Coordinator role are processed timeously and correctly by Team members
• Dashboards reviewed prior to departure for the day, with action to eliminate any tickets outside SLA
• Create and maintain Issue Register to track Team Performance and assist in identifying gaps
• Support HR and Service Desk Manager in staff recruitment and Development as well as Performance Management issues (Job Observation)

Requirements

SKILLS REQUIREMENT

• Exceptional communication skills.
• Excellent administrative skills are critical
• Active listening – ability to understand requirements.
• Ability to communicate in English, and any other RSA language beneficial.
• Proactive problem solver.
• Ability to work independently & a positive team player.
• Self-motivated.
• Ability to lead or positively influence others.
• Conducts self professionally, exhibits high levels of tolerance and patience.
• Responsible for continued learning and self-development.
• Team player.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Matric
• 2 years relevant working experience
• IT IL preferred
• Microsoft Office skills
• Understanding of Wireless solutions preferred
• Strong understanding of networks and cabling (fibre optic and copper)

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Monitor and attend to all tickets related to the Service Delivery Coordinator Role with specific focus on Access, Smart Hands. Remote Hands, Cancellations and wireless planning and projects. Support any other departmental functions as and when required. Proactively identify roadblocks to high quality servicing and implement strategies to deliver the required level of service to the client, utilizing the on-site resources.

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB General

• Adhere to company policies, procedures and processes
• High quality verbal and written communication with clients
• Process and update tickets within agreed operational service level agreement and client SLA timelines
• Will be required to perform Major Electrical Maintenance activities i.e. attend to client queries, provide information and timeously log access and remote hands tickets

Client Satisfaction

• Respond with empathy to clients, deal with their needs and acknowledge their operational pressures and deadlines
• Optimise client satisfaction
• Identify roadblocks that impact client satisfaction and present recommendations to management to address underlying root causes

Ticket Management (Administrative Responsibilities)

• Receive and handle requests for service, following agreed Service Desk Work Instructions
• Accurate recording and data capture of queries and follow-up from outset to conclusion
• Respond to common requests for service by providing information to enable fulfilment and promptly allocate unresolved calls as appropriate
• Provide 1st Line investigation and diagnosis and promptly allocate unresolved issues as appropriate
• Accept and process tickets in the agreed queues in the expected turnaround times
• Potential ticket escalation to other divisions of the business or technical
• Confirm and update access permission roles in CRM (update database)
• Wireless Map reservations and planning – all regions
• Process Service Orders (interconnects and general stock items) as and when required

Escalation & Reporting

• Report any client impacting issues or service Deviation to the Service Delivery Coordinator Team Lead for further investigation
• Work closely with the Service Delivery Coordinator Team Lead and escalate any client facing issues that may occur during the shift
• Prepare and submit any reports that may be required from time to time

 Team Collaboration

• The Service Delivery Coordinator Team is a “team” and are collectively responsible for all tickets;
• If a Service Delivery Coordinator Team member who is responsible for task is not attending to their task, then another team member must accept the task and finalise it; It is accepted that from time to time, team members are required to step in for other team members, to ensure the best interest of the client and Teraco’s service promise to clients is met;
• All tickets must be accepted by a team member within 15 minutes of being recorded in Ozone;
• Most tickets are more often than not, an urgent request, and Teraco is required to respond with the necessary urgency to fulfil the clients/contractor or Teraco staff members request within a timeline that ensures no client/contractor or Teraco guest fails to get access feedback in a timeous manner;
• The Service Delivery Coordinator Team are responsible for the entire cycle of all tickets, and if a Teraco team member is not responding within the timeline to meet the global turnaround targets, then it is the Service Delivery Coordinator Team’s responsibility to follow-up and escalate appropriately;
• All tickets must be reviewed by the Service Delivery Coordinator Team frequently during the business day, and must always be reviewed at the start and end of everyday when desk opens and closes;
• The Service Delivery Coordinator Team and the Shift Service Delivery Coordinator Team are responsible to ensure that there is an uninterrupted service to the clients when the desk transitions from one desk to another; All tickets should be handed over from one team to another, and feedback reviewed on all tickets at all time.

Office Hours and Locations

• This role is required to work weekdays from 8:00am – 17:00pm
• This role is required to work on-site at JB1/Isando, however may be required to change location to another Teraco site based on business requirements

Requirements

SKILLS REQUIREMENT

• Exceptional communication skills
• Excellent administrative skills are critical
• Active listening – ability to understand requirements
• Ability to communicate in English, and any other RSA language beneficial
• Proactive problem solver
• Ability to work independently & a positive team player
• Self-motivated
• Ability to lead and positively influence others
• Conducts self professionally, exhibits high levels of tolerance and patience
• Responsible for continued learning and self-development
• High affinity for attention to detail
• Strong time keeping and multitasking skills
• Team player
• Good time keeping

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Matric
• CompTIA Network + certification an advantage
• 2 years relevant working experience in service management or similar
• ITIL preferred
• Microsoft Office skills
• Good understanding of networks and cabling (fibre optic and copper) an advantage
• Previous experience within IT/Telecoms industry an advantage