We have an exciting opportunity for a Technology Adoption & Support Specialist to join the Talent team! This is a key role within the Business Applications team, where your time will be split amongst system adoption, system training and customer support.

Some of what you’ll be doing

• Facilitate training for new starters and refresher sessions on core business applications (e.g., Bullhorn and LinkedIn).
• Create and maintain LMS modules, user guides, and Help Centre articles to support training and documentation.
• Provide level 1 support for core applications, including ticket management, issue resolution, and change request documentation.
• Maintain a registry and manage incident communication, ensuring SLAs are met.
• Develop and maintain communication templates and pipelines for project updates and alerts.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and stand in for the Change and Technology Manager as needed.

We are looking for a DevOps Support Engineer to join our Shared Services Domain.

The Shared Services Group provides the operations, process improvement and shared core banking and technology applications that enable and support Cuscal’s business units. The portfolio of applications and technology services is large and broad, including core systems and gateways, settlement and disputes, billing, and client portals and access management.

As the DevOps Support Engineer you will manage the site reliability activities, capacity, resilience and life cycle management of the platforms.

As the DevOps Support Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• Provide ongoing support for Cuscal applications in a production environment, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Plan and execute lifecycle management activities, including upgrades, patches, and maintenance.
• Implement and maintain monitoring tools to track application performance, proactively identify issues, and ensure optimal operation.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to diagnose and resolve application issues promptly.
• Identify opportunities for automation to streamline repetitive tasks and improve efficiency in application management.
• Respond to and resolve production incidents, minimizing downtime and ensuring quick recovery.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of processes, procedures, and configurations.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including IT operations, development, security, and vendors, to ensure smooth operation and continuous improvement of the application.
• Ensure applications meets all security and compliance requirements, implementing necessary controls and updates.

As a Technical Support Engineer, you will utilize your passion for helping others to ensure that
our Users and Enterprises are successful in their use of DataStax products and solutions. This
is a continuous learning and teaching role where you will develop and share your knowledge of
troubleshooting, configuration, and exciting new technologies inclusive of and complementary to
Apache Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise, and Astra.
What you will do:
Research, reproduce, troubleshoot, and solve highly challenging technical issues
Provide thoughtful direction and support for technical inquiries
Ensure that customer issues are resolved as expediently as possible
Diagnose and reproduce customer reported issues and log JIRA tickets
Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours, holiday, weekend support coverage
Create code samples, tutorials, and articles for the DataStax Knowledge Base
Collaborate and contribute to Support Team infrastructure tools and processes
Fulfill the on-call rotation requirements of this role
Your experience should include:
Strong English skills are a MUST
4+ years of experience supporting large enterprise customers in a customer-facing
support role
Experience with supporting a Software as a Service Cloud product
Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, Datadog and other monitoring solutions
Experience supporting Kubernetes-based distributed applications, or an understanding
of Kubernetes fundamentals
Experience with pub-sub, messaging and streaming solutions like Pulsar, Kafka

Experience using APIs and understanding app development lifecycle with a language or
framework based on Java, Python or Go would be preferred
Experience/certifications with AWS/GCP/Azure deployments and associated cloud
based monitoring tools would be preferred
Experience with Linux operating systems, including command line, performance, and
network troubleshooting
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Lifetime learner, self-motivated with ability to multi-task during high pressure situations
Nice to have:
Supporting Apache Cassandra environments or other relational and/or alternative
database technologies is a plus
Understanding of Java, Python, Go and/or another language (Troubleshooting skills)
Experience with escalation management and customer success or premium support
Experience working in a fast-moving high-pressure environment
Not sure if you qualify?
Apply anyway! We extend opportunities to a broad array of candidates, including those with
diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you're new to the corporate world,
returning to work after a gap in employment, or simply looking to transition or take the next step
in your career path, we are excited to connect with you.
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Our Why 

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow. 

About the Role (Your Why)

We have an exciting Sales Support role supporting our wider Products Services team. As Sales Support, your role will be to support the team in maximising revenue from one or a small number of client accounts in order to achieve agreed revenue targets and sales quotas. This role is required to ensure complete customer satisfaction when dealing with their allocated accounts.

What You’ll Do:

• Assisting in formulating, implementing and managing strategic business plans regarding one or a small number of client accounts to achieve sales revenue and sales quota targets.
• Supporting the team as they liaise with clients to determine their present and future needs and proposing suitable products, services and upgrades in order to maintain and grow revenue for the organisation.
• Acting as the main interface between the client and the organisation to ensure an optimal level of service is always provided and continually seek the opportunity to participate in clients' strategic business planning processes.
• Supporting the team in conducting product demonstrations (where applicable) and coordinating the preparation of sales proposals, tenders/bids, contracts and Account Management plans.

What You’ll Bring:

• Extensive experience and specialist skills in the configuration and maintenance of networking/communications infrastructure, including the ability to support a variety of technologies.
• Ability to manage complex issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends
• Specialised product and industry knowledge.
• Thorough understanding of Account Management techniques and disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Why Join Us Here at Datacom? 

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us. 

 We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. 

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. 

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported. 

First Focus is Australia's best mid-market Managed Service Provider, bar none. We are growing fast and now have over 270 staff across Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa and Ireland. We are a stable and very focused company, with over 15 years of consistent growth and we're continuing to win new clients and evolve our solutions.

We pride ourselves on being a genuinely great place to work, with a dynamic culture, clear vision and strong leadership. We only hire the best people and are a looking for an exceptional IT professional with a deep understanding of both Managed Services and the needs of mid-tier clients.

We are looking for the best MSP-specialised Service Desk professional in South Australia Australia. Why would such an amazing person consider coming to First Focus? What makes First Focus better than where you are today?

• We understand the challenges of Service Desk specialists and work with you and our clients to make sure you still get the time and the opportunity to train and develop
• We seek the best clients for our team to work with as well as the best people to support our clients
• We know that great Service Desk professionals value different things to field support (for example) - daily variety, great customer relationships and new challenges
• We find and retain the best. Best Service Desk, best Managers, best Project Engineers, best team!

Duties

• Providing remote service desk support to a variety of environments from 10 - 500 users, as a point of escalation and SME
• Supporting a combination of servers, desktops and applications within Microsoft Azure, AD and M365 environments
• Delivering the support of Azure Intra, Hyper-V (but not V-Ware :( and Citrix cloud infrastructure
• Performing a wide variety of support across many technologies
• Occasional project team work to deploy solutions for customers
• Working with highly experienced solutions experts to maintain best practice environments

• Advanced understanding of end user support and Active Directory

• Comprehensive knowledge of Windows Server, Azure and Exchange
• Genuine exposure across technical infrastructure from desktop to firewall, including LAN & WAN networking
• An understanding of ticketing systems and customer service principles
• Great comms coupled with a genuine desire to understand your customers and help them

First Focus’ values are based around keeping everyone informed, aligned, supported, and rewarding performance. Some examples of this include:

• Package including up to $80k, training and flexible arrangements
• All employees have free access to Uprise, including 1:1 coaching sessions from qualified psychologists or counsellors
• First Focus understands the importance of flexibility for a satisfying work-life balance, which is why we offer hybrid working arrangements
• ‘Never Stop Growing’ is deeply imbedded in our DNA - we offer up to 10 paid training days a year and support employees towards certifications and qualifications - we will not only pay for the exam but will also give you a pay rise for achieving certs (conditions apply, of course)
• Staff are encouraged to take advantage of our weekly internal training sessions and library
• Opportunities for personal and professional development with our FastTrack mentor program
• We have our very own MAD (making a difference) Council, focusing on equality, charity, and the environment
• Option of a Tesla company car as part of your ongoing employment package (conditions apply)
• Regular social events and a great team culture!

First Focus welcomes applications from Neurodiverse candidates. We recommend & appreciate disclosure along with the application so that a copy of our Neurodiversity Statement can be provided outlining the flexible options we can offer to best showcase your skills.