First Line Technical Support

About aql:

Our mission is to power a connected society by providing high quality solutions that enable communications between cities, communities, people and businesses.

We’re the engine behind many global brands and have been a trusted hidden partner for tens of thousands of businesses from startups to scale-ups.

We handle millions of text messages a day, millions of voice minutes, hundreds of thousands of remote connected devices. We also are the enablers behind the first significant Northern internet infrastructure, handling many hundreds of terabits of capacity.

A common thread running through all of our products and services is that we’re enabling smart companies to get to market quicker with innovative services to help every sector work better.

The role:

Reporting to: Support Team Manager

Responsibilities

    • Providing first-line support to aql’s varied customer base
    • Working to strict SLAs, following correct escalation procedures, ensuring the timely resolution of incidents and problems as prioritised in agreed service levels
    • RIPA/IPA request to be dealt with according to the SLA’s
    • Effective incident ticket queue management and ownership of logged incident tickets
    • Initial customer fault investigation on our SMS, FAX, Voice, 3G/4G data, WIFI & Leased Line platforms and Colocations
    • To deal will all S135/999 database requests ensure customers submit details in a timely manner
    • Assisting the Support Team Manager to communicate service updates and announcements to the customers
    • Providing first-line support to BWC customers
    • Managing and responding to customers on the live chat forum
    • Managing and responding to automated internal alerts
    • Upkeep of internal IT documentation
    • Provide OOH cover for all P1 escalations
    • Coordinating with various internal teams in line with requirements
    • Any additional duties that may be required

Porting

    • Scheduling and coordination of number porting with customers and other carriers within agreed SLAs
    • Verifying the porting requirement raised by customers for various products
    • Initiating porting requests with carriers, regularly following up on progress and finalising porting dates
    • Notifying customers regarding the scheduling of their number porting requests
    • Porting rejection management in coordination with customers and other carriers
    • Coordinating with various internal teams in line with requirements
    • Reacting to escalations as per business priority
    • Attending regular calls with customers as applicable

Overall knowledge, skills and behaviours

Personal skills and characteristics

    • Have excellent sales and  customer service skills and a track record to prove it.
    • Preferably have experience in account management, but this is not essential if you can demonstrate great customer service and direct sales experience.
    • Experience in the tech/telecoms industry (preferred).
    • Can build rapport and maintain strong relationships.
    • Are highly organised.
    • IT literate ( Word, Google etc)

Qualifications

    • 5 GCSEs grades A*-C/9-4 or equivalent (including English Language and Maths
If this sound like everything you have been looking for and more – apply today for immediate consideration. We are constantly reviewing applications and excited to welcome someone new to the aql team.

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    Why aql?

    Our direct connects with infrastructure and multiple networks delivers ultra-low latency, minimal points of failure, and a private, secure connection.

    Unique in the UK, aql is a fully-licensed mobile network operator (MNO) through our sister company Bluewave., Our robust, SIM-based mobile network is perfect for ISPs, resellers, enterprises and IoT innovators, delivering connectivity with static IPs, L2TP tunnelling, and full API control.

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