Team Lead, Cloud Platform Support

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.Cloudways - A DigitalOcean.Com Company is hiring for people who wish to grow in a dynamic Technical Support environment. Our ideal candidate is a customer focused individual that leverages his/her technical expertise for giving best support that benefits our users. Above all, we need individuals who are enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced, highly dynamic, and rewarding cross-functional setting.What You’ll Be DoingLead the shift of junior and mid level Engineers, you would be responsible for the team to provide world class support and solutions to our customers through tickets & Live chat.Be the last technical resort for your shift.Demonstrate strong teamwork in a 24/7 environment, with flexibility in rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, public holidaysRandomly review team chats apart from Bad CSAT to uphold customer qualityMaintain ranking of the team membersManage your shift (prioritization, control, escalation). Monitor and Improve Shift efficiency and quality. Ensure excellent customer experience by keeping close eyes on every individual’s response in your shift, jump in by identifying the complexity and stressful situations. Monitor and fix shift’s load / role rotation (delegate tasks between team members)Manage resources to perform expectations via tracking and maintaining individual performance metrics, chats & ticket performance, and process/procedure adherence as well as constant reinforcement to ensure SLAs are metOwnership of important support KPIs and most importantly customer satisfaction. Responsible for key performance metrics ensuring customer satisfaction (CSAT, Average Chat handling time, tagging, queue Management, queue waiting time)Be able to identify complex cloudways infrastructure issues/bugs and provide immediate response/remediation/ and escalation for incidents by team members during the shiftConduct regular team meetings as well as one-on-one sessions with team members under the RCAs given on Bad rated chats as per your analysis and feedback given on Playvox by seniors / QAEnsure knowledge distribution between team members.Gather feedback on a monthly basis from trenches to identify processes which could be automated within the current operations that can save time for your team.Communicate effectively with managers to identify customer pain points highlighted by your team and propose areas for improvement.Share daily summary of your team by maintaining shift logsMaintain employee shift schedules and their leaves ensuring adequate resource coverage at all times24 x 7 availability to work with the team in addressing incidents/outages where leadership is required.Play a strong role in onboarding and training of new PO members. Ensure new joinings are trained well.Provide encouragement to team members, including helping the PO management setting and communicating team goals and assist in suggesting the right set of training for the newcomers.What You'll Add To DigitalOceanGraduate or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, MIS, or related Technology degree preferred.Work experience in a similar environment. A good understanding of the IT industry and Hosting with previous managerial experienceCustomer-focused with strong customer service skillsStrong Verbal and written communication skillsAbility to communicate effectively (listening, presenting and questioning).Must have excellent skills in problem analysis and troubleshooting complex technical issues as well as trending recurring issuesAdept at assessing situations and making decisionsProcess and Procedure drivenA positive attitude is a must. Available for a flexible 24/7 scheduleCapable team leader; can provide constructive feedback and supportDecent Linux (Apache, Nginx, MySQL) and Development (PHP, Wordpress, Magento, PHP Open Source Application) skills are plusExperience with various Support Communication Systems is plus, such as; Intercom, Zendesk, LiveChatInc as well as large scale Phone and Chat support systems.This job is onsite in Karachi, Pakistan.Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOceanWe innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.