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The Global Service Desk (GSD) supports customers by ensuring system availability, performance, and a great service experience. Core responsibilities include:

1. Maintaining service availability and customer satisfaction. 2. Troubleshooting, resolving, and escalating alerts and incidents.

3. Coordinating the Incident Management process.

4. Serving as the first point of contact for all customer inquiries.

5. Delivering professional, timely, and consistent support.

As a **Global Service Desk (GSD) Technician** , you will respond to customer inquiries via phone, email, chat, and ticketing systems within defined service levels. You will perform initial troubleshooting, follow escalation procedures, and communicate clearly to ensure a positive customer experience.

This role requires frequent collaboration with Operations, Network, Technical Support, Service Provisioning, and Sales teams. A strong understanding of data center systems and networks, along with strong communication skills, is essential.

You will monitor infrastructure, network systems, alarms, and customer hardware while following documented processes. The ability to multitask, prioritize, and maintain attention to detail is critical to success.

Daily responsibilities include managing tickets and communication queues, monitoring systems, coordinating escalations, and ensuring KPIs and metrics are achieved.

GSD Technicians play a key role in ensuring timely, effective, and customer-focused technical support.

Essential Functions:

+ Deliver responsive, friendly, and effective assistance that consistently creates an exceptional customer experience.

+ Initial point of contact for all customer inquiries (phone/email/chat).

+ Verify contacts against authorized records.

+ Ensure all communications — including emails, messages, tickets, chats, and phone calls — are acknowledged and handled within the approved SLO.

+ Follow documented GSD processes, procedures, SLAs, and KPIs.

+ Monitor sites and infrastructure using tools such as SolarWinds and NetFlex, identify alarm conditions, and respond in accordance with established escalation procedures and SEVERITY level processes.

+ Complete shift turnover in accordance with established documentation.

+ Maintain a general understanding of networks, servers, DNS, and core tools (ServiceNow, Salesforce, ProxyClick, Citrix, C-Cure, SendGrid, etc.).

+ Maintain a general understanding of data center systems (Generators, UPS, ATS/STS, PDUs, Chillers, AHUs, CRAC units).

+ Support process updates and maintain documentation for leadership review.

+ Ensure all incidents are logged accurately.

+ Support users with navigating and utilizing all capabilities within the CyrusOne Customer Portal.

+ Serve as a central resource to help customers and internal teams find answers, solutions, or the right point of contact.

+ Identify and recommend process improvements.

+ The ability to work holidays and/or weekends is mandatory.

+ Provide coverage for team PTO when needed.

+ Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

+ 0-2 years of data center or server room experience

+ 0–2 years of hands-on server and/or network configuration experience

Experience/Skills:

+ Ability to type 40 WPM.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

+ Strong customer service, technical aptitude, and attention to detail.

+ Basic ability to identify, diagnose, escalate and/or resolve basic technical issues pertaining to Networks.

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

+ Knowledge of ticketing systems (Zendesk, ServiceNow, Salesforce) is a plus.

+ High-level knowledge of all mission-critical and network monitoring tools.

+ Ability to read & follow outlined processes and procedures.

+ General experience and knowledge of data center, network and/or server room configurations experience.

+ General knowledge of Active Directory is a plus.

+ Demonstrates ability to work under pressure and manage multiple concurrent priorities.

+ Required to learn quickly and adapt to changing requirements.

Education:

+ High School Diploma or equivalent required.

+ Associate degree or equivalent work experience preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

General office and data center environment. High stress may occur at times. May involve lifting equipment and supplies (up to 50 lbs.). This may include long hours of sitting or standing. Exposure to climate-controlled environments for extended periods.

Certifications:

+ CompTIA Network + preferred.

+ DCCA Certification preferred.

CyrusOne is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

CyrusOne provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and any other state or local laws. We will respond to requests for reasonable accommodations to assist you in applying for positions at CyrusOne, or to submit a resume.

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CyrusOne is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please email [email protected] or call: 806-589-0141. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

CyrusOne is proud to be recognized as a Top Work Place by USA Today. Celebrated for our company culture, CyrusOne stands out for its commitment to core values such as community, agility, respect, an enjoyable workplace, ethics, and exceptional service. This accolade reflects CyrusOne’s dedication to creating an engaging, respectful, and growth-oriented environment, underpinned by integrity, which not only enhances customer satisfaction but also contributes to the company’s overall success.

CyrusOne is a leading global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions. With more than 50 high-performance mission-critical facilities worldwide, the Company ensures the continued operation of digital infrastructure for nearly 1,000 customers, including approximately 200 Fortune 1000 companies.

CyrusOne’s leading global platform of hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud deployments offers customers colocation, hyperscale, and build-to-suit environments, which help enhance the strategic connections of their essential data infrastructures and support the achievement of sustainability goals. CyrusOne data centers offer world-class flexibility, enabling clients to modernize, simplify, and rapidly respond to changing demands. Combining exceptional financial strength, a broad global footprint, and continued investment in key digital gateway markets, CyrusOne provides the world’s largest companies with long-term stability and strategic advantage at scale. For more information, please visit cyrusone.com (https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/yRv0Cv2rY1irrOmMUQ2LCm?domain=cyrusone.com/) .

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