Client IT Analyst - Kenya
nyakati athena nairobi
📍 Remote🌐 Remote🕐 3mo ago🔗 workday
Job Description
**About the Role**
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We are seeking a Client IT Analyst to support enterprise customers and internal stakeholders with client-facing technical, access, and operational support issues. This is a client-facing IT support role focused on troubleshooting, ticket management, escalation coordination, identity and access issues, endpoint/device-related questions, and support during customer-impacting events.
This role sits at the intersection of IT operations, customer support, enterprise tooling, and security-adjacent workflows. The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically capable, customer-oriented, and comfortable operating in fast-paced environments where responsiveness and clear communication are critical.
You will help support enterprise customers, improve operational support processes, manage escalations, troubleshoot access and endpoint-related issues, and partner closely with Security, Infrastructure, Customer Success, Support, and Product teams.
**Responsibilities**
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**Enterprise Technical Support**
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* Serve as a technical support contact for enterprise customers and strategic accounts.
* Troubleshoot customer-facing issues related to authentication, account access, enterprise integrations, endpoint posture, and operational workflows.
* Assist customers with onboarding, access configuration, SSO setup, MFA enrollment, and troubleshooting.
* Coordinate resolution efforts across Infrastructure, Security, Engineering, Product, Customer Success, and Support teams.
* Support operational workflows related to enterprise SaaS environments and customer support systems.
**Ticket & Escalation Management**
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* Manage customer-facing support tickets and technical escalations through resolution.
* Track issues, owners, timelines, and follow-up actions.
* Prioritize high-severity customer-impacting issues and coordinate appropriate response efforts.
* Maintain clear written updates for customers and internal stakeholders.
* Help improve escalation handling, ticket management, and operational support procedures.
**Identity, Endpoint & Security-Adjacent Support**
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* Support troubleshooting related to identity and access management systems.
* Assist with endpoint-related operational issues involving managed devices, device trust, security posture, and enterprise access controls.
* Help support secure authentication and access workflows across enterprise environments.
* Coordinate with internal Security teams during customer-impacting security investigations or security-related support issues.
* Assist with operational tasks related to monitoring, remediation, and support workflows.
**Incident Coordination & Customer Communications**
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* Assist with operational coordination during incidents or service disruptions.
* Help prepare customer-facing communications, updates, and follow-up reporting.
* Ensure customers receive timely and professional updates during operational issues.
* Partner with Customer Success, Support, and Security teams to maintain customer trust during escalations.
**Process Improvement & Documentation**
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* Improve operational maturity for customer support and escalation workflows.
* Build and maintain runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge base documentation.
* Identify recurring operational pain points and partner with technical teams on long-term improvements.
* Help improve automation and operational efficiency across support workflows.
* Contribute to operational metrics and reporting.
**Qualifications**
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**Required**
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* 3+ years of experience in technical support, enterprise IT, helpdesk engineering, systems administration, customer support engineering, or related roles.
* Experience troubleshooting identity, authentication, endpoint, SaaS, or access-related issues.
* Familiarity with SSO, MFA, identity providers, device management, and enterprise support environments.
* Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
* Strong communication and customer service skills.
* Ability to coordinate across technical and non-technical teams.
* Experience managing tickets, escalations, and operational workflows.
* Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
**Preferred**
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* Experience supporting enterprise or B2B SaaS customers.
* Familiarity with endpoint management and enterprise security tooling.
* Experience supporting macOS and Windows environments.
* Familiarity with security operations or incident response workflows.
* Experience with ticketing, workflow, and operational support platforms.
* Exposure to enterprise compliance or security programs.
* Scripting or automation experience is a plus.
* Certifications such as Security+, endpoint management, identity provider, Microsoft, or equivalent are a plus.