Support Specialist - Platform
Vista Group · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Posted Sep 22, 2026
Sign up free: we match you to jobs like this, tailor your application and fill the form. 2 free applications every day.
As a Level 1 Support Specialist in our Platform team, you will be responsible for providing pro-active technical support and incident management services for Vista’s Cloud, SaaS, and managed service clients globally.
As the Platform Support team delivers round the clock service, 365 days a year, from around the globe, there may be a requirement to work outside of normal business hours, or on weekend days. This may on an occasional or ad-hoc basis or scheduled on an on-call or rotating-day basis. Any such after-hours work will be well coordinated and compensated for.
At the tier 1 role level we'd expect to see that you are starting to practice some basic leadership capabilities and that you will often need to seek guidance or instruction. As you further develop, towards tier 2 level, we'd expect you to be a self-starter, infrequently needing to seek guidance or instruction. You'll take proactive measures to prevent software issues and consistently achieve business goals and metrics successfully, promptly, and accurately.
About the role
Proactive Services:
Work with proactive platform monitoring technology to identify and address incidents
Lead by example and assist with mentoring/training new staff
Responding to and resolving Incidents logged for Cloud/VMS/SaaS
Working collaboratively with Vista teams globally to resolve incidents
Reading and understanding program code to assist with problem solving
Using SQL Server and SQL statements to assist with problem solving
Using Azure and monitoring tools to assist with problem solving
Reading and interpreting error logs
Recording all details of support calls into Vista’s issues system
Be available on rotation with a cell phone for urgent after-hours support issues
Travel domestically or internationally
Platform:
Continuously building expertise in the platform and product and acting as a subject matter expert for those product areas within Services
Escalated access/support/modifications/config for the platform that aren’t in the user interface or in tooling
Becoming proficient in the use of tools for platform monitoring;
Work on platform monitoring technology and alerting to grow the maturity of the system
Performing technical configuration to support client requests or project work
Contributes to support documentation, articles, playbooks, etc...
About Vista
Vista is a world-leading company that makes software for the cinema industry. Started in Auckland, New Zealand, over 25 years ago, we now serve cinemas, film distributors, and moviegoers worldwide.
Our HQ is in the City Works Depot in Auckland. We have offices and subsidiary companies in Sydney, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Cape Town, Shanghai, Mexico City, and Kuala Lumpur. We use the latest technologies and offer a fun, agile and collaborative environment. We continue to innovate and build our reputation as one of the best Kiwi tech companies to work for.
Requirements
You'll need:
Two years or…