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IT Support Specialist

Cohere

Dubai · 3-7 years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Sep 22, 2026

At a glance

Experience
3-7 years experience
Employment
Full-time
Workplace
Onsite
Location
Dubai

About the role

  • We are seeking a proactive, customer-focused IT Support Specialist based in Dubai to anchor our regional IT operations.
  • In this role, you will be the primary point of contact for internal employees, delivering white-glove technical support while managing core identity, collaboration platforms, and SaaS systems.
  • This position bridges traditional IT support and modern systems engineering by leveraging automation, scripting, and modern DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the first point of contact for internal employees, triaging incoming requests through the ticketing system and established support processes.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve workstation, laptop, mobile, and basic network issues for on-site staff and remote employees.
  • Deliver calm, clear support during high-priority incidents, keep users informed, and document work thoroughly through to resolution.
  • Manage end-to-end employee onboarding and offboarding workflows, ensuring zero-day access provisioning and hardware readiness.
  • Build and maintain support procedures and employee-facing knowledge base articles.
  • Partner with business units as a go-to support contact and communicate clearly across the organization.
  • Track hardware inventory and coordinate on device replacements and repairs.
  • Assist with password resets, MFA, email, and common productivity-tool issues.
  • Provide hands-on support for printers, peripherals, and meeting-room technology when on-site help is needed.
  • Stay eager to learn, take on special projects, and grow into broader IT support responsibilities.

Requirements

  • Professional proficiency in English
  • 3-7 years of experience in help desk, internal IT support, or a similar technical support role
  • Strong experience with supporting user accounts, password resets, MFA, and SSO, specifically with Okta and Google Workspace
  • Experience with Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms such as Iru (macOS) and Microsoft Intune (Windows)
  • Basic understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, Wi-Fi, and VPN)
  • Comfort supporting employees in Slack and other everyday collaboration tools such as Microsoft Office 365
  • Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to technical and non-technical colleagues

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience in a fast-paced or global team
  • Familiarity supporting UniFi/Ubiquiti equipment

Benefits

  • A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health
  • RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
  • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
  • Annual enrichment benefits for arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and workspace improvement credit
  • Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
  • 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
  • Budget for traveling to other offices if remote, plus an annual company offsite
  • $500 home office stipend

Workplace

  • Remote-friendly with global offices
  • Co-working benefit available for those not near an office

Skills

  • Okta
  • Google Workspace
  • Mobile Device Management
  • Microsoft Intune
  • TCP/IP
  • DNS
  • Wi-Fi
  • VPN
  • UniFi/Ubiquiti
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Office 365

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