Desktop Support Technician id-10072

Job Description:

General Core Competencies:

  • Customer focused Customer oriented approach is #1 Attitude.
  • Personal accountability for results and owning on completion.
  • Detail oriented.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • High integrity.
  • Through documentation during email communication or working on updating tickets for tracking.
  • Candidate has a professional appearance (i.e. grooming, clothing, etc.)

Responsibilities:

  • Researches, resolves and responds to complex questions received via telephone calls or escalations, and provides support on services in accordance with current standards.
  • Follow up with the user to ensure the problem is resolved satisfactorily.
  • Acquires and maintains knowledge of relevant product offerings, current support policies, and methods of support delivery, in order to provide technically accurate solutions to users.
  • Develops and provides technical coaching and mentoring to other desktop services staff and company associates.
  • May act as product liaison for major products, working with other areas of IT, other departments and third-party vendors to solve technical issues as needed.
  • Installs new or upgraded hardware/software as assigned via service requests.
  • Coordinates installation with the user and follows up to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Must be able to manually lift up to thirty (30) pounds when moving and repositioning personal computers and ancillary equipment.
  • Provide accurate and timely logging of customer incidents and tasks to meet agreed upon service levels.
  • Demonstrate initiative and act independently to resolve problems.
  • Participate as a member of the rotating IT on-call team that provides 24 hour support to internal customers, not all sites require on-call participation.
  • Participate in team projects as requested.
  • Flexible in working off business hours in case there is a business requirement on an ad hoc basis during a project.

Education And Experience:

  • Technical degree with 3 years of technical experience; or high school diploma/GED with 5 years of technical experience.
  • Minimal 3 years of experience in hardware, software and networking implementation and troubleshooting in a Helpdesk or Deskside Support environment.
  • Must possess established customer service skills through 3 years of professional customer service experience.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on projects to completion.
  • Ability to work with customers and achieve successful outcomes in handling difficult situations.
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of customers by phone, in person or via email.
  • Capability to work effectively as a team member, as well as independently on multiple projects.
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