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Service Desk L2
Career Insights for Help Desk Technician / Analyst
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What they do
A Help Desk Technician or Analyst provides technical support to computer users. Handles customer inquiries and works to resolve technical issues with computer hardware, software or networks. Provides customer support by phone, email, live chat or with screen sharing. May refer customers with complex system or application problems for more advanced technical support. Tracks help requests using a ticketing system.
$59,208 / year median in Virginia
-9% projected decline
Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides an example to the team of handling things in the best way, demonstrating professionalism and pride in a fast-paced challenge-rich working environment.
- Provide support to employees of all companies and partners with technology issues both remotely and in-person. This includes email, smartphones and iPads, Windows and Apple laptops and desktops, various cloud and local applications, printers, conferencing equipment, and understanding and adhering to IT policies and best practices.
- Triage, diagnose and provide timely resolutions to technical and nontechnical problems documenting their work using ServiceNow to throughout.
- Remain online and responsive to walk ups, telephone calls, chats and emails from employees throughout working hours, sometimes before or after hours as needed.
- Identify high urgency issues, and when those arise, alert the larger team and work with senior IT colleagues to expedite their resolution.
- Simulate/reproduce problems independently to resolve issues with minimal impact on end-users productivity.
- Adhere to corporate computing/technology operating procedures and standards.
- Participate in bi-monthly weekend maintenance window testing as required.
- Maintain schedules for recurring administrative maintenance and assist users in planning scheduled and unscheduled testing.
- Troubleshoot, repair, maintain, install, and test various computer equipment, peripherals, data communication, audio visual, and computer network systems.
- Consult with and assist manufacturer's representatives installing new computer equipment and tracking assets; exercise total responsibility for routine installation and modification projects; assist other technicians and IT colleagues repairing, installing, and testing complex pieces of equipment; submit equipment repair warranty claims.
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- Proficient and expert in computer hardware, software and networking.
- Committed to accuracy and timeliness, demonstrates and communicates appropriate urgency.
- Provides outstanding, above-and-beyond customer service.
- Organized and able to plan and manage a project from start to finish.
- Detailed, conscientious, and committed.
- Documents work thoroughly and makes user guides for IT and non-IT audiences.
- Solid communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
- A team leader and team-builder
- Has a passion for technology and building their career in IT.
- Eager to be trained on company systems and best practices.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Sick Leave
- 401(k) Plans
- Other Retirement and Savings