Desktop IT Support Technician

Position: Desktop / IT Support Technician

Duration: 1 Years

Location: Augusta ME (Onsite from day 1)

Top 3 Skills:

• Customer service
• Desktop support experience
• Inventory control experience

Job Description:

Skills Needed:

• Assist in coordination of testing changes upgrades and new software products ensuring systems will operate correctly in current and future environment.
• Make recommendations on functional and technical improvements to the environment.
• Participate in performance and volume analysis and design.
• Participate in performance improvement activities. Identify and apply potential improvements related to the environment for an application.
• Provide accurate and complete answers to general use and environment questions in a timely manner.
• Serve as the point of contact for technology support and services.
• Serve as the point of integration between the business functions of the department and the technology requirements of the department.
• Provide desktop computer support.
• Serve as a point of contact for communication and coordination of service outages.
• Attend and participate in bi-weekly team and problem review meetings.
• Manage the retirement and disposal of obsolete or broken computer equipment.
• Coordinate the procurement and installation of new computer hardware and software.
• Coordinate virus protection software programs within departments.
• Understand the installation of software patches and upgrades.
• Provide input to training and/or documentation materials regarding latest technical and functional design changes.
• Ensure that all work is documented for future reference.
• Follow quality standards.
• Ensure effective and reliable backups are being performed.
• Proactively address customer needs.
• Communicate accurate and useful status updates.
• Evaluate and/or recommend purchases of computers network hardware peripheral equipment and software.
• Investigate user problems identify their source determine possible solutions test and implement solutions.
• Install configure and maintain personal computers and other related equipment devices and systems adds or upgrades and configures
• modems disk drives CD ROMs printers and related equipment.
• Assist in troubleshooting network issues systems and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational difficulties.
• Develop and conduct various training and instruction for system users.
• Identify utilization patterns and their effect on operation/system availability and performance expectations.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong communication skills; both written and spoken