Deskside Engineer

Job Title : Deskside Engineer/Desktop Support

Location : Smithfield/Elon, NC (Day 1 Onsite)

Mode : Fulltime

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Good in Data Analysis & Reporting using MS Office and ITSM tools
• Coordinate desktop changes to avoid deployment collisions.
• Prepare requests for rollout
• Prioritize change requests
• Create rollout plans for changes requests
• Coordinate implementation process
• Keep track of request and make sure they are implemented as planned
• Participate in incident handling concerning desktop changes.
• Participate in projects concerning bigger desktop changes, for example rollout of new antivirus.
• Microsoft environment knowledge (desktop & server).
• Have good technical understanding of the products building up a desktop service.
• Experience from the desktop environment.
• Understanding and experience of change management process.

Technical Requirements

• Phone support experience necessary.
• Technical Service desk or technical call center experience is necessary.
• Disciplined, systematic problem solving skills required.
• Windows Operating systems
• Clients: Windows7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000,Windows 8,Windows 10
• Servers: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008,
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Exchange 2003/2007
• ITSM ticketing tools such as Remedy, HP Service Center, Peregrine Service Center
• Remote desktop connectivity applications like SMS, Bomgar, WebEx, Live Meeting, and Windows Native tools
• MS Office Suite (XP, 2003, 2007): MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Outlook, MS Project, and MS Visio
• Internet browsers (e.g. Explorer, Chrome, Firefox),
• VPN and remote dial-in users
• Support for laptop, desktops, and printers
• PDA and blackberry support
• Others: Adobe Acrobat and other common desktop applications like WinZip, etc

Years of Experience

• Relevant : 7+ years of Service desk/deskside, customer service, and support experience with problem solving involving hardware.

Certification requirements

• Preferred MCP/MSCE/MSCA/A+ or HDI CSS or Cisco certification
• ITIL knowledge of V2 or V3 especially on Service Desk, Incident, Problem, and Change Management preferred