This position assists staff with technical support or desktop/laptop computers, applications, printers and related technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Assists staff with installation, configuration andcongoing usability of computers and peripherals within established standards and guidelines.
• Works with vendor support contacts to resolve technical problems.
• Works with service desk and RDS as appropriate to determine and resolve problems received from clients.
• Responds to support requests from service desk, users and other infrastructure teams.
• Performs upgrades as directed to ensure the longevity of equipment.
• 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).
• Ensures that computers connect seamlessly with diverse systems including validation systems, file servers, email servers, application servers and administrative systems.
• Provide weekly reports.
• Implement best practices.
• Be the single point of contact with customer.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree / Diploma in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience from the desktop environment.
• Have some level of technical understanding of the products building up a desktop service.
• Exposure on managing remote sites.
• Phone support experience necessary.
• Technical helpdesk or technical call center experience is necessary.
• Disciplined, systematic problem solving skills required.
• Windows and Novell Operating systems.
• Clients: Windows7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000.
• Servers: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, Lotus Notes and 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, AV Devices and printers.
• PDA and blackberry support.
• Apple Ipad Device support.
• Others: Adobe Acrobat and other common desktop applications like Winzip, etc.
• Willing to work 24 x 7 environments.