The Tier 1 Helpdesk Technician role is the perfect entry-level technical position for someone with a passion for customer service, an astute problem solver, has an innate ability to navigate a wide range of technical issues, and is a quick learner. The ideal person will thrive in a fast-pasted and dynamic environment, loves talking with people, and enjoy working in a team environment. If being a member of the service desk team at a small local office, focused on helping small to mid-sized businesses perform better, grow faster, and achieve more by leveraging technology sounds appealing to you, we’d love to hear from you!
As a Tier 1 Service Desk Technician your responsibilities include:
· Be the first point of contact for customers by phone, email, or automated alerts from our remote monitoring and management tool.
· Provide initial triage work on customer issues: clearly define the problem, identify its seriousness, and determine the appropriate response.
· Handle customer issues, keeping the customer up to date with progress and answering any questions they may have.
· Configure and install new workstations.
· Perform network infrastructure troubleshooting.
· Repair, install, manage and support servers, personal computer hardware, and peripherals.
· Monitor and maintain network systems and troubleshoot problems that arise in client networks.
· Follow the Tier 1 process and documentation requirements for all tickets processed.
· Serve as an internal Customer Advocate for the specific clients assigned to you.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:
· Exceptional customer service and communication skills. Has the ability to articulate technical issues to non-technical people.
· Strong written communication skills in documentation and communicating with customers through multiple platforms.
· Experience following process and familiarity with using CRM systems.
· A college degree in computer science or a related field preferred.
· You must have a good driving record as you may be asked to drive either your own vehicle or a company car on service calls.
· At least one year’s experience (or equivalent education) in the following areas:
- Windows PCs:
- Install and manage Windows operating systems in both Workgroup and Domain environments.
- Set up new PCs and migrate applications/data from old PC to new PC
- Working knowledge of common Windows applications (Office 365, Adobe apps, etc.)
- Troubleshoot and repair common hardware problems to the subassembly level (power supply failure, hard drive failure, video graphics card failures, etc.)
- Windows Servers
- Implement and manage Active Directory and DNS services
- Setup and manage network security and file/folder security
- Manage certificates in Certificate Authority
- Manage print servers
- Exchange Servers
- Configure mail security, e.g. sender policy, recipient filtering, block lists
- Backup/restore mailboxes and public folders
- Database and PST management
- Outlook Web Access
- Other Required Skills
- Virus removal
- Spam counter-attack strategies
- Manage and troubleshoot Local Area Networks