Job Description
- The Desktop Support Technician maintains, analyses, troubleshoots, documents and repairs desktop systems, hardware, software and peripherals.
- Supports and maintains incident tickets keeping user's, management, peers and the Help Desk apprised of activities.
Responsibilities:
- Assures quality customer service to all customers; promotes positive human relationship and contributes to supportive and cooperative work environment.
- Maintains desktop hardware and peripheral inventory with an attention to detail when maintaining asset records.
- Act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) for all desktops platforms, software integration, Windows technologies and Directory Services.
- Act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) for all mobility operations (ie. IOS and Android Platforms) and management consoles (ie. Mobile Iron)
- Collaborates with colleagues and Network Team to support user account information including rights, security and systems groups.
- Pursues additional research as needed to support optimal Desktop strategies are practiced at HOV.
- Product evaluation and documentation. Accurately detail their findings to a wide audience ranging from senior management to peers.
- Core Build engineering using tools such as WDS, SCCM, software and driver integration.
- Assures optimal hardware configuration for compatibility and performance (e.g. BIOS, Hyperthreading, etc.).
- Provides consultation to IS department for projects as needed, including testing new software, building/modifying the PC hardware and software.
- Provides guidance to Service Desk team members.
- Participates in after hours on-call support and weekend/holiday coverage responsibilities.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates degree in computer science or related field.
- A+ or Network + or MCP certification.
- 3-5+ years in a large corporate multi-site environment.
- 3+ years developing and deploying unattended operating system installations for workstations/desktops/laptops with an in-depth understanding of hardware-independent imaging capabilities.
- 3+ years scripting experience utilizing a variety of languages such as VB Script, Powershell and/or WinBatch or other programming languages.
- 3+ years troubleshooting and enhancing desktop security and configuration management through Group Policy Objects (GPO) as well as the ability to create custom policies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MCDST certification preferred.
- ITIL certification preferred.
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