Level-2 technical support
Level-2 technical support (12 Month Contract)
Montreal, QC
Staffing Placement Opportunity
POSITION DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide Level-2 technical support for supported desktops, laptops, and peripherals. This includes the following activities:
- Provide Level-2 technical support for supported desktops, laptops, and peripherals. This includes the following activities:
- Correcting hardware problems with supported desktops, laptops and peripherals by coordinating support with OEM vendors.
- Managing returns on warranted parts and systems
- Packaging and shipping replacement parts to customers
- Maintaining standard software configurations, including troubleshooting, loading and configuring software images, supported applications and drivers
- May participate in development of information technology and infrastructure projects
- Installing, supporting and troubleshooting approved desktop software
- Performing planned maintenance, moves, adds and changes
- Provide support services to employees with technical problems and information technology issues involving desktop, laptops, PDA or network services from local personnel or from employees using network remote access (VPN)
- Provides timely resolution of problems or escalation on behalf of the customers to appropriate technical personnel
- Exercises judgment with defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
- Creating and maintaining images for standard systems
- Recommends hardware and software solutions, including new acquisitions and upgrades
- Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
- Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices, company policies, and procedures
- Requires little day-to-day supervision
- Ability to work on call after hours as required
Communicate effectively with multiple customers and co-workers. This includes the following activities:
- Consulting with the Service Desk on support calls
- Able to communicate highly technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel
- Providing Case status updates to management and end-users
- Providing phone support and diagnostics to remote customers
- Participating in training programs designed to educate customers about basic and specialized applications
- Develops, documents, and implements standard operating procedures and customer service guidelines relating to Desktop Managed Services support
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong customer service skills
- Reliability and a strong sense of responsibility
- Ability to work independently and take ownership
- Solid technical and analytical skills required
- Ability to troubleshoot, support, and repair software and hardware for desktop and laptop computers
- Knowledge of supported Microsoft Windows operating systems
- Experience with Active Directory administration
- Knowledge of installation, configuration, use and troubleshooting techniques of supported versions of Microsoft Office
- Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with a wide range of customers with varying computer abilities
- Experience troubleshooting intermediate complex local area network (LAN) and VPN connectivity issues
EDUCATION and/or WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Associate's Degree or equivalent experience required
- A+ Certification recommended, MCTS, MCITP, MCPD, MCM preferred, ITIL Certification preferred
- 2-4 years or more of related experience preferred
SPECIAL CONDITIONS:
- Ability to travel as required.
Ability to lift 50lbs (printers, desktop machines, etc.).
Note; this is an opportunity with a Microserve client