IT Technical Support

Vantage Point Recruiting

IT Technical Support

National
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Description:

    • Assist in coordination of testing changes, upgrades and new software products, ensuring systems will operate correctly in current and future environment.
    • Make recommendations on functional and technical improvements to the environment.
    • Participate in performance and volume analysis and design.
    • Participate in performance improvement activities. Identify and apply potential improvements related to the environment for an application.
    • Provide accurate and complete answers to general use and environment questions in a timely manner.
    • Serve as the point of contact for technology support and services.
    • Serve as the point of integration between the business functions of the department and the technology requirements of the department.
    • Provide desktop computer support.
    • Serve as a point of contact for communication and coordination of service outages.
    • Attend and participate in bi-weekly team and problem review meetings.
    • Manage the retirement and disposal of obsolete or broken computer equipment.
    • Coordinate the procurement and installation of new computer hardware and software.
    • Coordinate virus protection software programs within departments.
    • Understand the installation of software patches and upgrades.
    • Provide input to training and/or documentation materials regarding latest technical and functional design changes.
    • Ensure that all work is documented for future reference.
    • Follow quality standards.
    • Ensure effective and reliable backups are being performed.
    • Proactively address customer needs.
    • Communicate accurate and useful status updates.
    • Evaluate and/or recommend purchases of computers, network hardware, peripheral equipment, and software.
    • Investigate user problems, identify their source, determine possible solutions, test and implement solutions.
    • Install, configure, and maintain personal computers and other related equipment, devices, and systems adds or upgrades and configures
    • modems, disk drives, CD ROMs, printers, and related equipment.
    • Assist in troubleshooting network issues, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational difficulties.
    • Develop and conduct various training and instruction for system users.
    • Identify utilization patterns and their effect on operation/system availability and performance expectations.

    Top 3 Skills:

    • Customer service
    • Desktop support experience
    • Inventory control experience
    • Ability to work in a team environment.
    • Strong communication skills; both written and spoken