IT Service Desk Lead

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD, United States
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$50,000.0 - $60,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Cyber Security Computer Literacy Microsoft Office Windows Remote Assistance Blackboard

Job description

  • Monitor, prioritize, and assign tickets to team members to achieve the most efficient outcome.
  • Reviews and manages the ticketing process to ensure agents follow ticket and troubleshooting standards.
  • Document resolution activities, including tasks such as end-user communications, interactions with end-users, and ticket closure.
  • Assist the team in achieving SLAs through proper ticket interactions and problem prioritization.
  • Provide support to the service desk team and customers.
  • Support operations using ITIL best practices.
  • Participate in team meetings.
  • Create support documentation, contribute to knowledgebase articles, and support continual process improvement.
  • Act as the service desk team’s first line of support for technical and process issues out of scope for Tier I agents.
  • Trains and educates the technical support staff on products and processes.
  • Promote and maintain positive customer relations.
  • Review and assess team and individual performance and provides recommendations and feedback for improvement.
  • Provides onboarding support for new hires and routine team training.
  • Reports possible outages to management.
  • Provide feedback to streamline Standard Operation procedures.
  • Support in-office walk-ups and remote assistance while providing quality customer service.
  • Other duties as assigned., 3. * Do you have A+, Net+ or ITIL v3 Foundations certifications?
  • Yes
  • No

Applicant Documents Required Documents

  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter/Letter of Application

Optional Documents

  1. Letter of Reference 1
  2. Letter of Reference 2
  3. Letter of Reference 3

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Associate’s degree in an IT-related field preferred.
  • A+, HDI, ITIL certifications preferred.

Experience

At least three (3) years of experience in a help desk environment is required. Experience supporting a large Enterprise environment preferred.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  • Committed to continual improvement processes and capturing lessons learned.
  • Ability to foster a culture that values transparency and accountability.
  • Excellent communicator and can motivate and inspire team members.
  • Computer literacy in various applications, including Office 365, Teams, Zoom, Blackboard, etc.
  • Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware and software problems.
  • Ability to adapt and prioritize work independently in a dynamic environment.
  • Must be able to instruct, direct, guise, and share information with technical and non-technical personnel.
  • Should be able to identify symptoms for process improvement.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal guidance and supervision., 1. * Do you have a high school diploma or GED?
  • Yes
  • No 2. * Do you have a minimum of two (2) years of experience in information security or a related field?

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