IT Technical Specialist, Tier 2 - Roseville, United States - Brave North Technology

Brave North Technology Roseville, United States

2 weeks ago

Description

Job OverviewThis role has three primary responsibilities:(1) Act as a primary staff person covering 2nd-tier help desk shifts and providing timely IT support for Brave North Technology LLC's ("Brave North") clients;(2) Perform advanced routine update/maintenance for clients' hardware and software;(3) Assist with advanced or complicated technology requests, process improvements, and other administrative, documentation, and duties as requested by clients and/or internal team members, and execute and complete entire or selected/assigned portions of tasks or projects.

The scope of technology service is broad.

Brave North supports internet, networking, client/desktop computers, printers, scanners, mobile devices, websites, email, and other IT-related devices and technology resources.

Customer service skills are critically important:
emotional intelligence, patience, and compassion are critically important.

This position will know they have been successful in this position when clients report their issues were resolved efficiently, and they feel valued and listened to.

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

Essential FunctionsBe actively engaged and fully available for assigned help desk shifts, including ensuring no personal appointments, other work items, or other distractions interfere with response time to clients.

When assigned a help desk shift, ensure availability for a response as needed and directed based on the assigned help desk shift role and directed by the Service Delivery Director.

Provide timely responses to support requests or system monitor alerts, which come in via multiple methods, including by phone, email, form, calendar, and SMS.

This includes:

respond to all incoming requests immediately or within 30 minutesengage client with a professional, calm, patient, empathetic, and confident mannerassess severity/impact level, triage and prioritize support requests accordinglyproactively follow up with clients to verify that issues have been addressed to their likingescalate issues to technical lead as neededfollow direction as given by the Service Delivery DirectorDocumentation of support performed immediately or during the same shift of work, including:significant IT information in the client's IT-information database or labor loga narrative description of work that was performedProvide timely on-site technical support at a client's office or site as needed and scheduled.

Educate and inform other technicians regarding advanced solutions as needed.
Identify and develop system and operational improvements by investigating and implementing new technical tools, procedures, and automation tools.
Encourage, support, and educate other IT Support Specialists in growing their skills and abilities.

Make an effort to only take on assigned tickets and those beyond the skillset or knowledge of other IT Support Specialists while providing training and learning opportunities for colleagues.

Act as a resource for performing routine maintenance for Managed Service clients, including documenting when actions are performed and communicating with clients updates, challenges in performing maintenance, and summaries to the lead technician.

Perform project work as assigned, including performing project tasks as requested by supervisor.
Other duties as assigned.

Required Technical TasksUse the remote desktop connection to resolve IT issues.

Install, troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve problems for a wide variety of hardware and software for technological equipment such as (Windows and Mac) desktops and laptops, networking equipment/infrastructure (modems, routers, switches, access points), printers/scanners, smartphones, tablets, and A/V equipment.

Maintain, repair, and update/upgrade computer hardware and software (and associated licensing) as needed for clients.

Computer setups:

generate custom-tailored workstation purchase recommendations for clients, perform basic OS setup and applications installation, configure security settings, and migrate user data as needed.

Diagnose and remove virus/malware for Windows and Mac computers.

Analyze and recover user account breaches, such as email phishing attacks and ransomware attacks, including diligent client communication, and detailed documentation regarding recovery steps.

Understand and resolve a wide range of email sending/receiving problems.

Understand and resolve a wide variety of network connectivity issues, including advanced issues involving DHCP, VLAN, DNS, or VPN issues.

Understand and consistently and reliably contribute to detailed technical documentation.
Adapt to and work with unorthodox or unusual computer and networking configurations.
Assist with IT projects that often include migration from local server to cloud-based service.
Adaptively learn and navigate new and unfamiliar applications for which there may be little pre-existing knowledge or information.

Think creatively and "out of the box" in order to solve unique problems that may be totally unfamiliar and have no clearly documented solution available.

Knowledge, Skills, AbilitiesWorking knowledge and foundational understanding of platforms: Windows (Desktop and Server OSes), Mac OS, iOS, Android.

Functional understanding and hands-on experience of networking, including a basic understanding of networking and internet connectivity, including the functions of modems, routers, switches, and Wi-Fi routers/access points.

Functional understanding of public web domains, DNS records, and DNS resolution.

Functional understanding of cloud computing, including a basic understanding of cloud applications such as Google Apps, Office 365, online backup/recovery.

An understanding of web/internet systems, including fluency with major web browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
Power-user familiarity with office productivity tools such as MS Office and Google Docs.

An understanding of other in-office technology, including basic understanding and ability to troubleshoot sundry technology devices such as a projector/TV display, Apple TV, phones/VoIP, faxes, UPS (battery backup), or other sundry technologies.

Willingness and ability to learn on the fly unfamiliar systems never encountered before, such as databases or security appliances installed by other vendors that we have to provide "light" support for.

Willingness and ability to fluently communicate actions and learnings to other parties, such as Tier 1 or Tier 3 techs, sharing knowledge regarding the nature of a novel problem, what work was done, the solution implemented, and lessons learned.

Position RequirementsRequired to be available to take on assigned help desk shifts which are typically 8-hour assignments.

Must be fully available and reachable within 15-minutes by mobile phone, email, text, and have reliable and secure internet access for on-call support during off-hours (5:00 pm - 7:59 am) on weekdays that the Help Desk is open, when scheduled for an on-call shift, and when assigned an on-call weekend shift.

Must be fully available and reachable within 15-minutes by mobile phone, email, text, and have reliable and secure internet access for on-call emergency support on weekends (Friday, 5:00 pm to Monday, 7:59 am) and holidays, when scheduled.

Required to have a home office space that is secure and can support duties of the job and reflect positively upon the professionalism of the company.

Required to have a driver's license and a reliable vehicle or regular access to a vehicle to be used for client onsite visits.

Must have a workable home office environment with ability to have private phone conversations, display confidential information on a computer screen without other people being able to view the information, and a home internet connection that is properly secured.

Must be able to maintain a high degree of professionalism and keep client information confidential at all times.

Other InformationThe position will receive calls, emails, and texts from a variety of clients representing many different industries and business categories.

Must be able to pivot quickly between issues, questions, and conversations.

Must have the ability to remain calm and reassuring when receiving a help desk request where the client may be stressed, frustrated, or angry.

Brave North does not tolerate rude or inappropriate language, tone, and verbal abuse from employees or clients.

Must have the ability to determine when to elevate support requests based on the nuanced description provided by the client or based on the leadership level of the user making the request.

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