Technology Support Specialist ll

Title: Technology Support Specialist ll

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Columbia, SC

Work Environment: Onsite

Schedule: Standard 8 Hour Shift between 6:30am - 6:30pm

C2 clearance eligibility is required-Must be a US Citizen

Job Summary:

Duties:

• Day to Day: Actively resolve routine to moderately complex technical needs of customers by managing problems and suggesting solutions. Research, resolve and respond to requests received from customers. Ensure documentation and processes are current as business and technology changes evolve. May have an in-depth knowledge or experience in specific areas.
• 40% Troubleshoot and restore technical service and equipment problems by analyzing symptoms using documented processes. Complete customer requests and provide guidance in resolution of application, hardware, and software problems. Determine business impact of requests and escalate to higher-level professionals when necessary.
• 20% Maintain knowledge database and call tracking database to enhance quality of problem resolutions. Keep apprized of changes in technology and processes by ensuring knowledge and documentation is current and centralized.
• 20% Proactively monitor various systems to catch problems before they become outages and to ensure the health and availability of systems, servers, network, etc. 15% Analyze data to gain a better understanding of business impact. Conduct a gap analysis to respond to and align with customer business needs.
• 5% Perform other job related administrative duties as needed.
• Work Environment: Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer within a technical help desk support center.
• The Team: Team Name: Technology Support Center, Two Supervisors / 17 technicians

Job Requirements:

Required Experience: See education

Required Education: One of the following-

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or job related degree.
2. Associate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree
3. 2 years of job related work experience plus 2 years of technical help desk experience or other job related experience.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to multitask.
• Ability to troubleshoot
• Strong communication skills

Nice To Have:

• Citrix
• VPN
• Microsoft Products (Outlook, Teams)