Technology SupportSpecialist II

Spectraforce Technologies
United States, South Carolina, Columbia
Nov 08, 2024
Job Title: Technology Support Specialist II Location: Columbia, SC Duration: 12 + Months Role is Onsite - Day Shift - Shifts start and end time ranging from 6:30am to 6:30pm - 8 HOUR SHIFT. C2 Eligibility is required Duties: 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. Day to Day: Technicians are receiving, monitoring, managing all high severity incidents, escalations and requests for the entire company. Expected to create and facilitate bridge lines, page outages, and maintain ticketing updates. Taking the ticket created and working directly with IS to get to the correct support levels. About The Team: This is a very small team of 3 technicians who manage all high severity incidents across the entire client's company, providing oversight over all high severity tickets coming from the Technology Support Center (TSC), the client's Service Desk. Since the TSC supports all 14k client's employees, these three technicians must have a close relationship with a strong foundation of quality and trust to ensure each high severity ticket is being handled correctly without overburdening the rest of the team. Required Skills and Abilities: Strong customer service skills. Good problem solving skills. Able to provide technical advice, guidance, and informal training to customers using hardware and software programs. Understands basic technical problems and solutions in relation to the business environment. Understands the industry's business systems and processes. Required Software and Tools: Proficient computer skills; able to maneuver through commonly used applications and systems used in the industry. 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. Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or job related degree. OR an Associate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree OR 2 years of job related work experience plus 2 years of technical help desk experience or other job related experience. Required Work Experience: None. Technologies: Highly proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, Sharepoint Nice To Have: ServiceNow Soft Skills Strong verbal/written communicator, proficient typist with minimal errors, quality control over all output, calm negotiator for teams in disagreement.