Role: Service Desk Agent
Location: Charlestown, NSW
Project Description:
Team based out of Newcastle, NSW provides out-tasking services to customers across Australia on a number of different technology platforms.
As a Service Desk Agent for the 24x7 Service Desk, the successful candidate will be responsible for handling Level 1/2 issues on Network, Windows Servers, Linux Unix Systems and virtualisation technologies such as hyper-v, VMware within an ITIL based management environment.
The Service Desk Agent will be supported by ITOC operations and engineering resources.
This is a role which requires broad, multi technology skills with a minimum working knowledge of networks (Routing, Switches, TCP/IP, Network Layers 1 to 7, troubleshooting) and level 1 skills in a Server Operating System.
Duties Include:
- First point of contact for phone calls and emails from customer and collect the relevant information to prioritise and categorise interactions.
- Respond to automated detected events from the monitoring systems, validate if the event represents an interesting event and collect relevant information to prioritise and categorise the incident.
- Enter incident details and progress of incident resolution into the Incident tracking system.
- Perform diagnostics on IT infrastructure including Routers, Switches, Firewalls, HP-UX, Suse Linux, VMware, MS Windows Servers and Storage.
- Undertake troubleshooting activities to either resolve the incident or identify the need for technical escalation.
- Identify customer sensitive situations and instigate management escalation.
- Ensure that the details of the incident and resolution are correctly recorded into Incident tracking system servicenow.
- Maintain a high level of customer satisfaction by owning issues, managing communication both within HP and with the customer, leveraging the wider resources to assist and following incidents through to resolution.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of ITIL best practice
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively with minimum supervision and must have flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business.
- Ability to deal in a fast-pace and high pressured environment
- Undertake other IT administration tasks such as data collection and report preparation.
Work experience requirements:
Customer service skills, Minimum five years' experience in similar role.
Demonstrated passion for technology and an ability to learn new technologies
Working knowledge of networks (Routing, Switches, TCP/IP, Network Layers 1 to 7, troubleshooting).
Level 1 skills in a Server Operating System (e.g. MS Windows Server or Linux or HP UX)
Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and presentation).
A structured approach to troubleshooting.
Education Requirements
TAFE Diploma/IT degree/certification
Industry certifications highly regarded (Microsoft, Networking, CCNA, ITIL, HP-UX, Linux, etc.)
There is an expectation that CCNA and ITIL v3 Foundations Certificate will be achieved within the first 6 months of working in the role.
Lona Chatterjee
Operations Consultant
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