Oliver Wyman - IT Support Senior Analyst - Dubai

Mercer; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent global consultancy is looking for an experienced IT Support Senior Analyst to provide technical support in their Dubai office. You will assist colleagues with various IT issues, ensuring effective troubleshooting and support across multiple platforms. The role requires strong customer service skills and the ability to work independently. This is a hybrid position with a mix of on-site and remote work.

Qualifications

• Two years of related work experience in a technical support role.
• Background of working as a technical troubleshooter.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to all colleagues through various channels including in-person, phone, and virtual.
• Assist with building laptops and troubleshooting all hardware and software issues.
• Log all issues and escalate requests as needed.
• Monitor and expedite all issues until resolution.

Skills

Very strong knowledge of industry desktop operating systems and software

Excellent organizational and prioritization skills

Strong troubleshooting and analysis skills

Superior customer service skills

Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written

Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision and under pressure

Fluent in English at a business level

Education

Associates degree in a technology-related discipline

Job description

Company: Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman is now looking to hire an experienced professional as an IT Support Senior Analyst based in our Dubai office!

Job Overview

Provides technical support to colleagues both pro‑actively & re‑actively, via a variety of support channels both inbound and outbound across multiple lines of businesses within MMC. This includes ownership of the support process through effective diagnosis, troubleshooting and resolution for software and hardware related issues either in person or virtually.

Deliver support in accordance with agreed KPIs and SLAs.

The role is a hybrid position that requires onsite presence minimum 4 days per week with 1x remote support day.

There may be occasional support required during weekends and out of hours during crisis/emergency situations.

Key responsibilities

Reactive Technical Support

• Provide support to all colleagues through a variety of channels (in‑person, phone, virtual pop‑in Zoom)
• Assist with building laptops and installing, maintaining, troubleshooting and repair of all MMC hardware, software and mobility technology problems.
• Respond to and resolve incidents and requests, and escalates with appropriate level of urgency.
• Proactively communicate and follow up with colleagues on all incidents and requests.
• Reconfigure existing laptops and/or perform tune‑up services (quick and re‑image) as required.
• Log all issues with appropriate documentation as determined by standard operating procedures.
• Escalate requests in a timely manner with warm hand‑offs to other technical resolver groups.
• Route incidents to appropriate support teams as per described troubleshooting steps.
• Monitor and expedite issues until resolution, closure or the appropriate group has accepted.
• Use MMC Tech incident management system to record and track all support work.

Proactive Technical Support

• Provide proactive support to all colleagues through a variety of digital channels based on data in Nexthink and other performance management systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to pro‑actively remediate devices and systems identified as at risk.
• Provide pro‑active training and knowledge sharing on MMC systems and devices to maximize functionality usage.
• Assist with projects as and when assigned.

Administrative Tasks and Training

• Will require weekend / after‑hours work for occasional emergencies.
• Adheres to responsibilities such as compulsory training and education as and when required to maintain current knowledge.
• Performs time‑tracking tasks to ensure resources are allocated correctly to business requirements.

Education

• Associates degree in a technology‑related discipline, or a combination of work experience, education and training equivalent to a two‑year college in a technology‑related discipline.

Experience

• Two years of related work experience in a technical support role.
• Background of working as a technical troubleshooter.

Knowledge and Skills

• Very strong knowledge of industry desktop operating systems and software.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong troubleshooting and analysis skills.
• Superior customer service skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision and under pressure.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment with a wide degree of creativity and latitude.
• Fluent in English at a business level.

Other Requirements

• Relevant industry certifications.
• ITSM understanding.
• Ability to work with local and remote teams over different time zones.
• Travel may be required depending on location.
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

Internal Contacts

• MMC business colleagues – supporting colleagues who contact Colleague Tech Support Services.
• Supervisors & Managers.
• Colleagues and peers within other technology teams on day‑to‑day support issues.
• Business IT support groups as needed.

External Contacts

• Third‑party resolver teams (Dell, HP, Lenovo, BT, Vodafone, AT&T, etc.) – day‑to‑day working relationship for service delivery and support.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.