Service Desk Agent - DXB (m/f/d)

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment and Contract Staffing Agency; Dubai Emirate; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian is seeking a Service Desk Agent (DXB) to provide day-to-day IT support for educational institutions across the UAE, serving as the first contact and owning issues through the lifecycle.

The role requires a BSc in IT, 3+ years in a service desk, fluent Arabic and English, and ITSM experience. You will triage, log, escalate, and maintain clear user communication while coordinating with backline teams.

Qualifications

• BSc degree in a technical field related to Information Technology.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant IT experience incl. but not limited to service desk tasks.
• Basic understanding of networks, MS Office, and Microsoft Windows.
• Minimum of 3 years in customer service desk or call center.
• Fluent in Arabic (native) and English.
• Suitably trained and qualified.
• Excellent customer service, communications and soft skills.
• Service oriented, open, and good with analytical skills.
• Experience with a recognized ITSM tool (Remedy, ManageEngine, ServiceDesk, Ivanti, etc).
• Must have a basic understanding of networks.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day Service Desk support for educational institutions across the UAE.
• Be the first point of contact for initial technical investigation of end-user issues.
• Escalate unresolved issues to next level or third-party vendors.
• Own issues through lifecycle and communicate until resolution.
• Log, track, and close requests using an ITSM tool.
• Provide L1/Initial technical investigation and first-call resolution.
• Act as single point of contact for end users.
• Triage and categorize tickets; coordinate with L2/L3 groups.

Skills

Customer service

Arabic and English fluency

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Team coordination

Education

BSc. IT

Tools

ITSM tools (Remedy, ManageEngine, ServiceDesk, Ivanti)

Microsoft Windows

MS Office

Job description

Our client is one of the leading leading IT Service provider.

Responsibilities:

• This role will provide day-to-day Service Desk technical support for educational institutions across the UAE. You will be the first point of contact for initial technical investigation of end user hardware and application issues for desktop, laptop, peripherals, telecoms and network systems. Any issues that cannot be resolved need to be escalated to the appropriate next level, either onsite/backline or third-party vendor.
• You will retain ownership of the issue through the entire lifecycle and manage and coordinate all activities whilst maintaining regular end user communication until there is confirmation from the user that the issue has been resolved.
• End-to-end ownership of the incident/service request lifecycle
• Communicate effectively with end-users to discuss service requests & / or incident resolution
• Log, track, manage and close End User, Infrastructure, Network and Application support requests using an ITSM tool
• Provide L1/Initial Technical Investigation/First Call Resolution of issues for service requests and incidents
• Act as a single point of contact for the end users
• Respond to/logging tickets for the end users
• Ticket triage and categorization
• Escalate and assign requests / incidents to nominated Level 2/3, 3rd party support groups
• Track the escalated incident or request for follow-up and user communication – with all support groups until they are fully closed
• Receive customer change request and log in appropriate tool
• Coordinate change requests with customer and NOC L2/L3 Engineers
• Authenticate the end-user by means of contact information, location, or a unique identifier

Qualifications & Skills

• BSc. degree in a technical field related to Information Technology
• Minimum of 3 years relevant IT experience incl. but not limited to:
• Basic understanding of networks, MS Office Products, Microsoft Windows
• Minimum of 3 years in customer service desk and / or call center
• Fluent in Arabic (native language) and English
• Suitably trained and qualified
• Excellent customer service, communications, and soft skills
• Service oriented, open, and good with analytical skills
• Experience with a recognized ITSM tool (Remedy, ManageEngine, ServiceDesk, Ivanti, etc)
• Must have a basic understanding of networks

Halian Group:

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Service Desk Agent - DXB in Dubai, United Arab Emirates