Information Technology Field Technician

HCLTech; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

HCLTech in Houston provides dedicated on-site IT/OT support to ensure seamless operations and proactive maintenance at sites. You will act as the primary point of contact for local IT/OT issues, coordinating with remote teams for escalations and adhering to ITIL processes.

The role covers incident management, site operations, preventive maintenance, and close collaboration with L2/L3 support, business stakeholders, and vendors. On-call and possible travel are required.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years hands-on deskside/on-site IT support experience.
• Strong OS troubleshooting for Windows and macOS.
• Experience supporting network and datacenter equipment.
• Familiarity with IT-OT systems (SCADA, PLC, HMI).
• ITIL ticketing tools such as ServiceNow or BMC Remedy.
• Knowledge of virtualization, networks, storage, backups, VMs and cloud.
• Willingness to travel to other sites and on-call responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as Site SPOC for critical incidents and coordinate with the Critical Incident Manager.
• Perform triage and assignment of site alerts/incidents.
• Provide hands-and-eyes support for break-fix issues that cannot be resolved remotely.
• Adhere to SLAs and ITIL process workflows.
• Conduct daily site walkthroughs and routine checks.
• Maintain site knowledge base and update manuals.
• Bridge between L2/L3 teams and business stakeholders.
• Coordinate with vendors and shadow dispatch engineers during work.

Skills

Onsite support

Win10/Win11 troubleshooting

Mac OS X troubleshooting

Network & DataCenter hardware

ITIL & ServiceNow

SCADA/PLC/HMI familiarity

RF scanners & printers

Virtualization & Storage

Cloud technologies

Communication skills

Tools

ServiceNow

BMC Remedy

VMware

Hyper-V

Zebra printers

MS Office

Job description

• Provide dedicated on-site IT/OT support, ensuring seamless operations, rapid incident resolution, and proactive maintenance at sites. Act as the primary point of contact for all local IT/OT issues and coordinate with remote teams for escalations.

Responsibilities :-

Incident Management & Resolution:

• Act as Site SPOC for critical incidents (P1/P2) and coordinate with the Critical Incident Manager.
• Perform triage and assignment of site alerts/incidents.
• Provide hands-and-eyes support for break-fix issues that cannot be resolved remotely.
• Adhering to SLAs agreed in the Scope
• ITIL Processes awareness and adhering to ITIL process workflow.

Site Operations & Preventive Maintenance:

• Conduct daily site walkthroughs and routine checks.
• Maintain site-specific knowledge base and update manuals.
• Performs routine maintenance and preventive checks to ensure the health of critical IT systems
• Assist in planned change management activities requiring on-site presence.
• Bridge between L2/L3 support teams and business stakeholders.
• Engage and elevate IT issues impacting business operations.
• Coordinate and shadow dispatch engineers during work completion.
• Reporting to the Track Lead / Team Lead at Site
• Handling tickets/requests to troubleshoot the nature of reported problems and taking necessary steps to
• resolve those problems
• Troubleshooting technical issues
• Attends operations related meetings.
• Site review & meetings with site SPOC.
• Meetings with vendors, OEMs on open actions

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• Minimum 5-77yrs hands on dedicated experience as deskside/Onsite support/local IT engineer
• Strong Microsoft Operating System installation (Win10 / Win11 / MAC OS X) and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong Experience in Providing Hands & feet Support for Network and Datacentre Equipment/Devices
• Familiarity of IT-OT systems (SCADA, PLC, HMI), industrial networking, Windows-based engineering workstations.
• ServiceNow for SLA tracking and ticket management.
• Good knowledge in handling RF scanners, industry level label printers (Zebra, etc)
• Hands on experience in handling Data center hardware.
• Good knowledge on Virtualization, Network, Storage servers, backups, VMs, and Cloud technology.
• Able to handle unforeseen situations.
• Knowledge on ITIL Ticketing tools such as ServiceNow, BMC remedy etc, and ITIL concepts such as change process, problem, incidents, and requests tickets.

Additional Responsibility

• Might need to travel to other sites based on demand and requirements.
• On-call requirement for P1/Urgent issues outside regular support hours (local business hours).
• Handle operations and customer requirements as per process and agreed SOW.
• Possible rotational shifts.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written)
• Coordination with HCL internal teams, stakeholders, and vendors
• Good working knowledge of MS OFFICE
• Should have a great customer handling skill
• Can drive HCL’s value and its methodology
• Ability to adjust to evolving processes

HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to [e-mail] for investigation.

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.