Jr. Desktop Technician

Kapstone Technologies, Inc.; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kapstone Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Jr. Desktop Support Technician to provide user support at remote locations and collaborate with the Service Desk.

You will resolve technical issues timely, install and maintain equipment, and assist with cabling and encryption tasks to ensure secure operations. The role requires an US citizen, a high school diploma, and at least 2 years of hands-on troubleshooting experience. Background check is required.

Qualifications

• US Citizen required to comply with security policies.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of hardware and software troubleshooting in customer service.
• High technical proficiency with strong problem-solving skills.
• CompTIA A+ certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site/remote end-user support and incident resolution.
• Install, troubleshoot, and maintain IT equipment and peripherals.
• Manage cabling, encryption, and asset inventories.
• Support video conferencing, encryption, and mobile devices.
• Coordinate with Service Desk and Contract Manager.

Skills

US Citizen

High School Diploma

2+ yrs experience

Technical proficiency

Problem solving

CompTIA A+

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

LANDesk

VPN

CITRIX

Macintosh OS

Job description

Job Description and Summary

The Jr. Desktop Support Technician will provide user support at remote locations on assigned open tickets and work in collaboration with the Service Desk. The Technician is responsible for resolving customer affecting technical issues in a timely fashion in order to maintain customer satisfactions. The Technician installs, troubleshoots and maintains an extensive variety of products and equipment. The Technician will have the ability to make replacement cables from raw cable and RJ-45 connectors. Trains employees, identifies, analyzes, and repairs product failures, orders and replaces parts as needed. Determines and recommends which products or services best fit the customers’ needs.

Position: Jr. Desktop Support Technician

Location: Remote

Status: Full-Time

Reports To: Contract Manager and Kapstone Team Lead

Note: Must pass a background check

Job Description and Summary

The Jr. Desktop Support Technician will provide user support at remote locations on assigned open tickets and work in collaboration with the Service Desk. The Technician is responsible for resolving customer affecting technical issues in a timely fashion in order to maintain customer satisfactions. The Technician installs, troubleshoots and maintains an extensive variety of products and equipment. The Technician will have the ability to make replacement cables from raw cable and RJ-45 connectors. Trains employees, identifies, analyzes, and repairs product failures, orders and replaces parts as needed. Determines and recommends which products or services best fit the customers’ needs. The following are principal duties of the Jr. Desktop Support Technician:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Deskside Support which includes

• Provide on-site support for deployment and security remediation functions
• Gather analyze, and report end-user support trends
• Provide desktop, application and network application incident resolution
• Manage user installation and relocations requests

Asset Inventory Support

• Conduct physical inventory of assets
• Conduct scheduled and random electronic inventories
• Assist in receiving and receipting property
• Transfer of property to other organizations
• Process computer equipment for excess and disposition

Disposal Preparation Support

• Ensure disposal policies and procedures are employed
• Ensure every device is wiped/degaussed prior to site removal

Encryption Services

• Administer and manage encryption tools application server
• Ensure laptops are properly encrypted
• Encrypt laptops discovered without encryption
• Provide password recovery for encrypted device

Video Conferencing and Audio/Video O&M

• Troubleshoot system problems and repairs
• Work with support staff for remote troubleshooting and repairs

• Assist in setting up presentation devices and Video Conference units
• Set up, ensure functionality, be available during events and shut down video conferences

Local On-Site Cabling

• Restart wiring closet cabling electronics including switches or other network devices
• Replace defective cabling electronics and simple replacement of defective cabling electronics and components such as switch blades

Wireless Services

• Assist users with mobile communication devices (mobile phones, broadband cards, Blackberrys, and laptops) with incident support tickets
• Provide Tier 2 support in the field which includes hardware troubleshooting and OS re-install, Blackberry Exchange Server connection verification and equipment swapping support

Service Center Services

• Ensure IT services are rendered/tested for telework users using VPN and CITRIX services
• Provide remote support services for telework/home users
• Support pre/post application releases

Account Management Services

• Hardware Incident Resolution
• Identify and resolve hardware incidents and service requests of a consumable part

Qualifications and Skills

Mandatory:

• US Citizen
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years experience troubleshooting software and hardware in a customer service roles
• High degree of technical proficiency
• Excellent problem solving skills and analytical abilities
• Comptia A+

Desired:

• Minimum 6 months’ experience troubleshooting Apple Macintosh software and hardware in a customer service role
• Certification in UNIX and Microsoft Operating Systems
• Familiarity with LANDesk remote resolution and with using LANDesk to push packages to workstations to complete software installation
• Familiarity with CLAIMS 3 (C3) system
• Comptia Networking +