Service Desk Analyst

Mindlance; City of Rochester (NY); Presencial; USD 52.000 - 76.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Excellus is seeking a Service Desk Analyst to support the Information Technology Division with triage, resolution, and reporting for IT problems and requests. This role provides on-call rotation 24x7x365 along with onsite coverage during core and non-core hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed by Management.

You will log incidents, perform first-line diagnosis, communicate updates to users, and resolve issues related to desktops, printers, VPN, and mainframe-apps, while

Formación

• Associate degree in Computer Science or IT or two years related work experience.
• Strong knowledge of all Microsoft Operating Systems.
• Experience with Active Directory, Lotus Notes, Print Servers, Microsoft Office.
• A+ Certification or MCP/Windows 7/8/10 certs.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Logs incident details with categorization and prioritization to final resolution.
• Provides first line investigation and diagnosis.
• Communicates with users, informing them of progress or outages.
• Resolves incidents related to desktops, printers, networks, VPN, and security access.
• Installs and configures standard software and drivers remotely.
• Keeps documentation and supports cross‑functional teams.

Conocimientos

Windows OS

Active Directory

Lotus Notes

Print Servers

VPN

Security

Communication

Educación

Associate degree in IT/CS

Herramientas

Citrix

Mainframe tech

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

Summary Description: The Service Control/Operations Methodology at Excellus generally consists of the following disciplines:

• Service Desk
• Access Management
• Asset and Configuration Management
• Incident/Problem/Change Management

The Service Desk Analyst is specific to the Service Desk Function at Excellus through the IT Help Desk. The Service Desk Analyst role is to ensure resolution, reporting and triage for the Information Technology Division in regards to all IT problems and requests. This position provides on-call rotation support 24x7x365 along with onsite departmental coverage during both core and non-core hours including nights, weekends and holidays as deemed necessary by Management.

Essential Resource Responsibilities / Accountabilities:

• Logs all relevant incident/request details, allocating categorization and prioritization codes, documenting successful and unsuccessful decisions made and actions taken, through to final resolution.
• Provides first line investigation and diagnosis.
• Communicates with users; keeping users informed of incident progress, notifying them of upcoming changes or outages.
• Resolves incidents and/or requests in regards to desktop and laptop PC's, printers, scanners, operating systems, 100 + mainframe, web and LAN applications, network issues, remote connectivity, handheld palm and blackberry computing, VPN home support, wireless issues and security access problems.
• Installs and configures standard software, PC updates and needed PC drivers remotely.
• Keeps abreast of all software and hardware used and supported by the organization.
• Works closely with all IT areas (ex: Security, Network, Systems, Application Development) along with Subsidiary Business partners at Lifetime Care, Lifetime Health Medical Group and Med America.
• Keeps management and peers informed of "real time" issues and/or problems and completes tasks in a timely manner as per the IT service level agreements.
• Incumbent is heavily involved in potential and confirmed Virus attacks to corporate computers.
• Provides direction and oversees Intern/Contract/Temp help as needed.
• Prepares and maintains clearly written documentation (of processes) for use by Help Desk, other support departments, and end users.
• Leads smaller size projects as directed by Management.

Minimum Resource Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or relevant field (or two additional years related work experience in lieu of degree).
• Must have a thorough knowledge of all Microsoft Operating Systems.
• Must have experience in, Active Directory, Lotus Notes, Print Servers, Microsoft Office Professional, Dial-In Protocol, Citrix, VPN, Internet, Intranet, mobile computing, Security, and mainframe technologies.
• A+ Certification or Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Windows 7/8/10 Certified, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a focus on rapport building, listening and questioning skills.
• Strong written and oral communications skills both technical and non-technical.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Proven analytical and problem solving abilities and a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to conduct independent research into a wide range of computing issues as required.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Experience working in a team oriented collaborative environment.
• This job requires shift work to ensure appropriate operations of the Health Plan computing environment 24x7x365.

Physical Requirements:

• Must possess the ability to sit for long periods and view information on computer monitor.
• Willingness to provide on-call 24x7x365 support, some weekend work.

In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this resource requirements document lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Excellus Client Client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, requires all suppliers of temporary staffing resources to affirm the rights of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to race, color, sex/gender, age, disability, religion, creed, citizenship status, national origin, veteran status, military status, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity, predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, or any other status protected under the law.

EEO:

"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."