It Service Desk Analyst

Frogg Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global client seeks an IT Service Desk Analyst for a 6-month fixed-term contract in Sandton, Johannesburg. The role involves providing 1st line support to a distributed user base, troubleshooting core systems, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. Candidates should have relevant IT qualifications and experience in a corporate environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years IT Service Desk support in a large corporate environment.
• Excellent understanding of IT support troubleshooting and processes.
• Ability to deliver quality service and meet performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Deliver outstanding quality for all IT Service Desk contacts.
• Perform 1st line troubleshooting and log issues accurately.
• Manage support calls through the service management tool.

Skills

IT support troubleshooting

Customer service

Education

Grade 12 or equivalent (NQF 4)

ITIL Foundation

IT focused technical qualification or tertiary qualification (NQF 5/6/7)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Citrix

F5 or other VPN technologies

Windows 10

Mobile device platforms

Laptop and Desktop hardware

Job description

IT Service Desk Analyst required in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Our global client seeks a IT Service Desk Analyst for a6 month fixed-term contract period.The role providing 1st line support to a globally distributed base via a variety of contact methods, including telephone, email and in person.

The bulk of support is provided remotely using remote desktop tools and consists of logging incidents, service requests and resolving a high level of support requests at first contact.

Type of role: 6 months Fixed-term contract.

Working Hours: 45 hours a week. Shift rotation.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12 or equivalent (NQF 4) with IT focused technical qualification or tertiary qualification (NQF 5/6/7)
• ITIL Foundation – Preferred
• 2 years IT Service Desk support in a large corporate environment
• 2 years Excellent, in-depth understanding of IT support troubleshooting and associated processes

System Skills:

• Microsoft Office – Advanced
• Citrix – Beginner / Intermediate
• F5 or other VPN technologies – Intermediate / Advanced
• Windows 10 – Intermediate / Advanced
• Mobile device platforms and their backend management platforms – Intermediate / Advanced
• Laptop and Desktop hardware – Intermediate / Advanced

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Delivering outstanding quality for all contacts into the IT Service Desk, measured against Key Performance Indicators.
• Performing 1st line troubleshooting for the firm’s core systems and ensuring issues are accurately logged with the required information.
• Ensuring all support calls (emails and chats) are logged and managed through the service management tool in accordance with the agreed service level targets.
• Assigning incidents and requests to appropriate 2nd & 3rd line teams after all troubleshooting steps have been exhausted.
• Proactively managing updates to all parties with Incident/Requests statuses through to resolution.
• Identifying trends for support so improvements can be made by raising problem records or by sharing information with teams to help address any training needs.
• Meeting or exceeding defined quality and performance targets.
• Developing and updating knowledge base articles on a monthly basis to aid knowledge sharing and to drive a consistent and effective customer experience.
• Providing desk-side assistance to users locally where applicable.
• Acting in accordance with the Firms Information Security Policies and reporting any potential or actual Security events or other Security risks to the organisation.