Alghanim Industries IT / Telecom Jobs in South Africa
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The IT Service Desk Analyst will provide first line technical support to internal staff and be available to work on a shift pattern and out-of-hours pro rata. The successful candidate will require an aptitude for working with applications/systems to analyse, diagnose and resolve staff problems, which may range from straightforward to more complicated technical issues. There is also a range of administration duties within this role. Coverage for support includes telephony across EMEA and Asia whilst also supporting offices in GCC where travel may be required to other offices. Home workers will also be supported.
Job Responsibilities
- Act as a single point of contact for phone calls and emails from staff regarding IT issues and queries
- Receiving, logging and managing calls from internal staff via telephone and email
- Maintaining an Asset Database and tracking changes
- 1st and 2nd line support - troubleshooting of IT-related problems from in-house software to hardware, such as desktops/laptops, printers, to MS Office
- Troubleshoot basic network issues
- Escalate unresolved calls to the operations support team
- Log all calls in the Service Desk Call Logging system (Remedy)
- Take ownership of user problems and follow up on the status of problems on behalf of the user and communicate progress in a timely manner
- To maintain a high degree of customer service for all support queries and adhere to all service management principles
- Provide basic in-house training in MS Office applications used within the Association (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Provide stats for the weekly Service Desk report on call trends
- Publishing support documentation to assist staff with requests for information & provide staff training if required
- Basic Active Directory knowledge. Creating user accounts, reset passwords, creating groups etc.
- To arrange for external technical support where problems cannot be resolved in-house
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Candidate Requirements
- Experienced in presenting to all levels
- Proven ICT support skills
- Proven system management skills
- Proven experience of project management
- Proven excellent written communication skills
- Knowledge of ICT industry developments
- Ability to prioritise own work to support business priorities
- Ability to work autonomously and manage conflicting priorities
- Ability to provide IT support to customers including; Microsoft technologies, Mobile, Wi-Fi and Email configuration
- Windows XP/7/10
- Windows Server 2003/2008/2010
- Office 2010/365
- Active Directory
- TCP/IP and general network knowledge
- Experience with Avaya telephone system is desirable
- Experience working within SLA and ITIL-defined businesses is preferred
- Degree educated or qualified by experience
- ITILv3 certified desirable
- Minimum 2 years experience in a similar role
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