About the Role
The Helpdesk Technician provides fast technical assistance on company computer systems, answering questions about technical issues and working to solve them. This role requires a customer-oriented individual who can explain technical concepts to employees with varied technical experience and collaborate with the NOC and other IT Staff to support the company's IT mission.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a point of contact for company employees seeking technical assistance via email, in-person, or through the JIRA Service Desk ticket system.
- Perform remote software/hardware troubleshooting of end-user issues using various tools.
- Determine the best solution based on IT policies.
- Assign priority levels to support requests and projects, and ensure their completion.
- Ensure a JIRA Service Desk Ticket exists for all reported support cases.
- Follow up and provide updates on JIRA Service Desk tickets, including resolution steps.
- Identify and suggest possible improvements to IT procedures or processes.
- Document all Helpdesk processes and procedures in Confluence.
- Update and patch operating systems and 3rd party software to maintain a secure computing environment.
- Troubleshoot and repair hardware issues on desktops, laptops, and various PC accessories.
Requirements
- A strong desire to learn American Sign Language and the ability to adjust to a deaf culture working environment is required.
- Able to build and image end-user computers.
- Experience working with an ITIL Service Desk product for tracking issues and resolution.
- Experience with Active Directory and the full Office 365 Suite.
- Experience setting up, configuring, and troubleshooting VPN client issues.
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting cell phones (Android/IOS).
- Experience in providing Zoom video conferencing support.
- Able to effectively communicate with company employees whose technology experience is varied.
- Customer-focused and problem-solver.
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Help Desk Technician in a Windows environment.
- Advanced technical knowledge of Win 10, Win 11, and Apple Mac OS.
- Requires 5 years of previous IT Helpdesk Experience.
Skills
- American Sign Language
- ITIL Service Desk product
- Active Directory
- Office 365 Suite
- VPN client troubleshooting
- Cell phone configuration and troubleshooting (Android/IOS)
- Zoom video conferencing support
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Apple Mac OS
Location
- Austin Headquarters
Work Type
- Hourly
- Non-exempt
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years
- Not entry level
About the Company
- ZP Better Together is one of the nation's most extensive communication services for the deaf and hard of hearing communities.
- As a leading provider of onsite interpreting services, video relay services, and remote video interpreting, the company delivers a wide array of options designed to meet the unique communication needs of its customers.
- ZP Better Together's vision is to provide high-quality services with innovative products that break down communication barriers for its customers.
- We strive to change the game because we believe communication access is a right worthy of utmost respect and because every conversation matters.
- We are experiencing tremendous growth and are looking to add strong expertise to our world-class teams!
Equal Opportunity
- Purple Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
