Help Desk Support Services Specialist

Posted 28 Days Ago
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Montgomery, VA, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Cloud • Information Technology
The Role
Provide first-line IT support: create and document tickets, triage and troubleshoot incidents, escalate when needed, monitor and communicate incident progress, close incidents, and follow Service Desk policies and shift schedules. Field user communications and perform other duties as assigned.
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Company Description

Here at Encode we strive to ensure that both professional AND personal satisfaction go hand in hand. We enhance professional satisfaction by constantly improving team member skills with ongoing education, conferences, and early adoption of automation tools. We want everyone to be the best they can be. We build personal satisfaction by embracing remote work days, casual attire, bagel Tuesdays, team building events at local establishments and in-office cornhole competitions.

Job Description

The Help Desk Support Services Specialist will create and document tickets, troubleshooting, and escalation. This includes initial support and analysis for correct classification, ticket ownership, monitoring, tracking and communication, resolution and recovery of incidents not assigned to second tier support, closure of incidents, monitoring the status and progress towards resolution of assigned incidents, and communication to relevant parties on incident progress.

Responsibilities:

  • Fielding user communication

  • Completing other non-ticket creation duties as assigned by Service Desk Management

    Abiding by standard Service Desk policy and process, including shift scheduling and performance metrics

Qualifications

  • Active Secret Clearance
  • Service/help desk or customer service support
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Familiarity with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation, MS Office Suite, use of help desk/trouble ticketing software (prior use of ServiceNow preferred)
  • New Service Desk analysts are required to earn ITIL v3 Foundations Certification within 90 days of hire date
  • Bachelor's degree as a minimum
  • *will receive initial 4-6 weeks of training Monday through Friday, 0800-1630. After training is complete, incumbent will be expected to move to 3rd shift (2230-0900). These are 10 hour shifts that cover three weekdays and every other weekend. Full schedule is available upon request

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Skills Required

  • Active Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Service/help desk or customer service support experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Familiarity with ITIL Foundation
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite
  • Experience using help desk/trouble ticketing software
  • Prior use of ServiceNow
  • Earn ITIL v3 Foundations Certification within 90 days of hire
  • Availability for initial 4-6 weeks training (Mon-Fri 0800-1630) and to work 3rd shift (2230-0900) after training
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The Company
85 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

What We Do

Encode Inc. is a New Jersey-based information technology company associated with cloud and enterprise infrastructure work. Its available hiring materials include cloud-engineering and virtualization-administration positions, suggesting capabilities in cloud infrastructure, systems administration, and enterprise technology operations. The company’s public profile reports approximately $12.2 million in revenue and 77 employees, while its workplace materials emphasize remote work, casual attire, and team-building activities. Founded in 1997.

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