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End User Support Specialist

Vinebrook Technology, Boston, MA, United States


Overview
Our client in Somerville, MA is looking to hire a full-time, End User Support Specialist to come on-site 5 days per week Monday - Friday that will work with a team of managed services specialists, administrators, and engineers to deliver excellent support and management of our customers’ environments. They will field issues and requests escalated directly by customer IT personnel, end-users, and monitoring tools. This role will have broad exposure across a range of end-user devices, networks, servers, virtualization, and security platforms. The support specialist will be expected to work issues independently, and when needed, with the assistance of senior subject matter experts on the team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, with an ability to learn quickly and provide exceptional customer service.

Schedule

On-site in Somerville, MA 5 days per week - non-negotiable

Monday to Friday

Qualifications, Education and Training

High school diploma required; college degree strongly preferred

Windows: 2 years (Required)

Mac OS: 2 years (Required)

Microsoft Teams: 2 years (Preferred)

Microsoft 365: 2 years (Preferred)

Google IT Support Professional

CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+

Microsoft MTA

ITIL Foundation

Experience

2 years [minimum] in a technical support role

Experience providing customer support

Experience in 24x7x365 Managed Services preferred

Experience using ITSM and Monitoring toolsets

Highly analytical thinker and troubleshooter

Detail oriented with excellent documentation and communication skills

Self‑motivated, passionate about technology, with the desire to learn new things

Ability to use and troubleshoot Microsoft Windows, Office, Office365, and macOS

Foundational understanding of operating systems and servers, both physical and virtual

Experience working with active directory to perform basic tasks, such as user creation and password resets

Responsibilities

Triage tickets per specified severity levels

Refer/ elevate customer issues to the appropriate level of support, as needed

Provide excellent customer service, staying calm and communicating clearly and professionally in stressful situations

Perform basic troubleshooting steps such as checking logs, checking capacity, and running basic diagnostics across a variety of platforms including Linux/Windows servers, network devices, hypervisors, and storage systems

Respond to automated alerts performing troubleshooting and resolution of issues, as well as proper notifications where required

Fulfill service requests and remediate incidents using customer Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Use a ticket system to provide regular status updates and make sure tasks are completed based on priority and in compliance with SLAs

Distribute scheduled reports to customers as required

Supporting end-users by diagnosing and resolving computer hardware, network, and application issues

Assist with cross‑training of other team members, as needed

Perform other tasks as assigned by management

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