Help Desk Specialist

Ampstek LLC; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent IT services company in Aberdeen City is seeking a Service Desk professional with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in managing service desk operations. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and a strong working knowledge of ITSM tools like ServiceNow. Responsibilities include resolving technical issues, managing service desk activities, and ensuring compliance with service level agreements. This role offers opportunities to drive automation and improvements in service delivery.

Qualifications

• Graduate with a minimum of 3+ years of experience in Service Desk.
• Excellent communication and conversation skills with a Versant Score of 70.
• Good knowledge of Incident, Change, and Problem Management.

Responsibilities

• Manage Service Desk activities and own overall responsibility for processes.
• Resolve technical issues via telephone, email, and live chat.
• Monitor and manage ITSM queues ensuring ticket categorization and SLA compliance.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Advanced troubleshooting

Incident management

Service Desk operations

Active Directory management

O365 administration

Tools

ServiceNow

SCCM

Intune

Job description

• Graduate with Minimum 3+ years of experience in service Desk
• Excellent communication and conversation skills in English with a Versant Score of 70
• Good Knowledge of Incident, Change and Problem Management
• Manage Service Desk activities, including:
• Owning overall responsibility for Incident and Service Request process handling on the Service Desk
• Liaise with the Service Manager
• Help with the development and issuance of Service Desk Operational Reports
• Driving automation and self-service improvements, reducing manual effort for repetitive tasks.
• Resolving technical issues over the telephone, via email, via live chat and Self-Service, in a friendly and professional manner
• Advanced troubleshooting and resolution of escalated issues, reducing reliance on higher-tier support.
• Advanced Active Directory management, including account provisioning, group policies, security access controls, and directory synchronization.
• O365 administration & advanced support, including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive troubleshooting.
• Network troubleshooting, including DNS, DHCP, VPN, firewall rules, and proxy issues.
• Remote Desktop & Endpoint Management using SCCM, Intune, or similar tools.
• Monitoring and managing ITSM queues, ensuring ticket categorization, prioritization, and SLA compliance.
• Generating and analysing service performance reports, identifying trends and driving improvements.
• Maintaining and enhancing the knowledge base, contributing to SOPs, FAQs, and technical documentation.
• Logging and triaging the incidents in ITSM ensuring accurate logging of all end-user-related issues, service requests, and problems.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation, including technical details, process updates, ticket status, and any relevant information as recommended by the Quality or Service Desk Lead.
• Triage the tickets to respective Workplace Services, Applications Services Team and the Infrastructure Operations Team members based on the ticket severity and priority
• Monitor the Incident Management queue, ensuring timely ticket assignment, reassignment, and proactive follow-ups to maintain service level agreements
• Escalate unresolved issues promptly as per the defined escalation matrix to minimize business disruption.
• Ensure all incidents are regularly updated in the incident management system, capturing relevant details, resolutions, and actions taken to enhance knowledge sharing and historical tracking.
• Strong working knowledge of ITSM tools like ServiceNow for effective ticket management.