Field Services Representative

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Field Service Representative

Birmingham, AL

About the role:

Passionate about network infrastructure? Your next role will ensure the networks we manage exceed the expectations of our clients. We’re on the lookout for a knowledgeable and customer-orientated Field Service Representative. We touch the lives of binge-watching, music-loving, game-playing, finals-taking, seminar-attending, class-selecting students by providing IT infrastructure that meets the needs of today’s technology-savvy generation.

We are One Team and challenge everyone in our organization to be a problem solver. If you are as passionate as we are about the intersection of technology and education, join us today.

You’ll be a full-time worker on the campus of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and University of Montevallo.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing exceptional service to customers
• Responding to emergency outages promptly
• Maintaining own schedule for onsite customer appointments within 24-48 hour SLA
• Configure, install, and support a variety of hardware and peripheral components such as laptops, desktops, monitors, keyboards, and printers
• Support systems running Windows, Mac OS, and potentially Linux
• Manage tickets using the help desk ticket queue
• Tracking and updating escalation tickets
• Maintain a moderately sized inventory of equipment and provide notification when thresholds are reached to replenish supplies
• Prepare new equipment (or reclaimed equipment) for deployment using system imaging tools
• Manage accounts and equipment for new-hire/termination processes
• Work with vendors in matters concerning warranty support including Dell, Cisco, Aruba/ HP, CDW, and others
• Provide end-user training sessions on relevant IT topics
• Troubleshoot and resolve basic network connectivity issues as needed for LAN and WiFi connections, including networking components such as TCP/IP, DHCP, and DNS
• Support administration of VoIP phone systems and LiveOps call center chat system
• Administer accounts in cloud-based services including Office 365 (Exchange and SharePoint Online), DropBox for Business, and others
• Provide support for locally-installed applications on systems including MS Office applications, Adobe applications, Evernote, MindJet MindManager, and others
• Provide necessary level support of network devices
• Support and administer accounts (access codes and fobs) in an office security system
• Address end-user and network escalations
• Coordinate client activities (e.g. move-in, conferences, and special events)
• Monitoring, investigating, and retiring equipment alarms
• Assist with customer install activities as needed
• Seeing that Boldyn’s policies and end-user agreement are upheld in your perspective region
• Generating reports as required
• Attending training events as required
• Other documentation and administrative duties as requested

What you’ll bring:

• Position requires skillset equivalent to a Help Desk Level II technician
• 1 to 3 years Windows and/or Mac OS hardware and software support.
• 1 to 3 years of help desk experience in a medium to large scale environment.
• Microsoft Office support, including Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint Online support, Google G-Suite, Zoom, Schoology, and others.
• Documenting and adhering to established technical procedures and best practices.
• Experience managing workload with a ticketing system, including service orders and account information gathering. ServiceNow experience preferred.
• Remote desktop support.
• Understands Active Directory user accounts, security groups, and file share permissions
• Understands system virtualization and reducing hardware footprint

Preferred Experience:

• Basic network troubleshooting and connectivity support, including the foundational understanding of TCP/IP, VoIP, LAN, and WIFI connections.
• MCP, CCT, A+, Net+, or ACTC Certification.
• Associate degree in Information Technology or closely related field.
• Streaming, video conferencing, and audio-video support.
• Understanding and familiarity with VoIP technologies.

You’ll love this job if this describes you:

Approachability. You’re easy to approach, and you spend extra effort in providing exceptional customer service. You look for ways to be proactive.

Action Orientation. Deeply engrained self-motivation. You’re motivated to get work done. That means that you love efficiency and are driven to complete a project.

Self-Starter. You seek out problems and solutions on your own and don’t wait to be told what to do.

Technical Acumen. Others consider you smart when it comes to technology. You’re a technology generalist, and can usually figure things out.

Personal Learning. You like to read technical publications, blogs, and journals. In your own time you “geek-out” on something technical like electronics, music, or gaming.

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