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Description We are offering a contract to hire employment opportunity for a Help Desk Manager in Houston, Texas. This role will focus on leading a Service Desk team, ensuring customer satisfaction, and refining service operations. The successful candidate will have experience managing a range of technical issues and will work closely with other IT staff to deliver timely support services.
Responsibilities:
• Lead the Service Desk team to meet key performance indicators and service level agreements
• Manage the onboarding and offboarding process, including equipment provisioning, identity and access management, audit, compliance, and equipment decommissioning
• Monitor and align operational performance against business goals
• Use ITIL methodology to refine and improve service operations
• Maintain and present performance and health metrics to the IT management team
• Establish and maintain service level agreements for all service offerings
• Manage a device agnostic environment (i.e. Windows. OSX, iOS, Android, etc.)
• Conduct knowledge sharing within the team to manage various technical issues
• Manage after-hours support for high priority incidents through offshore and on-call teams
• Deliver timely support services to the business through internal or external engineer and desktop support resources
• Proactively manage high priority tickets to minimize escalations and address escalations when needed. Requirements • Proven experience as a Help Desk Manager or similar role in IT
• Proficiency in Citrix Technologies and working knowledge of Microsoft tools
• Demonstrable experience with databases and EO/IR systems
• Solid understanding of networking principles and infrastructure
• Experience with Active Directory and Configuration Management
• Expertise in Computer Hardware and its troubleshooting
• Familiarity with Deskside Support and Configuration Management
• Ability to manage deployments effectively
• Strong problem-solving abilities with an analytical mind
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Relevant certification or degree in Computer Science, IT or related field is preferred. Technology Doesn't Change the World, People Do.®
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