Desktop Support Analyst

## Desktop Support Analyst Apply locations:
Boston time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R04260
** Join Goodwin’s Global Operations Team, and make a real impact on a global scale.
** At Goodwin, we work with some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors in the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology and financial industries, and where they converge. As part of the Global Operations Team – all business professionals at the firm – you’ll collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where cross-functional learning, networking, and collaboration are at the core of what we do.

** Here, we’re not just supporting a law firm; we’re partnering with attorneys and clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions
** in high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions.

Our commitment to integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition drives us, and we’re proud to have been recognised as the “Best Business Team” by The American Lawyer.
This is your opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic, global environment, surrounded by forward-thinking peers.

As the Desktop Support Analyst, you will be responsible for providing high-quality desktop, mobile device and applications support for attorneys and professional staff, both locally in the office and remote staff. As a member of the Desktop Operations team, you will facilitate desktop service fulfillment requests, provide guidance and ”how to” information, assess requests for new services and features for potential fulfillment by existing services, restore PC Desktop and related technology services or service features to a satisfactory operational state, assess requests for new services and features for potential fulfillment by existing services, and help improve the user experience.
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* What You Will Do:

*** Provide direct, hands-on and remote support to users who are experiencing desktop operating system, connectivity and applications issues and provide complete follow-through to successful resolution.
* Perform hardware diagnostics and execute or coordinate repairs in a timely fashion to ensure customer satisfaction.
* Provide 2nd level support for all software escalations from User Support.
* Provide 2nd level support for all remote access calls escalated from User Support (VmWare View, Citrix, and VPN).
* Responsible for hardware procurement: including placing orders through online purchasing tools for specified vendors for PCs and hardware peripherals and management inventory of those items.
* Assess software compatibility with current operating system and execute on the installation and maintenance of practice specific applications.
* Assist and mentor the other team members on various technologies.
* Plan, schedule and execute on computer equipment installations, imaging, upgrades and replacement projects.
* Pro-actively assesses employee capacity working with business administrators to ensure appropriate level of hardware inventory to meet business needs.
* Utilize and leverage current mechanisms to obtain feedback from end users. Analyze results of feedback from end users, make recommendations for support process improvement to senior management, and implement approved changes.
* Act as a liaison between the other support groups within IT to ensure proper communication about new user services and/or problems with existing user services  is taking place.
* Collaborate with IT Infrastructure team perform occasional hands-on IT infrastructure hardware installation and maintenance.
* Effectively translate user requests, business needs and technical specifications into formal written documentation.
* Engage end users in a consultative capacity providing solutions and desired outcomes.
* Maintain vendor relationship for contact/troubleshooting purposes serving as a liaison with third-party support and PC equipment vendors.
* Responsible for physical asset inventory and asset management within the office.
* Ability to participate in firm wide, off-hours on-call rotation.
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