DCPS - Helpdesk Specialist Entry

Short Description

The Helpdesk Specialist is a first level rep to the OCTO technical support team. They answer a variety of technical inquiries, documenting issues & alerting senior staff in a timely fashion. Onsite: 3 overnight-12 hrs. shifts/1 Day every other week 8 hr

The Office of the Chief Technology Officer is seeking a first level technical support representative. They will be responsible for answering a variety of technical inquiries, documenting issues, and alerting senior staff in a timely fashion.

Onsite - 6 PM - 6 AM:
Wed, Thurs, Fri

Sunday: 6 AM - 2:30 PM every other week 8 hrs

• Answer calls in a dynamic IT operations environment, supporting multiple agencies.
• Provide desktop support for technical issues in a Call Center environment as well as off-site locations throughout the District of Columbia.
• Log and route service requests and incidents in an incident management system.
• Create and maintain knowledge articles in the agency's knowledge management system on a daily basis.
• Provide a high level of customer service to end users on a daily basis.
• Provide technical expertise related to Microsoft Products, such as Microsoft Office, Windows operating systems, as well as other related Microsoft applications.
• Troubleshoot issues related to agency specific applications and web applications.
• Provide technical support for mobile devices, such as iPads, iPhones, Android devices and tablets.
• Collaborate with the IT leadership team to select and implement cost-effective technology for District.
• Maintain service level agreements related to both Call Center and Desk Side support Service/Incident requests.
• Work with other technical teams to coordinate multi-tiered technical support for outages, widespread security incidents.
• Adhere to all Enterprise-wide security policies related to security and integrity of District-owned Resources.

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience – Required, 5 years.
• Customer service support experience in either a face-to-face or phone support role – Required, 2 years.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a professional setting – Required, 2 years.
• Provide technical support to computer system users by telephone, email, etc. – Required, 1 year.
• Maintain computers, systems, and printers in a professional setting – Required, 1 year.
• Expertise in supporting desktop operating systems (Windows 10, 11 and MAC OSX 10.10x) – Required, 1 year.
• Install and troubleshoot computer operating systems (Windows) – Required, 1 year.
• Experience providing technical support in a call center environment where the candidate received multiple calls at once – Required, 1 year.
• Provide customer-oriented results and build an efficient end‑user support environment – Required, 1 year.
• Experience with basic Active Directory functions such as account creations, password resets, and OU Management – Required, 1 year.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Office 365) – Required, 1 year.
• Microsoft
  
  Certifications:
  
  MCP, CompTIA A+ etc. – Highly desired, 0 years.

• Extensive criminal history background check will be required. We cannot submit candidates with recent histories (go back seven years) of extensive driving, drug, robbery or any other illegal activity. Any criminal activity on the background check will eliminate the candidate from consideration. If selected, please make certain that you inform all candidates that they will have to complete this criminal background check prior to starting.
  
  NATIONAL background checks are required;
  Federal background checks are NOT compliant under this contract. A national background check is a national criminal background check that pulls criminal records from State and County Courts in almost every US State.