Senior Desktop Support Specialist Resume
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential
Senior Desktop Support Specialist
- Support Scientific investigators lab and office staff in a fast paced work environment with their specialized computing needs
- Work closely with the office of the ISSO as needed for custom computer configurations to meet strict HHS Security policy
- Meet with management to review processes and procedures to streamline ongoing projects and review data
- Assisted with mitigation and patching high security vulnerabilities to prevent ransomware attacks on computer systems
- Aided in projects to assess and improve staff productivity via new technologies
- Participated in mentoring of IT staff in other locations in disseminating of knowledge transfer for support area
Confidential
Senior IT Associate
- Provided mentorship to junior technician while supporting enterprise IT services of a global company
- Active Directory account management lifecycle: create, update and administrate user accounts via Active Directory
- Set permissions and audit security of end - user client data on Windows servers
- Participate in projects to improve service provision, performance and resolve ongoing requirement
- Engage service providers and vendors in logging service request as required by management
- Provide audio/ video support to staff and clients in their conferencing needs using various technologies
- Maintain accurate inventory of IT Equipment (laptops, peripherals) loaner pool and media equipment
Confidential
Sr. Desktop Support Technician
- Improved IT infrastructure of organization by enhancing customer service and advanced problem solving
- Assisted with conversion of PC computer systems to a new asset management suite
- Managed the upgrade of Apple systems to meet approaching HHS deadline for security issues
- Performed successful configuration changes to infrastructure within the defined maintenance schedules, OS, Application, Patches, Roll-Ups, Upgrades, etc.
- Oversee conference set up and support for the Director of the Institute as well as staff
- Track and update incident requests using ServiceNow ticketing system
Confidential
Sr. Desktop Support Technician/Lead
- Appointed team lead for technicians
- Supervised and mentored junior team members to provide excellent customer service and resolve incidents to meet SLA
- Served as a point of contact for incident escalation for team
- Provided desk side support for Windows and Apple computers, peripheral and PDA’s
- Maintained documentation on worksite to include: network information, custom software configuration and hardware
- Installed, configured and maintained functionality of network printers, peripherals and Tandberg VTC systems
Confidential
Computer Technician
- Coordinated Help Desk activities by delegating tasks to help desk technicians in bi-lengual environment
- Introduced standardized method for coordinating conference and meeting activities through available systems
- Created and produced standard operating procedure documentation for configuration of desktop computers
- Resolved Operating system, hardware, software, network, and PDA (Blackberry ) client issues
- Demonstrated strong verbal skills while resolving client IT issues
- Supported and maintained desktops, laptops and Blackberry PDA’s
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems: MAC OS X , Windows XP; Windows 7 Enterprise ; Windows 8 .1 Enterprise, Windows 10
Software Applications: Office 365, MAC SA, MS Office Suite 2003 - Office 365; ( Outlook, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word); Active Directory; swipe and transfer of files to new hard drive/laptop; ServiceNOW Ticketing System
Hardware: VTC Equipment Polycom, Zoom, ClickShare, Cisco. Apple , HP desktops & laptops; Dell desktops & laptops; HP, Brother, Xerox, Canon printers; general networking experience (troubleshooting connections, running cables activating ports); general computer repairs and builds; hardware installations and swaps of hard drives; configuration of iPad and iPhone; Blackberry Enterprise activations
Others: Clerical skills; Certification in customer service support, desk side and remote; leadership experience; data entry; Installing drivers, System Restores, Setting up accounts
