In a help desk/call center environment, serves as the single, initial point of contact for end users. Logs all relevant incident and service request details. Provides first line investigation and diagnosis. Resolves those incidents and service requests within the IT Support skill set and escalates as appropriate. The primary objective of this role is to restore "normal service" to the users as quickly as possible.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Answer the Help Desk phone calls
- Process and resolve Incidents & Service Requests:
- Track all relevant Incident and Service Request details, categorize, prioritize and close tickets
- Provides first-line investigation and diagnosis of highly complex incidents
- Escalates the Incidents and Service Requests that they cannot resolve
- Monitor the Service Desk system for tickets assigned to the Help Desk queue and process them based on priority
- May provide coaching and training to lower-level employees
- Other system administration type duties:
- Granting shared drive access
- Network account creation and extensions
- Telecom administration tasks
- Processing terminations (de-provisioning network accounts)
**Education and Experience**:
H.S. Diploma or equivalent 2 years of experience previous experience Required
Associate's Degree or equivalent in or technical degree/certification Preferred
experience resolving service request Preferred
**Additional Skills**:
- Good computer skills including MS Office Suite, Adobe, and ability to operate general office machinery
- Good written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills
- Required experience includes the capacity to demonstrate the following skills and abilities: analytical, articulate, attention to detail, decisive, innovative, adaptable, personable, self-confident, team player, effectively manages stress, empathetic, enthusiastic, diplomatic, collaborative, customer oriented, ambitious, continuous learner, resourceful, self-motivated and results oriented.
- Must possess good written and oral communication skills.
- Should be good at problem solving
- Must have good telephone etiquette
- Is able to exercise good judgment using Help Desk standards and following guidelines
- Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with IT staff and internal customers at all organizational levels
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Microsoft Outlook/Office365
- Internet Explorer
- Windows 7
- Active Directory
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Global Protect (VPN access)
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
About Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world's leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 18,500 individuals worldwide.
For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it's our life's work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.
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