Service Desk Analyst

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**JOB POSTING**

JOB ID #: 19474

Service Desk Analyst
Corporate Services
Information Technology
55 York Blvd. 6th floor

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1

UNION/NON-UNION: CUPE Local 5167 Inside

HOURS Of WORK: 35.00 per week
- GRADE: J
- SALARY/HOUR: $35.606 - $40.461 per hour- Note: See appropriate Collective Agreement or the Non Union Salary Range for details.

STATUS/LENGTH: Full-Time Regular

Job Description ID #: 6621

**Vaccine Verification - **As a condition of employment you are required to provide proof that you are fully vaccinated or provide proof of valid exemption satisfactory to the employer prior to your start date. You must acknowledge and agree to comply with any future vaccine policy requirements as an ongoing condition of employment at the City of Hamilton.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Reporting to the Supervisor, Service Desk, the Service Desk Analyst provides technical and procedural support to customers experiencing technology-related problems. Operating at the second tier of support, the analyst will respond to client issues such as a lack of understanding using software or inoperative hardware/software and/or peripherals, in a timely and responsive manner, often going to the client’s location.

This role responds to, diagnoses, and resolves problems through discussions with customers and help from the operations and infrastructure staff as required. The Service Desk Analyst will follow established processes for the control, escalation, tracking, and follow up on any reported problems. The Service Desk Analyst updates users’ computers with updated files and programs, remotely accesses systems to diagnose and resolve problems, and refers calls to vendors or internal staff for resolution. The Service Desk Analyst assists in training customers to avoid recurring problems.

GENERAL DUTIES

Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 software and hardware support including provision of technical advice, guidance and informal training to clients using hardware and software programs. May include fielding calls during high call load or low staffing periods.

Troubleshoot and restore routine technical service and equipment problems by analyzing, identifying and diagnosing faults and symptoms using established processes and procedures.

Review and provide assessment/confirmation of the severity and priority of client problems/issues using a set of defined criteria such as a localized versus broad issue, environmental and business impacts.

Review, diagnose and resolve client hardware and software issues, update service desk ticket with the resolution. Resolutions may require machine re-imaging, re-installation of software, virus removal, installation of operating system updates and patches, hardware component replacement (memory, hard drive, network/video/sound cards) and/or end user training.

Research issues through access to vendor knowledge databases to enhance quality of problem resolutions. Initiate and manage contact/communications with hardware, software and peripherals vendors as required to resolve user issues/problems.

Analyze problem trends and patterns and make recommendations for improvements

Perform root cause analysis, develop checklists for typical problems and recommends procedures and controls for problem prevention to IS Management.

Review and analyze support tickets to identify possible cause and effect relationships between multiple issues and/or hardware/software configurations. Develop and report recommendations based on findings.

Capture, record and update customer contact information, issue details and resolution details in service desk software.

Define and develop City wide PC/Laptop specifications in collaboration with Desktop and Network Analysts.

Define, maintain and improve processes to identify, track, escalate, resolve and report customer problems.

Develop and implement technical service restorations and troubleshooting procedures for identifying, testing and diagnosing computer system and peripheral equipment faults in collaboration with the Service Desk Supervisor and other I/S staff.

Assigns Incident and Service Request tickets to the most appropriate support area or resource for resolution to maintain service levels, as back up to the Service Desk Operations Analyst when required.

May be assigned to an initiative or project requiring the individual to take d