SENIOR DESKTOP SUPPORT SPECIALIST
One of our financial clients in NYC is seeking a Senior Desktop Support Specialist to join their technology team. This is a full-time, permanent position, 5 days per week in the office in NYC..
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Serve as the first point of contact for customers needing technical assistance.
• Must work East Coast Market hours
• Manage trouble calls via our ticketing system, phone, remote, and desk-side visits to ensure courteous, timely, and effective resolution of end-user issues
• Troubleshoot hardware, Windows 10, Windows 11, and application issues
• Install and upgrade software, set up hardware, and configure systems and applications such as MS Office, One Drive, Zoom, softphones, turrets, printers, scanners, biometric, data encryption, VPN/WIFI configuration, and firmware updates for deskside equipment such as Cisco phones
• Install and manage Spyware/Malware tools
• Install and support Market Data Feeds, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, ICE, Fidessa, Redi+, Fidessa and Global Relay
• Provide first-level network support and troubleshooting for both wireless and wired configurations
• A basic understanding of Active Directory at the Organization Unit level
• Troubleshoot Cisco Phone systems /Video conference
Requirements & Qualifications:
• Minimum 2-4 years of general IT Support with extensive customer-facing experience, would prefer the person to have trading desk support.
• Experience with incident management/ticketing system like ServiceNow
• Proficiency in current protocols, operating systems, and standards, including Windows 10, Windows 11, Microsoft/Office 365
• Experience with System Center Configuration Manager/Endpoint Manager
• Experience with patch management and application deployment
• Expertise in troubleshooting, resolving, and supporting desktops, laptops, applications, hard phones, and WIFI devices
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work effectively under pressure
• Experience providing ongoing support to C-suite executives
• Experience working in a similar role at a brokerage firm, private equity, hedge fund, asset management firm, or investment bank preferred
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