Desktop Support Officer

Are you an experienced Desktop Support professional looking for your next contract? AARNET needs your skills to start as soon as possible for a 6-month contract assignment. You will have excellent communication skills and have prior experience resolving technical issues via telephone support and face to face. You will have working knowledge with MS Desktop products, MacOS and iOS, Active Directory, Exchange, Remote Desktop Protocol, Zoom, Slack, Teams along with working knowledge of MS SCCM, Microsoft Intune and Jamf for desktop deployment.

About AARNet

Australia's Academic and Research Network (AARNet) was established in 1989 and is widely regarded as the founder of the Internet in Australia and renowned as the architect, builder and operator of world-class network infrastructure for research and education.

We are Australia's National Research and Education Network (NREN). We connect over one million users-researchers, faculty, staff and students-at institutions across Australia, supporting education and research across a diverse range disciplines including high energy physics, climate science, genomics, radio astronomy and the arts.

Nationally, AARNet interconnects Australian universities, the CSIRO, and other organisations who have a research and education mission, or with whom the education and research sector interacts. These include hospitals, vocational training providers, schools and museums.Internationally, AARNet interconnects the Australian Research and Education (R & E) community to the world - and continuously develops new capabilities and partnerships to facilitate seamless data access and transfer.

AARNet also offers a suite of supporting applications to our customers.These include network and collaboration services such as Zoom, that enable innovation in the delivery of research and education.

We are an organisation of innovators, doers, and courageous thinkers.We are not constrained by traditional products and solutions, and we constantly strive to build the solutions that our customers will need tomorrow - today.If you have the imagination, foresight and drive to build the future why not come and join us?

The Role

AARNet is seeking a highly motivated Desktop Support professional who is keen to build their career in IT across multiple platforms and technologies. The successful candidate will be comfortable conversing with a wide range of people in a fast-paced professional setting, with a one team attitude and displays flexibility, initiative and drive.

This is a full time/ 6-month contract role in Brisbane and will be providing support in our Brisbane office

Responsibilities

Provide desktop support and resolve problems to the customer satisfaction

Providing telephone, face-to-face and onsite support to users regarding issues

Provide remote troubleshooting support on desktop issues within reasonable time

Be an escalation point for physical hardware issues, deliveries and deployments

Microsoft Office 365 & Tooling Administration support

Setup devices such as laptops, computers, mobiles, servers and peripherals

Perform routine maintenance on laptops, computers, mobiles, and peripherals

Identify, log and resolve technical problems within our ticket management system

Escalate issues to Level 2 / 3 technical support team members and external vendors where necessary

Ensure accurate recording, documentation and tracking of Assets, Incidents, Requests, Problems and Changes in the designated ITSM platform

Education & experience

Working knowledge of Microsoft Desktop products

Working knowledge of MacOS and iOS products

Experience with Active Directory, Exchange, Remote Desktop Protocol, etc

Experience with collaboration platforms utilising Zoom, Slack, Teams

Working knowledge of Microsoft SCCM, Microsoft Intune and Jamf for desktop deployment and management

Important skills

Ability to work autonomously and show initiative

Excellent interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills

Strong process-oriented implementation and completion of projects

Innovate and contribute to the Operations Centre team

Be proactive in maintenance and development of systems and infrastructure

Ability to prioritise workload

Attention to detail

Conditions of employment

AARNet is committed to diversity and providing equal opportunity to all.We're a great place to work if you want to make a difference.