Technical Support Engineer IV

EUC Scope-

Supplier will deliver professional consulting services covering End User Computing Services (EUC) on a Time and Materials basis. The service will be provided by on-site End User Computing specialists.

Services include but may not be limited to,

1. Supplier shall perform support requirements and will provide dedicated on-site Supplier Personnel who speak English at Customer Sites to provide EUC Services to the Authorized Users.

2. Resolve Incidents and Problems associated with EUC Equipment and EUC Software, and provide break/fix support, advice and assistance to Authorized Users.

3. Identify the scope and impact of an assigned Incident or a Problem and provide operational and technical assistance to remedy the Incident or Problem.

4. Provide updates to Incident and Problem tickets in the call management system to reflect actions taken to resolve any Incidents or Problems.

5. Provide Remote Access Services support to all Authorized Users who so require it from any location.

6. Coordinate EUC service-related activities with the Service Desk and provide Level 2 and Level 3 Support to the Service Desk and/or Authorized Users as necessary.

7. Adhere to Customer’s enterprise and workplace-specific security and data privacy policies.

8. Trader/VIP Support Walk Up Service Center Solution. Supplier shall provide on floor support that will handle Trader/VIP Incidents or Problems by providing Authorized Users with required support for how-to questions and other IT-related questions.

9. Supplier shall provide general Software support covering deployment of all EUC Software in the Desktop Environment.

10. As requested by NWMSI, provide periodic reporting on the distribution and installation of all EUC software.

11. Support IMACs requirements by providing or overseeing, as appropriate, all installations, de-installations, cascades, moves, adds, and changes for all EUC equipment, software and related Services at designated Customer Sites.Service Desk Agent

Purpose            

to provide a single point of contact for users, dealing with the management of both routine and non- routine incidents, problems, and requests. provision of 1st line support for incidents.

Key Accountabilities

service level is familiar with the key components of the service(s) being supported.

provides a single point of contact for all users of the service.

ensures that a continuously high level of customer satisfaction is achieved.

receives calls at the service desk and undertakes dialogue with the user, ensuring            

Standard service desk scripts are followed.

ensures that contingency plans are understood and followed in the event that the service desk tool is unavailable.

provides users with status reports on existing incidents, ensuring the incident record is updated accordingly.

identifies new requests that are not incidents and manage them appropriately:

if the request is a change request (rfc), initiate the change management process

if the request is a service request(rfs), initiate the standard change service request process

monitors auto-generated incidents from event / alert monitoring, ensuring that they are correctly prioritized and action taken accordingly.

contacts resolver groups to progress incident, problem and change chases initiated by the user.

reviews resolution details and take responsibility for closure of all incidents:

- contacts the user for agreement to close, ensuring the ‘3 strikes and out’ policy  is employed.

- checks the incident classification and reset as necessary

- enters incident closure details, and mark the incident as closed, ensuring

appropriate closure codes are used.

raises incidents to address unsuccessful service requests.

understands and operates escalation procedures - escalates and progresses incidents as required whilst keeping the user informed.

Data handling

o records incidents/changes/service requests within the incident management tool and assigns to the appropriate resolver.

ensures new incident records are opened for all ‘legitimate’ incidents.

ensures that users do not have multiple incident records open for the same issue.

ensures correct contact details are recorded on all incidents.

captures accurate descriptions of all new incidents/changes/service requests, classifies them correctly and applies the appropriate classification codes.

where an incident has been generated by a third party or other service ensures the external reference number has been captured.

ensures incidents which are chargeable or out of scope are flagged as such.

identifies incidents that require management through additional processes:

- if the incident is a major incident, set the mi flag a