Desktop Support Engineer

The purpose of the Snr Program Analyst role is to reactively and proactively support and maintain the IT Desktop Services & infrastructure through effective incident management, fault diagnosis, repair, preventative maintenance and daily service tasks.

This role requires working shifts on a 24/7 rotation to support various customers.

These tasks include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining and supporting the WNS business applications, and ensuring the reliability, availability and sustainability of information and communication resources.

• Ensure that tickets are kept updated and incidents are managed, prioritized and escalated efficiently.

• Installation, diagnosis, maintenance and repair of PC hardware, Telephony and related hardware as per business requirements• Ensure minimum downtime, proactively identify potential risks and suggest and drive solutions.

• Respond to the business incidents and problems and escalate incidents when required.

• Responsible for providing desktop support services to all departments and desktop users related to the operation of computer hardware, software and telecommunications• Respond, Diagnose and repair system faults within agreed SLA’s

• Ensure tasks are completed to a high standard and to agreed timescales

• Ensure that incidents are escalated accordingly and efficiently to the Tier 3 IT Support Team.

• VoIP phone configuration and support• Ensure availability of the organizations VOIP/ Video Conference facilities and ensure it is tested daily and fully

A Matric/Grade 12 Certificate or equivalent

• Tertiary IT qualification (Required)

• MSCE / MCITP (Advantage)

• ITIL Certified (Advantage)