Job Description:
Desktop Support Technician
This is a 1099 Independent Contractor role with no benefits. Compensation is $30/hour. Location is onsite at the clients' location in Portland, OR. If you agree to these terms, please proceed with your application.
This role if for someone with prior desktop support experience (Hardware Replacement, Windows Upgrades, PC Refresh, etc.) with experience supporting WIN7 / WIN10.
Qualifications:
- Key skills: Windows 7/10, Office 2013/O365, mobile device management.
- Hardware would range from desktops/laptops/workstations/ thin clients.
- Knowledge of ticketing platforms is key and knowledge of ITIL fundamentals is a plus.
- Prior experience Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting WIN7/10 desktops & laptops.
- Prior knowledge and experience supporting a client's datacenter.
- Excellent Customer Service skills.
- Can manage small project teams.
- Any prior support knowledge of the Apple MAC platform is a big plus.
- Ability to build rapport with clients.
- Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
- Must be friendly, eager to learn, self-motivated, and good under pressure.
- Positive and professional demeanor; a self-starter capable of working with minimal supervision
- Has 3-5 years of experience
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical assistance with computer hardware and software.
- Resolve issues for clients via phone, in person, or electronically.
- Recommend hardware and software improvements.
- Track customer issues and resolutions
- Accurately testing, identifying, repairing, resolving, and documenting end user technical issues regarding basic network/desktop/laptop support, Printers, iPhone, and LAN cable drops.
- Swap-Out and troubleshoot software issues.
- Reimaging computers/hard drives
- IMACD functions including installation and decommission.
- Backing up and restoring user data
PTYTECH is an IT staffing firm working to simplify the connection between innovative companies and reliable tech talent. Founded on the basis of providing our clients and candidates confidence in their next hire or career opportunity, our staffing experts work diligently to place IT professionals quickly and at the most affordable cost on the market.
Our average placement time of 48-72 hours combined with our very low attrition rate result in lower project deployment costs for our clients. Additionally, we ensure that we vet the organizations that we work with just as thoroughly as we do our candidates, optimizing these professionals for success in their new roles.