IT Service Desk Analyst (m/f/d)

Description

IT Service Desk Analyst (m/f/d) – based in Frankfurt

Alvarez & Marsal is an entrepreneurial and dynamic professional services firm, successful in everything we do, and we are growing fast. We are looking for a driven and hands-on IT Help Desk Analyst to support our growing IT Team.

Job Description:

The IT Service Desk Analyst (m/f/d) will support all users by email, telephone, remote support tools and/or direct contact for technology related problems. The IT Service Desk Analyst (m/f/d) will provide diagnosis, resolution, or escalation to other service desks, engineering and/or applications development groups using our internal incident management system. In addition, the IT Service Desk Analyst (m/f/d) is responsible for accurately logging calls, understanding and interpreting all support requests, providing documentation and resolution for our internal knowledge base, and assist on other assigned projects that will provide technical solutions to our user community through information support requests or as directed.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of user problems and be pro-active when dealing with user requests and issues.
• Maintain and monitor all network, security and computer systems to meet the organization’s current and future requirements.
• Analyze, diagnose, resolve or escalate reported issues, requests and outages in a timely manner.
• Build, configure, install, and troubleshoot laptops, mobile devices and tablets.
• Administer various software platforms including: O365/Azure, encryption, Unified Communications, MDM, storage and backup platforms.
• Willing to go the extra mile to provide outstanding level of support to maintain a high degree of customer service face-to-face, on email and via telephone. 
• Demonstrate a willingness to work flexibly, sometimes outside of normal core hours supporting other offices in Europe and provide responses to service demands as agreed with the IT Director.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience in a similar IT Support role, using ITIL framework in providing desk side support as well as use of Remote Support Tools to support users out of the office.
• Background in providing exceptional customer service and able to handle time sensitive situations face-to-face and over the phone.
• Previous experience using an incident management/tracking system is a must.
• Experience in providing support in a Windows 10 environment as well as Mac OS X – configure, deploy, support and using SCCM and JAMF.
• Experience in supporting mobile devices such as Apple and Android devices using an MDM platform such as MS Intune.
• Knowledge of LAN/WAN networking, TCP/IP troubleshooting and remote access VPN technology.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, Office 365 administration – mailbox and account management.
• Exposure to Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019, Exchange and Active Directory.
• Experience in provisioning and troubleshooting Cisco unified communication systems and Cisco Jabber.
• Experience in using and supporting MS Teams, SharePoint and other collaboration / conferencing tools such as Cisco WebEx.
• Being an all-round team player, people’s person, and able to work in an open environment is a must.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills; fluency in German and English
• A good understanding of ITIL based structure.
• IT based qualifications such as; A+, MTA, MCSA or similar.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a professional services firm with a great work ethic and positive attitude. The role will be based in Frankfurt, with the occasional travel to different sites in Europe when needed. 

Inclusive Diversity

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.

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