Dynamic IT Specialist with a successful track record at the US Army National Guard in data analysis and information security. Proficient in enhancing system usability, delivering exceptional technical support, application installations, and account management. Utilizes strong communication skills to resolve issues and optimize operations. Committed to excellence in every project undertaken.
Plans and carry out difficult and complex assignments in the delivery of customer support services. Assignments include interpreting IT policies, standards, and requirements and modifying and adapting existing methods and approaches, implementing recommendations independently or as a team member, providing advice and guidance on a wide range and variety of complex IT issues, evaluating and recommending new or enhanced approaches to delivering IT services, and analyzing and recommending resolution of complex issues associated with responding to customer requests and requirements. Performs the following major duties associated with these assignments:
• Diagnose and resolve difficult and complex problems in response to customer reported incidents, providing advice and assistance to minimize interruptions to critical business activities and inputting data on the problem and resolution into tracking/ticketing systems.
• Researches, evaluates, and provides feedback on incident and request trends and patterns in customer support requirements and recommends new tools to enhance delivery of customer requirements. Identifies priorities and barriers to recommendations and may present recommendations, in writing or orally, to a variety of stakeholders.
• Researches and provides response to customer service requests, utilizing tracking/ticketing systems to track and identify customer needs, as well as discussing requirements with the customer to resolve the customer need.
• Installs, configures, troubleshoots, and maintains customer hardware and software.
• Recommends customer support procedures, standards, and performance metrics.
• Provides customer training.
• Ensures application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of customer support services. • Performs other duties as assigned.
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