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Education
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Certification
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Josh Engel

Josh Engel

IT Professional
Overland Park,KS

Summary

Supportive Team Lead with 13 years of IT experience. Expert in workflow management, problem solving, technical troubleshooting, and documentation of processes.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Team Lead - Field Services

Netsmart Technologies
06.2022 - Current
  • Proactively lead a five-person team that provides full managed services support to four primary clients
  • Act as a liaison between Field Services and Help Desk teams, as well as client leadership teams
  • Communicate RCA to client leadership
  • Manage third-party technology vendors, including Barracuda, UltiPro, T-Mobile, Insight, Zoom, and Microsoft
  • Engage in weekly team and 1:1 meetings to ensure projects are progressing and on schedule
  • Monitor support ticket queues daily for multiple clients to ensure SLAs are being met
  • Delegate tasks and assign projects to team members based on their strengths and areas of expertise
  • Provide technical, logistical, and time management guidance to my team to help them meet their goals and hit task milestones
  • Provide additional end-user support as needed with O365, MFA, SSO, Azure/Entra, Active Directory, Avaya, EDR, VMs, network shares, printers.

Sr. Field Service Technician

Netsmart Technologies
06.2018 - 06.2022
  • Performed troubleshooting and solved problems related to PC hardware and software
  • Updated customers regularly on ongoing trouble tickets and provided full report of issues
  • Administration of Active Directory, VOIP phone system, Office 365, Barracuda e-mail security suite
  • Endpoint deployment and management
  • Interfaced with server and network engineering teams to evaluate and address issues
  • Extensively documented policies, procedures, and protocols to create uniformity between Field Services and Tier 1 and 2 support teams
  • Took ownership of Avaya VOIP system and regularly worked with end users and support vendors to streamline the system.

Desktop Support Specialist

ENGIE Services North America
09.2015 - 06.2018
  • Diagnosed and resolved system hardware and software issues using advanced root-cause analysis
  • Identified and developed methods and techniques to troubleshoot challenging technical problems for end users
  • Researched, strategized, and implemented technical documentation, training procedures, and usage policies
  • Performed system administration in Active Directory, Office 365, Mitel VOIP, and other third-party software
  • Provided ongoing training and technical assistance to users at the desktop level and created more efficient processes to minimize downtime
  • Designed and evaluated project plans and tracked complex projects to completion through all phases to enhance existing applications.

IT Consultant

Tritech Consulting
11.2014 - 09.2015
  • Provided infrastructure and help desk support for small to medium-sized business clients
  • Supported clients both remotely and on site with hardware and software troubleshooting
  • Performed troubleshooting and maintained all networking devices and infrastructure including switches, routers, and firewalls
  • Restored data, operating systems, files, documents, and drivers
  • Resolved customer issues in a clear, courteous, and straightforward manner.

Field Service Specialist

Epicor Software
10.2010 - 11.2014
  • Installed, maintained, and performed troubleshooting on Dell PCs and servers, printers, Point-of-Sale peripherals, and advanced networking equipment
  • Provided timely phone and onsite hardware support for a wide variety of network sizes and configurations
  • Maintained professional relationships with customers and kept them up to date with Epicor's current and future hardware and software offerings
  • Utilized time-management and organization skills to efficiently service customer base that covered a large geographical area
  • Helped customers make decisions regarding business growth and profitability by acting as a trusted advisor.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

California State University - Northridge
06.1994

Skills

  • Customer Focus
  • Issue Resolution
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Strong Communication
  • Documentation
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Time Management

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) / 2010
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) / 2010

Timeline

Team Lead - Field Services - Netsmart Technologies
06.2022 - Current
Sr. Field Service Technician - Netsmart Technologies
06.2018 - 06.2022
Desktop Support Specialist - ENGIE Services North America
09.2015 - 06.2018
IT Consultant - Tritech Consulting
11.2014 - 09.2015
Field Service Specialist - Epicor Software
10.2010 - 11.2014
California State University - Northridge - Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
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