IT Support Specialist - Mississauga, Canada - Buckland

Buckland

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Buckland

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IT Support Specialist - Lead

Organization Overview

For over 70 years Buckland has been working to help companies across the world experience global trade in a better way.

Buckland employs a unique approach to global trade that focuses on combining trusted technologies and talented people that know how to use them.

As a customer-focused company, Buckland provides customers with a single source of unmatched Customs Brokerage (Canadian, US, Mexican), Trade Managed Solutions, Freight Forwarding, Trade Technologies and Warehousing/Distribution Services.

Buckland strives to provide customized services in a memorable way.

Position Summary

Leads are involved in ongoing planning, designing and negotiations with contractors, vendors and internal teams following formal change management processes.

This position requires an excellent skill for documentation and the ability to analyze and report data that relates to the success of the support team and the total Buckland end user IT experience.

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What we can offer you

Competitive salary, benefits package and matching retirement plan
A friendly, collaborative work environment
Opportunities for professional development & ongoing learning
A chance to be part of a growing organization

Key Responsibilities:

Field incoming help requests from end users via phone, ticketing system or in person
Act as the primary point of contact for major incidents, coordinating the incident management process, and ensuring timely and effective communication with stakeholders.
Participate in the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all production systems, software, and communication links.
Maintain and implement ITIL/ITSM best practices and processes for incident management, problem management, and continuous service improvement.
Provide front line support by phone, remote or in person to ensure the end user experience
Training and coaching of IT Operations team members both 1on1 and in groups to increase key issue knowledge and remediation of shortfalls in skills
Perform ongoing reviews and coaching of IT Operations team to promote success
Provide hands on support of data systems, hardware, software and equipment
Monitor and analyze performance metrics to identify trends and areas for improvement, and to ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met consistently.
Participate in change management processes, assessing the potential impact of changes and ensuring that risks are mitigated effectively
Ensure hardware, software and network are available 98+% of time on 24/7 basis,
Develop and maintain documentation, including incident reports and (SOPs).
Ensure integration of support services and incident management processes
Participate in oncall afterhours and weekend incident support to meet SLA's
Successfully completed Computer Science Degree/Diploma or related technical education focusing on the following:
Virtual server technologies such as VMWare
Cloud Infrastructure
Microsoft Exchange online or equivalent cloudbased system
Microsoft SQL Server
Desktop support for PC environment supporting Windows 10 and Microsoft Office suite
Networking involving multiple platforms, Cisco/Nortel/HP/Dell/other vendors
ITIL Foundation Certification, with advanced certifications (such as ITIL Expert) preferred
A minimum of 5 years of experience in IT support, with at least 2 years in a team lead role
Experience in leading service teams through Project Management Life Cycles
Strong knowledge of ITSM processes, tools, and best practices
Experience in providing successful coaching and training of Performance Improvement Plans (PIP)
Strong report generation skills for identifying team level and department level performance
Networking fundamentals and experience considered an asset
Microsoft 365 and Azure experience and applied knowledge of PowerShell scripting