Desktop Support Technician

Job Description

Role Purpose:

• Provide dedicated on-site IT/OT support, ensuring seamless operations, rapid incident resolution, and proactive maintenance at sites. Act as the primary point of contact for all local IT/OT issues and coordinate with remote teams for escalations.

Responsibilities: -

Incident Management & Resolution:

• Act as Site SPOC for critical incidents (P1/P2) and coordinate with the Critical Incident Manager.
• Perform triage and assignment of site alerts/incidents.
• Provide hands-and-eyes support for break-fix issues that cannot be resolved remotely.
• Adhering to SLAs agreed in the Scope
• ITIL Processes awareness and adhering to ITIL process workflow.

Site Operations & Preventive Maintenance:

• Conduct daily site walkthroughs and routine checks.
• Maintain site-specific knowledge base and update manuals.
• Performs routine maintenance and preventive checks to ensure the health of critical IT systems
• Assist in planned change management activities requiring on-site presence.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Bridge between L2/L3 support teams and business stakeholders.
• Engage and escalate IT issues impacting business operations.
• Coordinate and shadow dispatch engineers during work completion.

• Reporting to the Track Lead / Team Lead at Site
• Handling tickets/requests to troubleshoot the nature of reported problems and taking necessary steps to
• resolve those problems
• Troubleshooting technical issues
• Attends operations related meetings.
• Site review & meetings with site SPOC.
• Meetings with vendors, OEMs on open actions
• Project support meetings

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• Minimum 5-7yrs hands on dedicated experience as deskside/Onsite support/local IT engineer
• Strong Microsoft Operating System installation (Win10 / Win11 / MAC OS X) and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong Experience in Providing Hands & feet Support for Network and Datacenter Equipment/Devices
• Familiarity of IT-OT systems (SCADA, PLC, HMI), industrial networking, Windows-based engineering workstations.
• ServiceNow for SLA tracking and ticket management.
• Good knowledge in handling RF scanners, industry level label printers (Zebra, etc)
• Hands on experience in handling Data center hardware.
• Good knowledge on Virtualization, Network, Storage servers, backups, VMs, and Cloud technology.
• Strong Customer service skills
• Able to handle unforeseen situations.
• Knowledge on ITIL Ticketing tools such as ServiceNow, BMC remedy etc, and ITIL concepts such as change process, problem, incidents, and requests tickets.

Additional Responsibility

• Might need to travel to other sites based on demand and requirements.
• On-call requirement for P1/Urgent issues outside regular support hours (local business hours).
• Handle operations and customer requirements as per process and agreed SOW.
• Possible rotational shifts.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written)
• Coordination with HCL internal teams, stakeholders, and vendors
• Good documentation skills
• Good working knowledge of MS OFFICE
• Should have a great customer handling skill
• Can drive HCL’s value and its methodology
• Ability to adjust to evolving processes

HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of , , , , , , , sexual , physical or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to secure@hcltech.com for investigation.

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.