Deskside Support Specialist

Job Description Summary

As a Deskside Support Specialist, your primary role will be to provide technical services to internal customers by identifying, prioritizing, and confirming resolution of reported problems with desktop, laptop, remote desktop, and mobile devices. You will ensure that all phases of desktop support, including installations, upgrades, software, hardware, operating systems, and operating system configuration issues, are properly coordinated, monitored, tracked, and resolved.

Job Description

At Maxar we unlock the promise of space intelligence to help governments and businesses solve problems on earth and beyond. Since humans first explored our solar system, we have been supporting space missions with our tools. Maxar partners with innovative businesses and more than 50 governments to monitor global change, deliver broadband communications and advance space operations with capabilities in Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence.

Now is your chance to amplify your impact, working to solve the world's most pressing challenges. We are hiring immediately for an Endpoint Support Technician for our Pasadena, CA office.

What you will do day to day:

• Ensure that all phases of desktop support, including installations, upgrades, software, hardware, operating systems, and operating system configuration issues, are properly coordinated, monitored, tracked, and resolved.
• Monitor tickets & workflows and in accordance with team's SLAs.
• Create documentation where documentation is absent.
• Administer Active Directory accounts.
• Troubleshoots Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Support.
• Utilize remote user support tools to provide support.
• Provide M/S applications support (Exchange/Outlook, Office, Visio, etc.).
• Perform (advanced) Windows 10, Windows 11, and MAC OS troubleshooting.
• Perform (basic) Linux troubleshooting.
• Provide mobile device and service support.
• Provide Service Desk escalations.
• Perform physical hardware setup and tear down.
• Image systems and deploy software through SCCM.
• Provide rotational 24/7 on-call support.
• Professional written and interpersonal skills are essential when communicating with customers and clients.
• Maintain a high level of customer-service in all situations.

Life with Us:

There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:

* Career growth opportunities

* Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options

* Program to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development

* Student loan repayment

* Generous time off

* Plus, everything you'd expect from a leading employer such as a matching and immediately vest 401K plan, robust insurance coverage, medical, dental and vision, etc.

We are very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has a variety of resources to support learning and development. You will work with your manager, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizen
• 2-4 years' experience in technical support role
  • Experience may be substituted for education.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Windows 10 and 11, MAC OS, iOS, Android, Office 2016 and M365 suite, Active Directory Administration, Citrix and Virtual PC environments or a combination of.
• Ability to be on call on a rotational basis.

These Qualifications Would Be Amazing:

• Associate degree or bachelor's degree in computer science or closely related field.
• Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance, or willing and able to obtain a clearance.

• Experience supporting an enterprise environment.
• Ability to prioritize and manage several milestones and projects efficiently.
• Experience installing and configuring computer systems and applications for a large company.
• Experience with SharePoint.
• Experience with Visio.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on Maxar's Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Maxar's Career page.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.