National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Help Desk Specialist
Aug. 2019 - Jun. 2021Bethesda, Maryland, United States● Addressed over 225 user issues within the Remedyforce queue in a timely fashion. ● Diagnose hardware, software, and networking issues on user’s workstations and equipment to determine root causes and implement solutions to restore functionality to users. ● Work with other IT teams to troubleshoot issues serving as on-site point-of-contact to implement fixes as instructed.
● Work with the NIAID network team on assigning user workstations, printers and scientific equipment to the appropriate VLANs.
● Work with the NIAID security team to mitigate security vulnerabilities on user workstation.
● Work with the NIAID workstation development team on new operating system image rollouts.
● Troubleshoot multiple hardware and software issues across Windows and Apple operating systems. ● Communicate with external vendors to acquire software licenses and discuss machine requirements/settings for software to function.
● Performed the operating system upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.11,10.12, which includes data backup, OS reimaging/installation, peripheral setup, antivirus security procedure, hard drive encryption, and software installations. ● Performed administrative functions such as assisting user account access, reset password, grant account permissions and user’s rights via Active Directory. ● Map Network drives and connect to servers of various share drives on the network.