Job No. 159404
- Job Title:
- IT Service Desk Agent
- Employer:
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University of Memphis
- Location:
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Memphis , TN
- Posting Date:
- 26-Aug-2026
- Description:
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Job Description
The IT Service Desk Agent provides first-level technical support to students, faculty, staff, and other authorized users. This position serves as a primary point of contact for technology-related questions, incidents, and service requests received through telephone, email, chat, walk-in support, and the IT service management system.
The Service Desk Agent delivers timely, courteous, and effective assistance; documents customer interactions accurately; resolves common technology issues; and escalates more complex matters to the appropriate technical support team. This is an entry-level position designed for an individual who has foundational technical knowledge, strong customer-service skills, and an interest in developing a career in information technology.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Customer and Technical Support
Serve as a first point of contact for customers requesting technical assistance.
Respond to support requests received by telephone, email, chat, walk-in, self-service portal, or other approved channels.
Provide courteous, professional, and customer-focused service.
Troubleshoot and resolve common hardware, software, account-access, connectivity, printing, classroom technology, and application issues.
Assist customers with password resets, multifactor authentication, account access, and other identity-related requests.
Guide customers through troubleshooting steps using clear, nontechnical language.
Use remote-support tools when appropriate and authorized.
Confirm that the customer’s issue has been resolved before closing the interaction.
Incident and Request Management
Create, update, categorize, prioritize, and resolve tickets in the IT service management system.
Document the customer’s issue, troubleshooting performed, resolution provided, and next steps.
Follow established incident, request, escalation, and major incident procedures.
Escalate unresolved or complex issues to the appropriate technical team with complete and accurate documentation.
Monitor assigned tickets and communicate status updates to customers.
Meet established service-level targets for response, resolution, documentation, and customer communication.
Recognize potentially high-impact or widespread issues and notify service desk leadership promptly.
Knowledge and Process Support
Use approved knowledge articles, troubleshooting guides, scripts, and standard operating procedures.
Identify missing, outdated, or inaccurate knowledge content.
Create or recommend updates to knowledge articles based on recurring customer questions and successful resolutions.
Participate in training, team meetings, service reviews, and continuous-improvement activities.
Stay informed about current technology services, planned changes, outages, and institutional announcements.
Follow established quality-assurance standards for customer interactions and ticket documentation.
Security, Compliance, and Other Duties
Verify customer identity before completing password resets, account changes, or other restricted activities.
Protect confidential, personal, institutional, and regulated information.
Follow information-security policies and report suspected phishing, compromised accounts, security incidents, or inappropriate system access.
Maintain assigned equipment and comply with acceptable-use requirements.
Support special projects, technology deployments, peak service periods, and other departmental activities.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
Foundational knowledge of computers, mobile devices, operating systems, software applications, and internet connectivity.
Demonstrated customer-service, communication, or problem-solving experience.
Ability to communicate technical information clearly to customers with varying levels of technical knowledge.
Ability to document work accurately and follow established procedures.
Ability to manage multiple requests and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies, applications, and support processes.
Equivalency statement: Relevant coursework, technical training, internships, student employment, volunteer experience, or personal technology-support experience may be considered in place of formal professional IT experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Associate degree, technical diploma, college coursework, or industry training in information technology, computer science, cybersecurity, business technology, or a related field.
Up to one year of experience in customer service, technical support, a call center, computer lab, service desk, retail technology, or a related environment.
Experience supporting Microsoft Windows, macOS, Microsoft 365, web browsers, mobile devices, printers, or wireless connectivity.
Experience using a ticketing or IT service management platform such as ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, TeamDynamix, Freshservice, or a similar system.
Familiarity with Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, multifactor authentication, remote-support tools, or endpoint-management technologies.
CompTIA A+, HDI Support Center Analyst, ITIL Foundation, Microsoft Fundamentals, or a comparable entry level certification.
Experience working in a college, university, school, public-sector, healthcare, or other service-oriented environment.