Senior Tech Support Analyst

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides advanced technical support to the Service Desk analyst, enterprise, third-party vendors, patients, and clients through various support channels: email, chat, self-service, inbound/outbound calls
• Provides support to Associate/ServiceDesk, answer how-to questions around an Incident routing/resolution and procedures introduced by another workgroups
• Heightened emphasis on contributing new or updated information to Service Desk Knowledgebase
• Work with Application support to gather new and updated information for the Service Desk Knowledge Base
• Uses pertinent data and facts to identify and solve a range of problems within area of expertise
• Investigates non-standard requests and problems in collaboration with support groups
• Prioritizes and organizes own work to meet deadlines
• Provides explanations and information to others on topics within area of expertise
• Conducts root cause analysis, recommendations, solutions based on incident data trends
• Review, update, & create knowledge to assist users and other technicians to resolve issues
• Troubleshoot corporate applications such as but not limited to MS Office Suite, Enterprise supported browsers, Java Plug-ins etc.) assign issues to the appropriate support group as needed
• Proficiently manage the resolution of technical engagements; balancing customer service, providing support, and issue resolutions
• Effectively translate complex, technical concepts into consumable language to assist users of varied technical abilities
• Demonstrate a highly developed sense of integrity and commitment to customer satisfaction
• Thoroughly track all interactions with customers in an incident management tracking tool
• Adhere to policies and procedures regarding the safeguarding of protected information, such as personal health information (PHI/PII) and access to corporate systems
• Escalate high priority, high impact issues to appropriate internal support teams
• Meet or exceed operational targets such as but not limited to: ticket and contact quality, first call resolution, schedule adherence, and call handle time
• Provides back-up assistance for front line support when needed
• Uses existing procedures and facts to solve routine problems or conduct routine analyses
• Performs incident management response and restoration; determination of issue priority, provisioning, and service request fulfillment; installations, upgrades, and releases/deployments; and problem management analysis and resolution
• Data center construction, operations, and maintenance by properly documenting troubleshooting performed, resolution provided, and all pertinent information necessary to improve the service are recorded in a timely manner
• Understand technology functionalities, standard operating procedures, common issues, and solutions
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge about deployed technology trends and how they affect the business
• Act as a mentor/coach of Technical Support Analyst team members
• Practice process gap analysis and recommend continuous service improvements
• Perform as back support as Incident Coordinator, SCA, and On call support assignment
• Owns project assignments
• Promotes healthy working environment by exercising healthy working relationship with peers, leaders, counterparts
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a level 2 or SME/Coach in a ServiceDesk environment
• Extensive experience with Operating Systems support including but not limited to Macintosh and /or Windows Environment, and O365 Applications
• Knowledge and experience with end-user devices and computer peripherals troubleshooting (input devices like mouse and keyboard, output devices like monitors and projectors, headsets, docking stations, printers, etc.)
• Experience in a large corporate environment with high volume capacity
• Experience with Service Ticketing/Tracking Systems (ServiceNow preferred)
• Experience with Remote Control/Remote Assistance tools (Bomgar, native tools within Windows, and Altiris (Symantec) preferred)
• Knowledge and experience with Terminal Emulators (e.g. Putty)
• Experience with Knowledge Management systems (e.g. Universal Knowledge Suite, ServiceNow, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to maintain work habits for attendance and punctuality within standard

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable with Healthcare applications/tools is an advantage
• Healthcare background

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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