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About the role

  • Remote Help Desk Analyst supporting Government of Alberta applications and stakeholders. Troubleshooting tickets, user accounts, data discrepancies, defects, and application issues.

Responsibilities

  • Provide front-line application Help Desk support to external stakeholders and end users
  • Receive, classify, document, track, and resolve application-related inquiries
  • Log and manage tickets using Help Desk/ticketing software
  • Troubleshoot issues and provide resolutions or workarounds
  • Escalate unresolved issues to appropriate technical/business teams
  • Maintain communication with clients throughout issue resolution
  • Coordinate with internal Government of Alberta teams and external stakeholders
  • Support user ID/password creation, maintenance, and identity verification
  • Investigate and resolve data discrepancies, particularly student data within Stakeholder Registry (SHR)
  • Test bug fixes, application changes, and new functionality
  • Communicate application defects identified during troubleshooting/testing
  • Maintain known issues, workarounds, best practices, and support documentation
  • Develop and update user manuals and training materials
  • Identify recurring issues and future training requirements
  • Collect, edit, validate, and convert data when required
  • Prepare regular status reports on reported issues
  • Participate in application/support-related projects
  • Follow Help Desk policies, procedures, and processes
  • Identify opportunities to improve Help Desk efficiency and effectiveness
  • Cross-train within the Help Desk environment

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or diploma in IT, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent
  • 4+ years of experience as an Application Help Desk Analyst supporting external stakeholders
  • 4+ years of experience with user identity verification, user IDs, passwords, and account administration
  • 4+ years of experience using Help Desk/ticketing software for logging, categorizing, tracking, resolving, and escalating tickets
  • 4+ years of experience working directly with clients/end users and coordinating with external and internal stakeholders
  • 4+ years of experience supporting multiple applications for different stakeholder groups
  • 4+ years of experience with Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience troubleshooting application issues and coordinating resolutions with technical and business teams
  • Experience testing bug fixes, application enhancements, and new features
  • Experience maintaining support documentation, known issues, workarounds, and best practices
  • Nice-to-have: 1+ year developing and delivering user manuals and training materials
  • Nice-to-have: 1+ year documenting user requirements, business processes, and workflows
  • Nice-to-have: 1+ year planning, performing, or monitoring User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Nice-to-have: 1+ year providing end-user operational system support, including data-related support
  • Nice-to-have: 1+ year supporting web-based applications and troubleshooting across different internet browsers
  • Nice-to-have: 1+ year experience with Microsoft SharePoint 2005 or higher, including design, development, or support

Benefits

  • Remote work arrangement
  • Monday–Friday schedule, 8:15 AM–4:30 PM Alberta time
  • Exclusion of provincial holidays

Job title

Job type

Contract

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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