Consultant - Tech Analyst

Principal Global Services

500032

Description

Responsibilities

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Provide advanced Level 3 end‑user and infrastructure support to Principal employees, contractors, and VIP / Executive users across phone, chat, and email, with willingness to operate in frontline channels when required.
  • Deliver white‑glove VIP support to senior leadership (CXO, Directors, Executives) with end-to-end ownership, high responsiveness, and minimal business disruption.
  • Act as a subject matter expert (L3) while also supporting:
  • Call handling
  • Concurrent chat sessions
  • Complex ticket resolution
  • Own complex / escalated issues across device, identity, M365, and cloud stack:
  • Perform deep troubleshooting
  • Drive root cause analysis
  • Prevent repeat incidents
  • Continue to provide hands‑on device and endpoint support:
  • IMACD, refresh, break-fix
  • Advanced OS-level troubleshooting (Windows & macOS)

System Administration & Platform Ownership (Strengthened)

  • Lead and manage endpoint and identity administration:
  • Intune lifecycle management (policies, compliance, patching)
  • Entra ID (Azure AD) access, MFA, Conditional Access
  • M365 administration (Exchange, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive)
  • Handle VDI / Cloud PC / Virtual environments and complex access issues impacting user productivity.
  • Act as L3 escalation owner, working across:
  • Azure / Cloud teams
  • Network / Security
  • Infrastructure teams → But with expectation to drive resolution, not just escalate

AI, Copilot & Automation (New – Core Upgrade)

  • Use Microsoft Copilot and AI tools in day-to-day support to:
  • Accelerate troubleshooting
  • Generate knowledge / responses
  • Analyze incidents and patterns
  • Identify repetitive issues and convert into:
  • Automation workflows
  • Self-service solutions
  • AI-assisted support flows
  • Contribute to Agentic AI enablement:
  • Assist in building Copilot agents / automation use cases
  • Support chatbot improvements (knowledge grounding, responses)
  • Work with engineering teams on scaling AI solutions
  • Drive movement from: Tickets → Automation → Agent-led resolution

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT or equivalent experience
  • 9+ years of experience in:
  • IT Service Desk / End-User Computing / Infrastructure Support
  • Strong expertise across:
  • Endpoint, M365, Identity, and Support operations
  • Demonstrable exposure to:
  • Automation / scripting
  • AI tools / Copilot (preferred but increasingly expected)