IT Support Associate, End User Experience

IT Support Associate, End User Experience

Role Overview:

Brilliant Earth is hiring an IT Support Associate to join our IT team. As a member of the IT team, this role will be instrumental in ensuring that our end users receive unparalleled support and assistance, enabling them to achieve their goals seamlessly. This person must be a customer-oriented problem solver who thrives in a dynamic and fast-growing environment and possess a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.

This role requires full-time in-office attendance at our Secaucus Distribution Center location.

You Will:

• Deliver outstanding customer service by promptly addressing end users' technical inquiries and providing solutions that meet their needs in-person, and through our ITSM solution (Freshservice), along with chat (Teams) and remote session when needed (TeamViewer).
• Manage and support various hardware components, including computers (PC and Mac), printers, QR scanners and wireless network. Ensure the availability, reliability, and security of these systems to enhance end user productivity.
• Diagnose and resolve technical issues reported by end users, leveraging your exceptional research and problem-solving skills to identify root causes and implement effective solutions.
• Efficiently manage and resolve tickets (incidents and service requests) reported by end users though our Ticketing Solution, ensuring minimal disruption to their workflow and delivering timely solutions, fulfilling the Company’s SLAs.
• Control on-site Inventory and oversee the entire laptop lifecycle: receiving new devices, refurbishing used ones, maintaining accurate inventory levels, and securely shipping laptops to new hires across the company.
• Partner with HR to seamlessly onboard new employees by ensuring their laptops are delivered and ready for use upon arrival and facilitating a smooth technology setup process.
• Streamline the offboarding process by collecting company laptops, securely wiping data, and updating the Asset Management system to reflect equipment return.
• Adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment, where priorities may shift, and new challenges arise regularly.
• Utilize your expertise in SAML/LDAP (OKTA) to manage user identities, access permissions, and authentication, ensuring secure and efficient access to company resources.
• Provide comprehensive support for Office 365 applications, assisting end users with configuration, access, and usage queries.
• Assist with onboarding new employees, ensuring they have the necessary technology setup and conducting training sessions to enhance end user proficiency with our systems.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation on support processes, troubleshooting steps, and frequently asked questions, facilitating knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address complex technical issues and contribute to the improvement of our IT infrastructure and user experience.
• Participate in a weekend on-call rotation to provide essential support to end users during weekends and holidays. Ensure prompt response and resolution of critical issues to maintain business continuity.

Required Experience:

• 3+ years’ proven experience in providing end user support, ideally in a startup or dynamic environment.
• Expertise in SAML/LDAP (preferably in OKTA) and Office 365.
• Experience in managing and supporting hardware components such as computers (MAC and PC), printers and Scanners.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a passion for conducting in-depth research to find solutions.
• Outstanding customer service skills with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical users effectively.
• A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly organized and capable of multitasking in a fast-paced environment.
• Adaptable and willing to embrace challenges and change.

Other Desired Experience:

• Expertise in SAML/LDAP (preferably in OKTA) and Office 365.
• Freshservice Workflow Automator, Fields and Form management, and report creation (analytics).
• MDM tools (JAMF and Intune) for enrollment and secure configuration of employee laptops.
• Hardware cleanup/maintenance for on-site printers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience in related field, preferred

At Brilliant Earth, our mission is to cultivate a more transparent, sustainable, compassionate, & inclusive jewelry industry. We believe in creating jewelry you can feel good about wearing, without ever compromising between quality and conscience. We are hard-working team players that welcome challenges and rise to any occasion. Our community of collaboration, respect and encouragement is fostered by frequent team events, cross-departmental meetings and celebrating our wins, big and small. As one of the fastest growing e-commerce jewelers in the world, we're searching for bright and passionate people who are excited to make an impact from day one and grow with the company to take on greater responsibility over time.

Brilliant Earth recognizes the value of diversity and inclusion on our team, as we work together to reinvent fine jewelry in a thoughtful and modern way. At Brilliant Earth, we celebrate each other – our successes, the lessons along the way, and the unique perspectives each individual brings to our team. It is our intent to maintain a work environment and hiring process which is free of harassment or discrimination because of sex, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, military service, veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal, State or local laws. We are committed to complying with all Federal, State and local laws providing Equal Employment Opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

If you need assistance or reasonable accommodation completing an application or at any stage of the interview process, please reach out to us at accommodations@brilliantearth.com.