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Priscilla Kinonga Luworo

Service Desk Analyst

Nairobi, Kenya

Work Experience

  • Service Desk AnalystFull Time

    One Acre Fund

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 -2 yrs, 11 months

    • Helpdesk AdministratorFull Time

      ICT Africa Consultancy Services LTD

      Nov 2018 - Sep 2020 -1 yr, 10 months

      • Job Details:Key Achievements: Managing to close calls after 48 hours. Ensuring service requests are sent and approved within 24 hours. Ensuring calls are logged in the helpdesk system for proper tracking. Ensuring Level 1s get adequate training to upgrade their skills and solve issues promptly. Managing to send monthly reports to clients by the beginning of every month. By January 2020, we had documented 40% of the procedures, and 30% of the companies were compliant. Revising the service catalog for the organization. Responsibilities: Provide the first line of mitigation for ICT support requests for clients and escalate issues to the next level. Monitoring and responding quickly and effectively to requests received through the helpdesk system. Allocating support tickets/calls for respective technical resources and following up with support case progress until closure in line with SLA guidelines. Managing PC setup and deployment of new employees using standard hardware, images, and software, and assigning users and computers to proper groups in the Active Directory. Liaise with the project manager on follow-ups on projects that are currently ongoing and have been completed. Communicating with clients regarding the changeover for a smooth transition. Managing Level 1 and Level 2 resources and assigning duties properly. Working with the compliance department to document and automate procedures. Working with the software automation team to create checklists to standardize operations. Setting KPIs for the Level 1 technicians. Preparing daily/weekly/monthly analysis reports Ensuring and arranging for preventive maintenance to be done quarterly in all Ramco group of companies. Spearheading the revision of SLAs when needed and making sure they are followed.
    • IT AssociateFull Time

      Bridge International Academies

      Mar 2014 - Oct 2018 -4 yrs, 7 months

      Kenya , Nairobi

      • Job Details: Ensuring all Support calls and service requests are logged, assigned, resolved and closed effectively in the Helpdesk system (Mantis and service desk plus). Deciding on incident severity by effectively coordinating, prioritizing, and managing technical support issues and needs, balancing the technology demands of all office locations. Troubleshooting technical issues to resolution and/or escalating to colleagues, suppliers or partner organizations as required. Formatting, installation, customization of software & managing updates as directed by the IT director User account administration, i.e., account creation and management on Active Directory close to 500 Users. Validation and evaluation of technical and or operational information. Monitor and Report on trends through analyzing incoming calls, issues and support requests and provide graphical representation of this. Participates in testing and evaluating new releases done by the software team before it is deployed/released to users (QA). Maintain ICT asset Inventory of close to 7000 assets while coordinating their state, availability and ownership. Managing Helpdesk while spearheading escalation of issues. Resolve and administer: Active Directory, Group Policy, Firewall, DNS, VPN, and general User end software. Getting involved in the process of procuring IT assets in liaising with the procurement department, ensuring the company receives quality assets on value for money. Creating and maintaining ICT services and procedures documentations. Maintains up to date the security reports through reviewing firewall logs and generated error reports. Providing training programs to users for using different software and hardware products. Deploying computers and associated peripherals including new installations and redeployment of existing equipment. Ensure system and data security is maintained at a high standard, ensuring the integrity of the Bridge network and data are not compromised.
    • Education

      • Master's Degree in Software Engineering

        Nankai university

        Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 - 2 yr

      • Bachelor in Business Information Technology in Information Technology

        Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

        Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 - 3 yr

      • High School - Other

        Kitengela Girls' High School

        Jan 2007 

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      Languages

      • English

        Fluent
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