Purpose of this Programme

An internship with ECIC’s ICT Unit gives graduates the opportunity to gain relevant experience in a corporate environment while assisting with desktop and local area network (LAN) support to ECIC users and ensuring continued system availability.

Responsibilities & exposure

  • Serve as the initial contact for users of all IT supported systems, applications and services in operation;
  • Administer, maintain, service and support approximately 90 end users;
  • Hardware setup and support (including monitoring and updating inventory of computer equipment), PC’s, printers, wireless network, switches and cabling;
  • Software installation and support for various operating systems (Windows 10, Windows Server), Office 365 productivity and collaboration tools, SharePoint and Active directory;
  • Administer and maintain company's e-mail and internet facilities;
  • Ensure adequate backups (daily, monthly, yearly) are kept for critical data;
  • Maintain the anti-virus control procedures and ensure that the virus definition updates are downloaded and installed on all desktops;
    Administering of new equipment or peripherals (quotes, orders, invoices);
  • Record and escalate any IT service interruptions;
  • Assist and be part of in ICT projects;
  • Provide weekly ICT reports (incidents and problem management);
  • Provide basic end user training

Qualifications

  • A minimum of Diploma in IT or MCSE (or equivalent), A+ and N+ certification. An ITIL foundation certificate is preferred, but not essential.

Knowledge Skills and abilities

  • Must have good technical understanding of supporting and maintaining workstations and network in a Microsoft Windows environment;
  • Understanding of network architecture (OSI models, protocols);
  • Excellent communication skills;
  • Able to take initiative;
  • Able to work under pressure;