# Service Desk Agent - Fixed Term Contract

Step Into a Role That Makes an Impact! We’re seeking a Service Desk Agent on a 5-month contract to drive success at AVI IT Shared Services Division in Cape Town. The Service Desk Agent is tasked with providing operational support to business users as well as the IT Infrastructure team. The support process will be underpinned by the ITIL methodology that is applied within the AVI ITSS Service Desk environment. The Service Desk Agent’s key focus is providing first line support to customers in an ITIL service model with a strong view to resolve the majority of incidents as quickly and accurately as possible. This also includes proactive system monitoring and problem resolution that lends itself to broadening both the skillset and capacity of the incumbent in the role as part of the broader service engineering team Reporting Structure: Reports to: Service Agent Team Lead Key Areas of Impact: Ability to identify research and resolve a broad range of problems associated with users as well as the broader IT Systems infrastructure. Provide operational support to business users including after-hours support by assisting in problem resolution Monitors the Systems and Infrast

- **Id**: 3856444
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/avi-service-desk-agent-fixed-term-contract>
- **Role**: Support
- **Role family**: Support
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-26T07:42:18Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-26T07:42:18Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 15
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4416
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4495717
- **Name**: AVI
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/avi-9>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Simplify

## Technologies

- **Incident Management** — Optional: no
- **ITIL** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no
- **Service Desk** — Optional: no
- **SharePoint** — Optional: no
- **VMWare** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **Windows Server** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 15

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T06:26:30Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.788
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 15
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:15, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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