# Desktop Engineer

Reference: JHB007377-Ruan-1 Our client in the agriculture and food production sector is looking for 2x Desktop Engineers in the Dundee and Albert Falls areas on a 3 months contract. Candidates need to have solid Desktop Support experience with knowledge of Network troubleshooting as initial support before escalating to the Network team. Duties & Responsibilities Key Responsibilities End User Support Provide Level 1 and Level 2 support for desktops, laptops, mobile devices, printers, scanners, and peripherals. Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and operating system issues. Support Microsoft Windows 10/11 and Microsoft 365 applications. Troubleshoot Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint access issues. Manage incidents and requests through the IT service desk. User Administration Create, modify, and disable user accounts. Manage Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID user administration. Reset passwords and maintain security group memberships. Support MFA and identity management processes. Device Deployment & Lifecycle Management Configure and deploy desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Build and maintain workstation images. Manage hardware refreshes and equ

- **Id**: 4211600
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/datacentrix-desktop-engineer>
- **Role**: Support
- **Role family**: Support
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T08:01:04Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T08:01:04Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2192
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Infrastructure & Networking Services, Managed IT Services (MSP), Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 57422
- **Name**: Datacentrix
- **Domain**: datacentrix.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/datacentrix>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Active Directory** — Optional: no
- **ITIL** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **OneDrive** — Optional: no
- **Outlook** — Optional: no
- **Service Desk** — Optional: no
- **SharePoint** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T00:57:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: seen:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T02:25:13Z

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