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Musa Ndobe

Musa Ndobe

Service Delivery Manager
Centurion

Summary

With over a decade of experience in managing and supporting service desk environments, I have consistently achieved success. As an IT support technician and service desk manager, I have a deep understanding of customer service and technical operations. My efficiency, motivation, and strong working knowledge of effective management principles make me a valuable asset. I excel at evaluating tickets to identify trends and escalation paths, utilizing my technical orientation and analytical skills. I am adept at exercising independent judgment and decision-making, establishing technical standards, ensuring adherence, and effectively solving technology problems.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Service Delivery Manager

Access Bank
11.2024 - Current

Coordinate the response to IT incidents, ensuring timely resolution
and communication with affected users.
 Conduct root cause analysis for recurring issues and develop
action plans to prevent future occurrences.
 Maintain an incident management database and ensure accurate
documentation of all support

Oversee the day-to-day operations of the IT service desk,
ensuring timely and effective resolution of support requests.
 Implement and maintain service desk processes, procedures, and
best practices.
 Monitor service desk performance metrics and ensure adherence
to service level agreements (SLAs).

Ensure the delivery of exceptional customer service, addressing
user issues and concerns promptly and professionally.
 Develop and implement strategies to improve user satisfaction
and service quality.

Prepare and present regular reports on service desk performance,
including key metrics and trends.
 Analyze support data to identify areas for improvement and make

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data-driven decisions.
 Provide insights and recommendations to senior management
based on analysis
 Act as an escalation point for complex or high-priority issues

Coordinate the response to IT incidents, ensuring timely resolution
and communication with affected users.
 Conduct root cause analysis for recurring issues and develop
action plans to prevent future occurrences.
 Maintain an incident management database and ensure accurate
documentation of all support activities.

Ensure compliance with all IT policies, procedures, and regulatory
requirements.
 Implement and maintain security best practices within the service
desk operations.
 Conduct regular audits and assessments to ensure adherence to
compliance standards

Service Delivery Manager & Project Manager

EOH & Diageo
10.2022 - Current
  • To ensure maximum availability of the service desk thus enabling business to access the first point of contact to IT
  • License Management: Maintain meticulous records of all software licenses to ensure compliance with Microsoft's licensing terms
  • Software assets management and Assets management with Snow
  • To ensure a high first line call resolution is achieved at first point of contact thus ensuring speedy turnaround times are achieved
  • To ensure that all performance management and training needs of staff in the Service Desk unit are met
  • To ensure service continuity by accurately categorizing, prioritizing, allocating and resolving service requests and incidents to deliver on current SLAs maintain continuous high-level customer service
  • To develop SOPs and generate inputs into monthly reports to report on performance and compliance
  • To inform the Senior managers of the operational budget requirements for the support unit to improve operational efficiency
  • To manage all staff, leave service requests to ensure that requests do not hamper operational activities
  • To ensure resource availability during business hours and attend to escalations by supervising the stand-by service
  • To ensure the optimal use of toolsets, service desk standards and client specific processes aligned to ITIL best practice
  • Improve customer service experience, create engaged customers, and facilitate organic growth
  • Keep accurate records and document customer service actions and discussions
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop customer service agents and nurture an environment where they can excel through encouragement and empowerment
  • Keep ahead of industry's developments and apply best practices to areas of improvement
  • Control resources and utilize assets to achieve qualitative and quantitative targets
  • Manage all IT Projects with Jira Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy
  • Develop, implement, and review operational policies and procedures
  • Assist HR with recruiting when necessary
  • Ad Management
  • Office 365 Administration Management

Team Leader / Service Desk Manager

Nosa / Turrito network
09.2021 - 10.2022
  • Managed the operation of Service Desk personnel to provide support to 3800 users
  • Led in development of strategic directions for teams to address critical business needs
  • Formed and facilitate root cause analysis teams as needed
  • Managed SLAs for the entire team are, communicate clear expectations to customers regarding response and resolution times
  • Server Maintenance Management, Draft report for server maintenance
  • Manage office 365 portal
  • Present Monthly Management Report to IT Manager and CIO
  • Apply best practice Office 365 security and compliance configuration
  • Mentor and assist team members when required
  • Resolving escalations and problem calls
  • Assess supported customer environments with a view to suggesting initiatives that could serve to improve the levels of support and service we provide as a team
  • Root-cause analysis for complex issues as per the problem management process
  • Proactive monitoring, evaluating, recommending, testing of new and existing platforms, Service Desk / Help desk
  • Incident, Change and Problem Management
  • Provide IT Support to all Users within company
  • Provide the appropriate assistance to all IT Related Issues, and when a resolution is not provided, escalate when applicable
  • Troubleshoot issues that are raised to the Service Desk
  • Ensuring 100% accuracy in the service desk platform, including tickets, tasks, to-dos, and other elements
  • Ensuring inbound channels for customer queries are active, operational, and manned adequately at all required hours
  • Ensuring all customer communication is fast, accurate, and informative
  • Critical incident management
  • Weekly and monthly reporting
  • Continuous improvement of systems and processes
  • Aid customer retention and satisfaction
  • Help to improve efficiency, processes, documentation
  • Infrastructure Management: Managing the organization's I&T infrastructure, which includes servers, storage, networks, end-user devices and other hardware components
  • Ensure optimization and maintenance of infrastructure
  • Systems Management: Managing the organization's I&T systems, which include software applications, databases, and other critical systems
  • Vendor Management: Managing relationships with I&T vendors and service providers, monitoring service level agreements, and ensuring that vendors are meeting the organization's needs
  • Provide guidance and support to the I&T help desk and other I&T support staff
  • Ad Management and creation of new users

IT Administrator / Service desk Manager

Comair Limited
09.2018 - 08.2021
  • Monitored server performance using advanced diagnostic tools leading to proactive identification of potential bottlenecks before impacting operations negatively
  • Managed vendor relationships effectively for timely procurement of IT equipment while adhering to budget constraints
  • Implemented desktop imaging strategies that expedited new employee onboarding process thereby minimizing downtime
  • Streamlined IT support processes with effective ticketing systems and prioritization methods for rapid issue resolution
  • Apply policies and manage user and computer accounts through Microsoft Group Policy
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders, displaying sound abilities to communicate at all levels
  • Act as the primary interface managing the services relationship between the clients
  • Operations performance, including: Service Improvement Plans
  • Establish, monitor, and report Service Delivery Reports
  • Escalation management and Reporting
  • Meeting Management with Clients
  • Major Incidents - Scrutinize adherence to process, recommends changes when SLA is not met, and work with larger delivery teams
  • Use influence and negotiation to achieve win-win outcomes
  • Liaise with key stakeholders to track progress on tasks, manage expectations and ensure internal clients' needs are met
  • Leave management
  • Configure servers for security vulnerability scanning and install security patches on compromised servers every week
  • Assist with resolving critical alerts (Security and Infrastructure) with regards to the ICT
  • Log and manage service requests and escalate major and critical incidents to the Systems Administrator Team Leader or to
  • Follow up on logged service requests and helpdesk escalations
  • Support internal and external users with connectivity to the relevant system
  • Liaise with service providers and users on the progress of service requests
  • Adhere to Change control procedures throughout the lifecycle
  • Makes decisions independently, within area of responsibility without unnecessarily referring to others

Desktop Support Engineer

Trenstar SA
06.2015 - 09.2018
  • Responding to client support requests
  • Contacting clients to find out the nature of the problem
  • Troubleshooting hardware and software issues
  • Installing and maintaining hardware and computer peripherals
  • Troubleshooting networking and connection issues
  • Ad Management and Creation of new users and joining Pc to Domain
  • 3rd Party Software Support
  • Operating System Install / Configure and Maintain
  • AP management and Router set-up
  • Onsite User Support
  • Microsoft Windows & Office Application Support and Installation
  • Windows Server Management & Administration
  • Microsoft Office 365 Administration
  • Install, configure, and support end-user IT hardware and software within acceptable response times
  • Manage users on systems (reset passwords, create new accounts etc)

Desktop Support Engineer

Cancom SA
04.2013 - 06.2015
  • Provide technical user/system support for desktops/laptops and user computing environment
  • Perform installations of hardware and software and Server support
  • Assist users via Service Desk process
  • Upgrades, maintenance, and repairs on hardware
  • 1st Level troubleshooting and repair for domains, NOS, Networking, and applications
  • Monitor and administration of printing system
  • Scanners support (Mc67, Mc65, RFID Scanners, C70.C71)
  • Adhere to internal Administration & Operational processes
  • Advise and assist regarding the procurement of all ICT equipment and consumables
  • Provide a high quality of user support to include Desktop support

Education

ITIL Foundation -

Aws Cloud Essentials - undefined

IT Service Management - undefined

ISO200

IT Service desk Management - undefined

PME - undefined

Project Manager

Software Specialist - undefined

A+ -

Boston
South Africa

T Service Desk - undefined

Management Fundamentals

SQL - undefined

BSC - Proposed qualification in progress

Computer Science

Skills

Service level agreement management

Performance improvement

Incident management

Project implementation

Timeline

Service Delivery Manager

Access Bank
11.2024 - Current

Service Delivery Manager & Project Manager

EOH & Diageo
10.2022 - Current

Team Leader / Service Desk Manager

Nosa / Turrito network
09.2021 - 10.2022

IT Administrator / Service desk Manager

Comair Limited
09.2018 - 08.2021

Desktop Support Engineer

Trenstar SA
06.2015 - 09.2018

Desktop Support Engineer

Cancom SA
04.2013 - 06.2015

Aws Cloud Essentials - undefined

IT Service Management - undefined

ISO200

IT Service desk Management - undefined

PME - undefined

Project Manager

Software Specialist - undefined

T Service Desk - undefined

Management Fundamentals

SQL - undefined

ITIL Foundation -

A+ -

Boston

BSC - Proposed qualification in progress

Computer Science
Musa NdobeService Delivery Manager