Helpdesk Specialist
San Francisco, CAJob$24–29/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Helpdesk Specialist provides first-line technical support to end-users through phone, email, chat, or in-person channels. The role troubleshoots hardware, software, network, and other IT issues; helps users configure devices; and documents incidents and resolutions. It also develops knowledge-base materials to support self-help and user education.
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Full job description
Why Join Us?
At Check Point, what you do matters. Every day, we protect over 100,000 organizations worldwide from increasingly sophisticated cyber and AI-driven threats, securing their AI transformation.
Our prevention-first approach safeguards hybrid networks, cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems, stopping attacks before they happen.
This is where innovation meets real-world impact. You’ll help customers across industries operate with confidence in a rapidly changing digital world, working alongside smart, curious people who take ownership, challenge assumptions, and solve complex problems.
We’re proud to be recognized by TIME, Newsweek, and Forbes for excellence and workplace culture.
What really sets Check Point apart is the opportunity to grow, contribute, and help companies navigate their AI transformation securely.
If you’re excited to work at the forefront of AI-driven security on a global scale, this is the place to do it.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide first-line technical support to end-users via various communication channels, including phone, email, chat, or in-person.
- Respond to user inquiries, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, and provide resolutions within established service level agreements (SLAs).
- Identify, diagnose, and resolve technical problems related to computer systems, software applications, network connectivity, and other IT-related equipment.
- Assist users in setting up and configuring workstations, printers, peripherals, and other IT devices.
- Document and maintain accurate records of reported incidents, inquiries, and solutions in the helpdesk ticketing system.
- Develop and maintain knowledge base articles, user guides, and FAQs to facilitate self-help and user education.
Qualifications
- Some experience with Microsoft Windows support (10/11 Server 2012/2019).
- PC/network connectivity knowledge (Ethernet, TCP/IP).
- Proven experience working in a helpdesk or technical support role.
- Strong knowledge of computer hardware, software applications, operating systems, and network troubleshooting.
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users.
- Customer-focused attitude and strong commitment to delivering high-quality support.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Advanced troubleshooting capabilities.
- Multi-tasking skills.
- Customer orientation and great communication skills.
- Mac OS X ,Linux knowledge – an advantage.
- Customer orientation and great communication skills.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship from an employer now or in the future.
EOE M/F/Veterans/Persons with disability The wage range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors in determining your pay. We'll consider your location, experience, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The wage disclosure has not been adjusted for applicable geographic differentials associated with the location at which this position may be filled. A reasonable estimate of the current base wage range for this role is $24/hr - $29/hr. In addition to the base compensation, certain roles are eligible for additional compensation, including an annual bonus or sales incentive based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Check Point Software Technologies and the country/state where you work. US-based employees gain access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, stock awards and an employee stock purchasing plan.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,186 open Technical Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24–29/hr
- California median$29–39/hr82 hourly ranges
- US median$21–36/hr1,369 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26.50/hr, is 25% below the California median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Technical Support hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 380 open Technical Support jobs in California and 4,186 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Apple58 open
- Anduril9 open
- Insight Global8 open
- Experience
- Technical Support postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,736 postings).
- Education
- 368 of the 4,186 open Technical Support jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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