Technical Support Spec Sr

Department: MED-Central IT
Salary/Grade: ITS/77

Job Summary:

This specific role is within the Feinberg IT centralized IT team. The central IT team provides resources and support to the Feinberg School of Medicine.

Specific Responsibilities :

Strategic Planning

• Recommends, plans, and implements workplace endpoint technology initiatives.
• Analyzes user's infrastructures and recommends or coordinates remedial changes as necessary.

Administration

• Authors Scopes of Work for medium to large sized projects
• Manages and coordinates projects collaboratively with internal/external clients utilizing the IT unit's systems to meet specific client goals.
• Creates project plans, testing, implementation, and evaluation of system.
• Mentors, trains and develops junior staff.
• Coordinates training of users

Development

• Coordinates projects partnering with users to deliver optimum service in regard to installation and maintenance of workplace endpoint technology.

Strategic Planning

• Recommends, plans, and implements workplace endpoint technology initiatives.
• Analyzes user's infrastructures and recommends or coordinates remedial changes as necessary

Administration

• Authors Scopes of Work for medium to large sized projects
• Manages and coordinates projects collaboratively with internal/external clients utilizing the IT unit's systems to meet specific client goals.
• Creates project plans, testing, implementation, and evaluation of system.
• Mentors, trains and develops junior staff.
• Coordinates training of users.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a full 2-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
• 3 years' experience in consulting, project management, training, technical support, or user service, in an information technology environment or other relevant experience required.
• Work history demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.
• Experience as both an end-user and administrator in service areas such as user support, desktop support, help desk management, and documentation or other relevant experience required.

Infrastructure (extends across applications)

• Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
• Box Collaborative Storage
• identity management/provisioning
• information security
• Linux Operating System
• Mac OS X Operating System
• Microsoft Exchange
• Microsoft Lync
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook)
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Server hardware
• Storage hardware
• Windows Operating System

Compliance

• FERPA
• FISMA
• HIPAA
• HITECH

Analytical

• critical thinking
• Debugging
• decision making
• judgment
• problem solving
• read & interpret technical drawings
• Troubleshooting
• use-case analysis

Project

• collaboration and teamwork
• facilitate collaboration
• functional documentation
• organizational skills
• planning

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Strong technical aptitude, experience working with computers
• Ability to troubleshoot desktop/laptop computer hardware/software
• Ability to work independently and with a team, demonstrate initiative, prioritize assignments, meet deadlines and problem solve on an ongoing basis
• Must be able to provide a high-level of customer service / support

Target hiring range for this position will be between $65,124-$101,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Benefits:
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