Senior IT Analyst for Executive IT Support

Position Information

Posting Number

S06884P

Position Title

Senior IT Analyst for Executive IT Support

Department

OIT Client & Academic Tech

Location

Arlington

Position Status

Full-time

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday; 8:00am – 5:00pm

• On-site position covering all UTA Arlington Campus locations.
• Potential for specialized schedule that includes night and weekend hours.
• Potential for on-call rotation duty, or off-hours work to address service outages.

Salary

Salary is commensurate based on qualifications and relevant experience up to $60,600

Pay Basis

Bi-weekly

Job Summary

The Senior IT Analyst for Executive IT Support provides advanced frontline technology support for client requests and incidents via chat, phone calls, or in-person client interactions. Handles Tier 3 support issues that may not be defined by existing documentation, as well as escalations of unresolved support issues from lower tiers. Responsible for training and coaching student workers and lower-tier staff members.

Technical issues and skills will vary but include account access, email, network connectivity, software, academic technology, computing endpoint

devices, printers, and other technology peripherals

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Customer Support
  :
• Provide technical instructions to a non-technical audience.
• Collaborate with other members of the IT team, especially Service Desk staff but also other frontline and backend IT Support teams to resolve common tickets/issues.
• Ensure prompt resolution of user issues and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Proactively engage with clients and departments across campus to provide services or prevent issues.
• Record client requests and incidents in the ticketing system following documentation requirements.
• Escalate issues internally as needed, & monitor progress through resolution.
• Tier 3 Troubleshooting
  :
• Acts as an escalation point for tier 2 and troubleshoots more complex technical issues.
• Works collaboratively with internal IT teams and departments to troubleshoots, analyzes, identifies, repair, and restores service for various technical issues affecting accounts, email, network connectivity, software, academic technology, and endpoint device and peripheral issues.
• Responsible for troubleshooting issues that may be new, undocumented or more complex than common issues.
• Training and Mentoring
  :
• Assist with the training and mentoring of student employees and more junior full-time staff.
• Provide feedback regarding student workers and more junior team members to management.
• Documentation and Reporting
• Assist in the creation of technical documentation to improve client experience and awareness of problems, known issues, and available technology.
• Assist with project-based work to testing and evaluate of updated technology products that affect the overall client experience at UTA.
• Assist with the gathering and compiling of metrics to contribute to regular reports that describe the state of client interactions.
• Assist with the assignment of tickets in the queue.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and a minimum of four (4) years of hands-on computing work experience providing customer service in a front facing capacity or eight (8) years of equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Ability to obtain certifications as required by manager. (example, Dell, Apple, Comp TIA A+, Microsoft 365 Certified Associate, or other relevant support related certifications as needed)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and a minimum of five (5) years of hands-on computing work experience supporting computing endpoints.
• Prior experience providing customer service in a front facing technical support environment.
• Prior experience supporting students, faculty, and staff in a higher-education setting.
• Experience performing quality assurance tasks such as creating reports, reviewing tickets, providing feedback, monitoring calls, surveying clients, etc.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows operating systems, Office applications, and common productivity software. Familiarity with hardware…