IT Support Specialist

IT Support Specialist

What we are: Fun, fast-paced, client-focused, people-centric, inviting, flexible, and rapidly growing.

What we are not: Overly structured, uncompromising, disengaged, or disconnected.

We are looking for a resourceful, service-minded IT Support Specialist to be the first point of contact for technology support across Waites. This is a hands‑on role for someone who can help resolve issues quickly, setting up new team members for success, and keeping the technology our business runs on reliable and secure. You will own the day‑to‑day support experience for the company, as well as being a key part of strategic projects within the IT organization.

If you take pride in responsive service, like variety in your day, and want room to grow your technical skills across infrastructure, security, and modern business applications, we would love to meet you. The work we do is categorically awesome, and we are looking for someone with the curiosity, drive, ownership, and people skills to help keep it running.

Company Description

We are a leading provider of wireless, mesh‑networked, "Internet of Things" (IoT) sensors for industrial environments. Our cost effective, plug‑and‑play products empower plants of all sizes to conduct predictive and preventative maintenance on mission critical and secondary equipment in order to maximize uptime. (I.e. We help with things like getting your Prime packages to you faster!)

Reports to: Information Technology Manager

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Onsite Requirements: Onsite, remote flexibility as needed

Travel: No travel required

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Sponsorship is not available at this time

Exemption Status: Exempt

Job Description

The IT Support Specialist is the primary owner of day‑to‑day technical support s role handles support for our internal employees, end‑user devices, onboarding, offboarding, workplace technology, and routine account and license administration. This position will also lead various projects within the Information Technology department to continuously increase our customer delight. This is not a typical help desk role as you will have the ability to grow and expand as the department does as well.

The IT Support Specialist is expected to operate independently on routine work, exercise good judgment on when to elevate, and will work directly with IT leadership day to day.

• Serve as the first point of contact for technology support requests across the company
• Own the support queue — triage, prioritize, resolve, and communicate status through to closure
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, connectivity, and peripheral issues for end users
• Build and maintain documentation, knowledge base articles, and self-service resources
• Foster a responsive, customer-first support experience

• Provision, image, configure, and deploy laptops, desktops, and mobile devices
• Manage device lifecycle from intake through deployment, refresh, retirement, and secure disposal
• Maintain accurate IT asset inventory and records
• Ensure that our devices stay fully compliant with our SOC-2 security initiatives

• Execute new hire technology setup including accounts, hardware, access, and orientation to core tools
• Execute offboarding such as account deactivation, access revocation, and device recovery
• Follow established runbooks, document exceptions, and recommend improvements to the process

• Administer user accounts and group membership across Google Workspace and business applications, within approved policy
• Process access requests through defined approval workflows
• Administer physical access and badge management for Waites facilities
• Escalate any request that…