Senior Technical Support Specialist

Senior Technical Support Specialist

The Senior Technical Support Specialist supports the Director of Enterprise Support in delivering high‑quality, client‑centered technology services for Curry College faculty, staff, and students. This role provides advanced technical and operational support for end‑user devices, applications, accounts, classroom and event A/V technologies, and related support systems that enable teaching, learning, administration, and campus events. The Senior Technical Support Specialist serves as a senior escalation point for complex issues, helps ensure the successful onboarding of new employees and students, and promotes a culture of service excellence through relationship‑building, knowledge‑centered support, continuous improvement, accountability, and the effective use of support processes, tools, and best practices.

Responsibilities include supporting the day‑to‑day operations of the Service Desk, desktop and mobile device support, and technology in support of teaching, learning, and administration. The Enterprise Support team is also responsible for onboarding students and employees, ongoing training, and communicating technology‑related updates and outages to the community. Enterprise Support will serve as an active learning environment for Curry student employees.

• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for Enterprise Support providing advanced troubleshooting for devices, applications, accounts, network connectivity, and classroom issues.
• Manage projects at the discretion of the Director that intersect with Enterprise Support.
• Provide client‑facing support for faculty, staff, and students across classrooms, collaborative spaces, administrative environments, with a bias for rapid restoration of service.
• Respond to near real‑time classroom A/V and instructional technology issues with urgency; coordinate with academic technology and infrastructure partners as needed to restore teaching and learning continuity.
• Uphold security standards for "approved" software and Enterprise Support technology using standard controls.
• Maintain and improve the knowledge base and self‑service content: create, update, and curate articles, standard operating procedures, and quick‑reference guides to reduce repeat contacts and enable consistent support.
• Support device deployment and lifecycle activities (as assigned): MDM, enrollment, troubleshooting, loaner pool management, and standards‑based configuration for Windows/macOS and mobile devices.
• Provide Event IT/A/V support for college events, meetings, ceremonies, and special programs, including setup, testing, operation, live troubleshooting, and breakdown of presentation, audio, video, and conferencing technologies.
• Support onboarding of new employees by preparing and deploying assigned technology, coordinating account and access readiness, assisting with workstation setup, and providing initial orientation to supported systems, services, and support resources.

• Stay abreast of up‑to‑date standards and best practices for client and educational technologies and systems, project management, and tools through ongoing training and professional development.
• Cross‑train with and mentor student workers.

• Promote departmental culture of exemplary customer service through frequent communication, positive relations and prompt support.
• Maintain an effective and positive system of communication between the Technology Center and faculty, staff, students and administration.

• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of the college network, systems and data.
• Comply with federal and state regulations, college policies and internal procedures.
• Recommend updates to college policies and internal procedures.

• Respect and maintain confidentiality, parameters of operation, professional protocols, and individual privacy.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or their designee.

• Highly motivated individual who demonstrates a genuine commitment and concern for achieving or surpassing results against legitimate…