Information Technology Specialist

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Avantus develops, owns, and operates utility‑scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline represents one of the nation’s largest portfolios of solar with integrated storage, capable of providing dispatchable power to 17 million Americans, day and night. With over a decade of industry leadership and strategic investment from KKR and EIG, Avantus delivers affordable, reliable clean energy solutions that meet America’s growing energy demand.

With support from the broader IT team as well as external resources, the IT Specialist shares responsibility for improving and maintaining our IT Service Delivery solutions, procedures, and processes that support the company. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, endpoint support (Windows and Mac OS laptops, tablets, and mobile devices), application administration, ticket management, and user management. This person interfaces internally with all staff and externally with vendors and consultants to support technology solutions.

This is an onsite role supporting our San Diego office headquarters.

• Support the San Diego office onsite to make changes to physical infrastructure or address user needs, working with minimal supervision
• Provide first‑layer support for IT tickets in a timely, professional, and properly prioritised manner; escalates IT tickets when necessary
• Troubleshoot and support hardware, software, and enterprise application issues
• Work with external vendors to coordinate the delivery and return of IT assets
• Utilise MDM, ticketing, and asset management platforms to troubleshoot and track IT inventory
• Propose and drive iterative improvements to IT systems and processes under the supervision of department leadership
• Support and help drive IT initiatives including implementations and evaluations of programmes and processes; provide project‑management oversight for initiatives that you are directly responsible for delivering
• Maintain updated IT documentation both internally to the IT team and on the company intranet for end users
• Adhere to responsible change management, documentation, and business continuity best‑practice and processes in coordination with and in support of all team members
• Maintain updated project trackers, reports, or dashboards as helpful to support IT projects and initiatives
• Work collaboratively with other IT team members, internal Avantus resources and stakeholders, and external IT solutions partners as one team to solve problems and develop solutions in support of our business

• Service‑oriented, collaborative, and client‑success mindset first and foremost
• Security mindset and dedication to best‑practice and continual improvement
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to self‑organise
• Experience in troubleshooting techniques (including finding the root cause) and ticket triage
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with stakeholders across different business units to resolve and/or escalage support issues
• Proactive approach to driving projects and tickets to completion
• Knowledge of basic enterprise applications and operating systems including Windows, Mac OS, and iOS
• Experience managing enterprise‑level cloud applications such as ERP, advanced document management systems or similar, password management, data analytics
• Experience administering and supporting a wide variety of cloud and desktop apps enabled for the enterprise
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (i.e. Azure AD, MS 365, Google Workspace)

• 3–4 years minimum experience with Avantus core IT infrastructure such as Microsoft Endpoint Manager/Intune, JAMF, Entra/Azure AD, Microsoft Office, Exchange and MS 365, Zoom, Slack, Fresh service, and Salesforce
• Experience or familiarity with IT and Info Sec industry‑standard compliance frameworks
• Familiarity with Power Shell
• Demonstrated ability to present and clearly explain project or plan‑of‑action proposals in a group setting and document them thoroughly in a change management process
• Explicit experience specifically with Entra/Azure AD and MS 365 cloud infrastructure
• Industry‑standard ITSM, Networking, Application, or Security certifications are a strong plus (ITIL, CompTIA, Cisco, Microsoft Azure, or 365 certifications)

Avantus offers competitive compensation with an excellent benefits package, including 401(k) matching, comprehensive medical and dental plan options, and flexible PTO. We are an equal‑opportunity employer.

Pay Range: $122,573—$122,574 USD

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