Prairie State College is prioritizing innovation and technological advancements. This offers a distinct opportunity for a Technical Support Engineer to make significant contributions and experience unmatched professional development. We are seeking a coachable and collaborative Technical Support Engineer ready to take their career to the next level. Our client college is upgrading their infrastructure with modern SAN solutions, servers, and firewall. Bring your passion for customer service and positive attitude toward change management to help improve processes while increasing your technical acumen and troubleshooting skills.
The Technical Support Engineer is responsible for the operations and maintenance of the academic and administrative server and cloud infrastructure. This position reports to the Network Services Manager and works collaboratively across the IT department to deliver consistently exceptional services to our client. The Technical Support Engineer will plan and coordinate the design, installation, and connectivity of server and cloud systems to ensure the stable operation of the organization's IT systems including the development, installation, configuration, maintenance, support, backup and optimization of all new and existing server hardware, software, cloud, and virtual environments. This person will also troubleshoot server performance issues, as well as proactively analyze data capacity and provide storage planning solutions and recommendations. This position will help drive transformation across a variety of networks, servers, and platforms. The duties will adjust to match the technology portfolio and project workload.
Location: On-site with some flexibility for occasional remote work.
Essential Job Duties
- Responsible for collaborating with appropriate CampusWorks and client stakeholders to maintain client plans.
- Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event-log warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly.
- Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed.
- Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers, phones, security updates, support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments.
- Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify root cause, and provide technical support when needed.
- Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including backups.
- Maintain essential IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, applications, servers, email systems, laptops, desktops, software, and hardware.
- Take responsibility for projects and solutions within the larger business initiative.
- Handle business-critical IT tasks and systems that provide commercial advantage in the global marketplace.
- Enable faster and smarter business processes, and develop analytics for meaningful insights.
- Work with internal and external partners to communicate project status, activities, and achievements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- 2-4 years of progressive IT experience with 1-2 years relevant experience as a System Administrator or similar role.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, including experience with Azure services, and tools.
- Strong knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google apps.
- Familiarity with internet security practices and protocols.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical users.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
- Prior experience in coordinating meetings and facilitating group discussions is a plus.
- Financial processes acumen is desirable.
What You Can Expect from Us
At CampusWorks, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits for full-time employees, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that CampusWorks is a great place to build your career.
Meaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of students and educators. CampusWorks Inc., as a large consulting firm, provides its employees with an opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with our clients across the United States and in Canada. With the nature of our clients’ work evolving quickly, we’re all being asked to support larger CampusWorks initiatives. Upon joining CampusWorks in a consulting role, your talent and expertise may be applied to a range of projects, assignments, and clients.
A CEO who cares. Chairman and CEO Liz Murphy has made it her mission to create a culture that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of CampusWorks feels like being a member of a big family.
A virtual and onsite workplace. In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, CampusWorks became a virtual company in 2012. As such, our team members are located across the U.S. and Canada, where they work from their home offices and at client sites.
Flexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy customers. That's why CampusWorks offers both full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.
A company that gives back. Every year CampusWorks proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our vision to make higher education accessible to everyone.
At CampusWorks, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives each CampusWorker (we call ourselves CampusWorkers) brings to our workplace each day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you are passionate about higher education and creating Happy Campuses, let's talk! If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying.
About CampusWorks
Founded in 1999, CampusWorks is dedicated to helping higher education overcome business and technological challenges that stand in the way of student success and completion. We work with community colleges, technical colleges, four-year public and private institutions, multi-college districts, and statewide higher education systems to tackle problems big and small. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academics—to achieve transformative results.
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What We Do
Since our inception in 1999, CampusWorks has become a trusted partner of countless colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. We serve higher education exclusively, so we have a deep understanding of and appreciation for your institution's mission, vision, and values as well as the business and technical challenges you’re facing. Since we are not associated with any hardware or software vendors, institutions know they can count on us to listen to their needs, provide unbiased insights into their organizational challenges, and develop tailored solutions with their best interests in mind.
Our professional services team is comprised of senior-level technical and functional experts who have the experience and skill to take on your toughest challenges. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academic Services—to remove obstacles standing in the way of success. We pride ourselves on the collaborative partnerships we form with our clients, and we value the opportunity to work alongside your team to implement change, achieve transformational results, and ensure lasting success.
Dedicated exclusively to higher education, CampusWorks’ capabilities include:
- Academic services
- Accreditation and compliance
- Assessments
- Business process optimization
- Cybersecurity
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) support
- IT leadership
- Network and infrastructure services
- Project management
- Shared services and collaborative services
- Staff augmentation
- Strategic planning
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