IT STATEWIDE SYSTEMS SUPPORT ENGINEER 1,2 (EUC WH)

State of Louisiana; Monroe (LA); In loco; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Tempo pieno

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Health insurance

Parental leave

Holidays and leave

Descrizione del lavoro

State of Louisiana is seeking a skilled IT professional to serve as a statewide end-user systems support engineer, with responsibilities spanning technical design, user training, and complex incident resolution. The role involves field visits, coordination with multiple agencies, and ensuring service levels across a large user base.

The position requires significant IT experience and may require travel across the state, including work in secure environments.

Competenze

• Seven years of experience in information technology or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in technical design, end-user support, and incident management.
• Ability to operate field operations and provide on-site technical support across multiple locations.

Mansioni

• Provide statewide end-user technology support and advanced hardware/software troubleshooting.
• Lead and participate in meetings with management and staff to improve services and operations.
• Manage service requests, document solutions, and train end users.

Conoscenze

IT experience

Technical support

Field operations

Travel readiness

Formazione

Associate degree in IT

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Descrizione del lavoro

About This Job

The Division of Administration/Office of Technology Services has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of TS-319. This position is located in End User Computing. Req 227740

The Office of Technology Services aims to be a responsible partner in delivering innovative, effective, and reliable solutions that support and enhance the IT functions within Executive Branch Departments. The Office of Technology Services will work to increase the return on the State's investment in technology by promoting smart decision-making, solving problems intelligently, increasing the rate of project success, and fostering a skilled and professional staff.

Incumbent of this position reports to the EUC IT Manager 2. EUC is the first point of contact for all statewide IT incidents, issues, and requests from more than 30,000 users and devices in 720+ locations. EUC services are divided into 4 core areas of concentration, including: Field Operations, Advanced Remote Support, End User Technology, and Incident and Ops Management. Incumbent of this position is responsible for field office technical support of advanced devices in the assigned region. The hardware to be supported may be specialized or complex and includes various types of network devices, servers, Audio/Video components and associated peripherals in addition to desktop and end user devices. All work tasks are assigned and monitored through the service management ticket system.

The incumbent will need to be travel authorized to drive a state and/or personal vehicle to support OTS customer offices throughout the domiciled region and may travel frequently to OTS customer offices around the state to provide technical support services. This position requires occasional to frequent floor to waist lifting, waist to shoulder lifting, and shoulder to overhead lifting of equipment up to 50 pounds. Duties may be performed in highly complex and secured environments including prisons, mental health institutions and developmental facilities.

• Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven years of experience in information technology; OR
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus five years of experience in information technology; OR
• An associate's degree in information technology plus five years of experience in information technology; OR
• A bachelor’s degree plus five years of experience in information technology; OR
• A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus four years of experience in information technology; OR
• A master’s degree plus four years of experience in information technology.

Experience Substitution

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Note

A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion, provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

Job Duties and Other Information

• Provides technical design services for a statewide information technology end-user function at the enterprise level. May serve as a technical lead for designing and providing training to personnel on highly complex end-user services and technologies. Documents solutions for issue and problem resolution for future knowledge base needs. Responsible for creation of project documentation, end user messaging information, and end user training guides.
• Acts as a technical support subject matter expert for staff and other functional areas of OTS. Conducts and participates in meetings with management, technical and program office staff. Identifies opportunities for improvement of services and operations, designs implementations, and makes recommendations to management staff. Assists with defining the daily operations strategy and recommends procedures for field operations.
• Provides feedback to customers concerning advanced technical incidents. Surveys customer technical and business process information gathering and performs analysis to prepare for system implementations or software changes. Technically leads user and system testing of new or changed software and hardware settings and configuration. Provides end-user support through information updates, creation and tracking of service requests, and performing advanced hardware and software troubleshooting tasks. Performs user and system account management tasks such as resetting passwords, updating user account information, tracking, and updating assigned asset information. Performs local area network troubleshooting with assistance from engineers for network routers, switches, and cabling.
• Responsible for evaluating workload and ticket status, assigning tasks, and monitoring various daily operating functions including interaction with the user and the vendor community, recording requests for assistance from users, and tracking and solving user problems from recognition to resolution. Oversees the performance of second-level and third-party support activities, including incident and problem determination and resolution to ensure defined Service Levels are being met. Coordinates with higher-level technical support staff across the OTS teams. Ensures DOA and OTS policies and procedures are being followed by all staff.
• Performs mobile device management enrollment and configuration design and deployment. Acts as a project leader for hardware and software deployments and changes to establish requirements, timeline, resources, costs, and overall plans. Leads highly complex projects pertaining to end-user technologies. Participates in planning, coordination, and activation of staff and resources in support of emergency operations during disaster events around the state. Participates in continuing education and skills growth training related to end‑user support tasks.

Performs all other tasks, special projects, analysis, studies, and plans as directed.

Position‑Specific Details

Appointment Type

This vacancy will be filled by promotion of a current permanent status Office of Technology Services employee. A permanent status employee may be required to serve a new probationary period in lieu of promotion.

Career Progressions

This vacancy participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as an IT Statewide Systems Support Engineer 1 or 2.

Compensation

The salary range listed on the job posting reflects the pay grade minimum and maximum for the IT Statewide Systems Support Engineer 1 job title. The salary range pay grade minimum and maximum for the other levels of the career progression group can be viewed using the links below: IT Statewide Systems Support Engineer 2

Louisiana is a “State as a Model Employer” for People with Disabilities.

For Further Information About This Vacancy, Contact

Danielle Martin
HR Analyst
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
email: [e-mail]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:

Insurance Coverage

More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave

Up to six weeks paid parental leave. More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement

State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others