Technical Support Analyst

About the job Technical Support Analyst

What are the essential duties of this position?

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with users, unit staff and Managers
• Maintain a broad system knowledge, knowledge of computer related equipment, and end user software
• Analyze operational problems
• Investigate alternative solutions and potential risk
• Initiate corrective action
• Record and report status
• Teach and assist other staff and users
• Project management
• Server support
• Telecommunications support
• Database systems support
• Enforce security standards

EDUCATION :

Possession of a bachelors degree with 21 semester (32 term) hours in computer science, data processing, computer

information systems, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, or mathematics; or

possession of an associates degree with 16 semester (24 term) hours in computer science, data processing, computer

information systems, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, mathematics or

equivalent.

Alternate Education and Experience

Information Technology Programmer / Analyst P11

Possession of an associates degree with 16 semester (24 term) credits in computer science,

information assurance, data processing, computer information, data communications, networking,

systems analysis, computer programming, IT project management, or mathematics and two years of

experience as an application programmer, computer operator, or information technology technician; or

two years (4,160 hours) of experience as an Information Technology Student Assistant may be

substituted for the education requirement.

OR

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school and four years of experience as

an application programmer, computer operator, information technology technician, or four years (8,320

hours) of experience as an Information Technology Student Assistant may be substituted for the

education requirement

Duty 1

General Summary of Duty 1 % of Time 40

Serves as a technical expert and provides problem diagnosis, implementation, administration, support and maintenance of computer hardware, software and network products.

Individual tasks related to the duty :

Duty 2

General Summary of Duty 2 % of Time 35

Lead, coordinate and oversee teams that work on processes, procedures and technical specifications. Plan, design and oversee analytical and technical assignments, and implementation of computer hardware software and network components.

Individual tasks related to the duty :

Provide planning, design, and implementation of computer hardware, software, and network components.

Lead in the development of processes and procedures to be used by IT technicians in the division and elsewhere in DTMB.

Develop operational and installation procedures to be used by other staff for communication systems, hardware, network, security, storage and software.

Analyze the need for, and develops, documents, implements and monitors information technology quality assurance standards.

Serve as a liaison between other technical staff, management, users, and vendors regarding service requests, usage, standards, security, and other technical matters.

Maintains records and prepares reports and correspondence related to the work.

Duty 3

General Summary of Duty 3 % of Time 15

Maintain, administer and support remote application and file servers, network operating systems and local area networks in partnership with other areas of DTMB.

Individual tasks related to the duty :

Perform Server installs, upgrades, moves, repairs and removals.

Perform install and upgrades to Network Operating systems.

Troubleshoot Local Area Network connectivity issues through cables, switches and hubs.

Administer network groups, users and rights associations.

Monitor and maintain local server back up systems.

Assist in the rebuild of failed servers, including installation of hard drives, rebuilding network operating systems and restoring backed up files.

Setup, support, test and troubleshoot print servers.

On-site support for installation of Telecommunication hardware.

Install and troubleshoot wiring and associated devices including tranceivers, switches, hubs and routers.

Duty 4

General Summary of Duty 4 % of Time 10

Individual tasks related to the duty :

Manage and update local database systems.

Manage client access and user rights for database systems.

Provide for the updating of patches and virus repair.

Seek out and attend relevant technical training.

Attend special training sessions required by client sites to provide complete IT service.

Carry out the directives of Management in support of providing customer service to clients of DTMB.