Ellucian

Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

Values Rooted in Purpose

We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.

As a Technical Support Specialist | Support Technician, you will work to support the technology presence at the institution to recommend or perform complex or remedial actions to correct problems using remote diagnostic and remediation technology and tools, or at user locations. You will guide and may supervise other technical support staff and/or student workers. You will provide consultative support to department managers and end users directly related to the general business operations, software and phone systems, including technical assistance and training to system users.

Where you will make an impact

• Recommending or performing complex actions to correct problems using remote diagnostic, remediation technology and tools or at user locations to install, modify, or make repairs to computer hardware and/or software.
• Supervising and supporting major computer system and laptop deployments, and similar projects.
• Controlling coordination with affected end user departments while mentoring other technical support staff and/or student workers
• Testing and evaluating specified software packages, proposed hardware and software to determine efficiency, reliability, and compatibility with existing computer systems, peripherals and the network.
• Responding in a timely fashion to client inquiries and escalated issues concerning operation of client-owned assets
• Maintaining computers in academic labs and public spaces.
• Assisting with requests for audiovisual equipment including scheduling and setup.
• Assisting with service and maintenance of audiovisual equipment as needed.
• Maintaining the highest level of customer service as set forth by the Ellucian general competencies.
• Providing updates, status and completion information to management regarding all assigned incidents, requests, and projects
• Providing regular updates to tickets within the work queue with frequency depending on priority level.
• Escalating all high priority or sensitive customer requests/concerns to the Systems Administrator, or when appropriate, the CIO.
• Coordinating activities with the Help Desk and Desktop Support, Network Services, Enterprise Application Services and other team members.
• Properly delegating appropriate work to student technicians based on need and workload.
• Contributing to development of yearly learning plan and complete plan as instructed by supervisor.
• Providing consultative support to management and end users directly related to general business operations, software systems, technical assistance and training to system users.
• Producing relevant documentation surrounding operational processes and process improvement.

What you will bring

• PC troubleshooting and support experience
• Microsoft applications troubleshooting and support experience, including Office products and O365
• Mac troubleshooting and support experience
• Experience in an enterprise print management operation with emphasis on printer setup and troubleshooting
• Must have the ability to work effectively with end-users, gain their confidence, understand their technical and operational needs and translate them into viable technical solutions.
• Superior verbal and written skills, encompassing complete understanding on the English language with exceptional communication skills.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Willingness to work as a contributing member of the team including other systems personnel, the operations staff, and the account administrators.
• Must participate in on-call rotation
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Excellent time-management, planning and interpersonal skills.
• Effectively manage scope and customer expectations on individual assignments.
• A+ Certification, ITIL Certification
• Experience with and support of AV technologies; preferably in a classroom or conference room environment
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible time off
• Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
• 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
• Parental Leave
• 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
• Telemedicine
• Wellness
  • Headspace Care (mental health)
  • Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
• Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
• Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
• We Foster a learning culture with:
  • Education Assistance Program
  • Professional development opportunities

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