Part-Time OmniSOC IT Pro

Department

UITS DEPUTY CHIEF INFORMATION (UA-DCIO-IUBLA)

Department Information

At University Information Technology Services (UITS) we provide the technology, tools, and services you need to succeed. UITS supports IU’s vision for excellence in research, teaching, outreach, and lifelong learning. We ensure a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility, and creativity, as well as a culture that champions inclusion, diversity, and overall employee well-being through programs supported university wide. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

OmniSOC Background:

OmniSOC is a security operations center hosted at Indiana University which provides monitoring and security operations services to US-based higher education institutions, research and education networks, and NSF-funded research facilities. Our teams work together to deliver high-quality, timely service to our membership. Our success is dependent upon our teams working in a collaborative, highly organized and efficient manner, this position will work across all OmniSOC teams to ensure access to secure computing endpoints and IT resources.

OmniSOC Key Values:

Member focus

• Analysts engage deeply with members to understand their goals, strengths, needs and challenges.
• We are committed to raising the cybersecurity level of our community for the betterment of all.

Impact

• Each analyst at OmniSOC bears responsibility for the success of OmniSOC and our community. We are committed to enabling the missions of education and research members through safer technology.
• We are focused on the impact of work over volume.

Individual Mastery and Collective Improvement

• We value an exploring mindset and actively encourage curiosity while pursuing ways to learn more, make the world better, and expand our expertise.
• We view mistakes not as failures, but learning opportunities, and try to learn from each failure.

Communication

• We are open and direct with each other when discussing problems.
• We default to openly sharing information with each other, our members, and the community.

Courage

• We make tough decisions without agonizing and learn through doing and through one another to collectively improve our decision making.
• We act according to our principles even when no one is looking, we are unafraid to speak our minds or question actions that don’t align with our professed values.

Job Summary

OmniSOC is seeking a knowledgeable and skilled individual for a part-time hourly IT User Support Specialist (IT Pro) position. This position will have time to cross train with the OmniSOC analysis, platform and services teams to provide career advancement opportunities.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Provides IT support for OmniSOC staff’s endpoints (desktops, laptops, mobile devices and other IT devices).
• Assists staff with IT related issues and assist with other general IT tasks internal to OmniSOC.
• Directly support OmniSOC staff and track and maintain staff IT equipment and the infrastructure used to maintain it. This support enhances OmniSOC’s staff’s ability to effectively complete the organization’s mission: to provide monitoring and security operations services to US-based higher education institutions, research and education networks, and NSF-funded research facilities.
• Maintains a fleet of OmniSOC endpoints in a standard and secure state
• Technical guidance and complex tasks including administration of devices running Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems (OS).
• Develops and maintains activities to deploy, configure and maintain computing devices used by OmniSOC staff.
• Works with OmniSOC’s internal security team to establish secure baseline deployment “images” for each OS
• Builds and configures new machines to standard
• Maintains the inventory of OmniSOC staff equipment; including Move/Add/Change processes for endpoints and peripherals
• Responsible for working with staff on equipment procurement using the Move/Add/Change Process
• Ensures vulnerability management process is completed regularly for OmniSOC endpoints.
• Responds to IT trouble ticket requests for OmniSOC staff
• General IT consulting for OmniSOC staff
• Writes and maintains detailed documentation on IT support procedures
• Assists other OmniSOC teams in maintaining IT infrastructure:
• Maintains the OmniSOC Active Directory (AD) Organizational Unit (OU), and Group Policy Objects (GPO)
• Assists OmniSOC’s Business Development team to maintain the OmniSOC website and communications systems.
• Manages IU provided Endpoint Management and Monitoring Services
• Helps interpret, integrate, and utilize existing IU IT infrastructure to meet OmniSOC’s IT needs
• Provides support for OmniSOC Events as needed
• Contributes to development and operations projects as assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Required

• General knowledge at the high school level.

Preferred

• Associate’s degree in Computer Science or related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 1 year of general IT support experience

Preferred

• 2 years of experience with general IT support.
• Technical knowledge backed by a minimum of 2 years of experience in IT support of endpoints devices running the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Linux Operating Systems (OS)
• Experience working with Indiana University Enterprise systems. Specifically those used to support IT resource users, endpoints, and endpoint management

SKILLS

Required

• Ability to effectively communicate and exchange information with a wide range of diverse individuals
• Maintains professionalism even when under pressure
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in work related areas
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Creativity in identifying complex problems and finding solutions quickly and accurately
• Attention to detail in communicating technical issues and implementing solutions
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Mac OS operating systems
  Ability to be organized
• Combination of curiosity, determination, and independent thinking
• Drive to stay atop IT hardware and software trends, strengthen existing skills and learn new ones

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation. The person in this role will be expected to be able to: communicate in person and remotely via text, bend, reach, kneel, and pull and manipulate, move loads up to 50 pounds (typically computer equipment). May require prolonged periods of sitting and standing, and using a computer for communication and administration of duties.

Level of Decision Making

This position will have a moderate degree of general direct supervision and oversight of their duties. The IT User Support Specialist is expected to make decisions on technical tasks on a daily basis with limited supervision. The IT User Support Specialist is expected to prioritize and coordinate tasks with team members and OmniSOC leadership in order to meet project deadlines and deliverables.

Additional Information

Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they feel they lack the exact qualifications and experience requirements listed in this job opening.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

This position is eligible for remote work or to work a hybrid schedule (mix between remote and in-person work), subject to change in the future based on university policy and business needs.

Advertised Salary

$18.00 – $21.00 per hour, dependent on level of experience and demonstrated knowledge and ability.

Work Hours

20 to 29 hours per week

Job Classification

Career Level: Part Time Employee

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Part Time Employee

Job Family: Part Time Employee

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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