Murray State University · 7 hours ago
User Support Technician
Murray State University is seeking a User Support Technician to provide technical support to the university community including faculty, staff, and students. The role involves offering level one technical assistance, managing account support, and ensuring effective communication of technology changes and incidents.
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Responsibilities
Provide account and Level One technical support for deployed technologies via phone, email, tickets, and in-person
Adhere to security procedures for identity and account verification as set forth by the Information Systems Security Team
Provide account support and administration, including provisioning, deprovisioning, and access rights, for faculty, staff, students, and University guests
Provide account support during University events, such as Orientation and Racer One Stop
Document all provided support through service management tickets, including all troubleshooting steps, results, communication, and other pertinent information
Monitor, track, and escalate, when necessary, tickets to other Information Systems departments to ensure timely resolution
Become familiar with the use of provided technologies to provide excellent customer service, including service management platforms, knowledge bases, communication and collaboration platforms, identity and access management platforms, security procedures, and department documentation
Work with the Director of Information Systems Service Management and other Information Systems departments to improve the use of deployed technologies on campus, Information Systems and University processes and procedures, and identify and improve areas of support
Assist with updating announcements and content for Information Systems social media, digital signage, webpages, knowledge base articles and service requests
Assist with the communication of technology changes, incidents, projects, plans and governance to the University community
This position will likely be required to work overtime during peak periods such as the beginning of each semester and Orientations, will be required to provide remote support during periods when the University is closed such as extended holidays and semester breaks, and may be required to work a modified shift outside the University’s normal 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Monday-Friday workweek
Supervise Call Center Student Workers
Grow professional and technical skills
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Provides account support to the University community of faculty, staff, and students, as well as incoming students, University guests, and University events
Provides level one (front line) technical support to students, faculty, and staff
Level one support includes answering questions related to and resolving the most common technical problems and referring more complex and less frequent technical problems to the appropriate Level Two support areas
Provide account and Level One technical support for deployed technologies via phone, email, tickets, and in-person
Adhere to security procedures for identity and account verification as set forth by the Information Systems Security Team
Provide account support and administration, including provisioning, deprovisioning, and access rights, for faculty, staff, students, and University guests
Provide account support during University events, such as Orientation and Racer One Stop
Document all provided support through service management tickets, including all troubleshooting steps, results, communication, and other pertinent information
Monitor, track, and escalate, when necessary, tickets to other Information Systems departments to ensure timely resolution
Become familiar with the use of provided technologies to provide excellent customer service, including service management platforms, knowledge bases, communication and collaboration platforms, identity and access management platforms, security procedures, and department documentation
Work with the Director of Information Systems Service Management and other Information Systems departments to improve the use of deployed technologies on campus, Information Systems and University processes and procedures, and identify and improve areas of support
Assist with updating announcements and content for Information Systems social media, digital signage, webpages, knowledge base articles and service requests
Assist with the communication of technology changes, incidents, projects, plans and governance to the University community
This position will likely be required to work overtime during peak periods such as the beginning of each semester and Orientations
Will be required to provide remote support during periods when the University is closed such as extended holidays and semester breaks
May be required to work a modified shift outside the University's normal 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Monday-Friday workweek
Supervise Call Center Student Workers
Grow professional and technical skills
Other duties as assigned
Company
Murray State University
Murray State University is a school in Murray.
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2024 (3)
2023 (3)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.34MKey Investors
Delta Dental of KentuckyKentucky Council on Postsecondary EducationU.S. Department of Labor
2026-01-09Grant· $0.04M
2025-12-18Grant· $0.75M
2024-01-25Grant· $1.5M
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