Manager, IT Client Support I

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The Opportunity:

The UCF IT department within Facilities and Business Operations is seeking a Manager, IT Client Support I to join our team! This role will supervise and direct the day to day activities of technicians by monitoring ticket queues and coordinate configuration, installation and troubleshooting of software and hardware; ensuring a proper distribution of tickets to support staff. The incumbent will oversee resolution of tickets to ensure support staff adhere to proper documentation and follow up, and evaluate and communicate employee performance, per established UCF and UCF IT guidelines. Additionally, they will oversee a dedicated executive operational support team, ensuring localized needs are met while maintaining consistency with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and direct the day to day activities of technicians in the designated UCF IT Support Zone. Coordinate configuration, installation and troubleshooting of software and hardware. Monitor ticket queues to ensure a proper distribution of tickets to support staff. Oversee resolution of tickets to ensure support staff adhere to proper documentation and follow up. Oversee dedicated executive operational support team ensuring localized needs are met while maintaining consistency with enterprise standards. 

• Per established UCF and UCF IT guidelines, evaluate and communicate employee performance. When necessary work with supervisor to develop improvement plans noting specific goals and time line. Recognize and communicate staff accomplishments and empower employees toward professional and personal growth

• Ensure that knowledge is built and shared within the organization by creating and overseeing creation of knowledge base articles to document solutions, processes and procedures, per established guidelines.

• Provide input and/or work cycles towards the engineering and design of the client experience on endpoint devices. Assist in resolving any issues that may arise from technicians working in a cross-functional capacity, as well as ensuring proper resource management is being followed by all stakeholders. Oversee and participate in creation, routing and resolution of vulnerability remediation tickets.

• Work directly with vendor escalation services, process vendor support tickets for UCF IT and communicate effectively with UCF IT Infrastructure management and clients.

• Ensure all assigned Objectives & Key Results (OKR) and various metrics are met on annual basis. This includes service level targets on tickets and assignments.

• Follow Standard Operating Procedures within UCF IT to perform Vulnerability Change Management, Request Management, Incident Management, and Problem Management functions within ServiceNow. Works to meet service level targets to ensure a high level of service delivery.

• Other duties as assigned, which may include a temporary supervisory role for the sub-unit within the department if the supervisor is unavailable (examples: sick or annual leave).

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience; or High School Diploma (or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant work experience in lieu of degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience supervising or leading a technical support team in a higher education or large enterprise setting.

• Strong familiarity with IT service management (ITSM) platforms and processes.

• Knowledge of endpoint management, software deployment, and vulnerability remediation strategies.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead and motivate a team.

• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships by delivering exceptional customer service and driving continuous improvements in the support experience.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

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As a Florida public university, the University of Central Florida makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.  

UCF is proud to be a smoke-free campus and an E-Verify employer. 

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