Technical Support Team Lead

Leads and manages local and regional IT Support Technicians statewide. Manages the team workflow to maximize business and technical efficiencies.

Develops, communicates and implements new policies and procedures through both verbal and written documentation.  Assists, coaches and mentors IT Support Technicians both technically and on policies and procedures established by ITS.  Provides alternate work methods or process modifications as necessary.

Supervises IT Support Technicians; assigns and prioritizes staff tasks and projects; counsels, trains and coaches IT Support Technicians on ways to improve customer support; develops staff skills and conducts performance evaluations; provides recommendations for hiring, evaluating, performance plans and disciplinary actions; completes/certifies time sheets and responds to Paid Time Off requests; determines work schedules and coordinates additional coverage as necessary/required; and establishes expectations and provides employee performance feedback on an on-going and annual basis.

Works closely with Court Executives, Chief Probation Officers, private probation users, outside agencies and other court personnel to provide customer support and technical needs/requirements.

Provides leadership by organizing, developing and coordinating all projects designated by ITS and the judicial districts.

Works directly with IT Support Technicians to ensure quality control and inventory management standards are met.

Ensures all work items are completed satisfactorily and that all customer requests are responded to in a timely manner.  Manages the workflow at each location to ensure and maximize efficiencies.

Monitors and maintains an up-to-date accurate hardware inventory.  Assist the IT Procurement Specialist with reporting tools to determine hardware and software replacement needs.

Assists in evaluating new computing hardware and software to ensure standards and policies are adhered to, while also meeting the varying needs of our customers.
Involved in statewide hardware and software rollouts, projects, timelines and deadlines.

Collaborates with analysts and development staff to test, troubleshoot and validate new software programs and applications.  Prepares and maintains computer software/operating systems updates. Assist with security needs and data recovery; coordinates virus/spam removal with IT Support Technicians, provides codes and necessary files; reports security issues/observations/breaches to the Manager of Technical Services.

Works with outside vendors for product support/warranty status.

Coordinates fleet vehicle maintenance and state car/motor pool reservations.

Coordinates and/or migrates data/information from decommissioned device to new equipment; involved in monitoring internal systems to include surplus inventory and disabled user cleanup; coordinates surplus computing equipment recovery and disposal.

Assists IT Support Technicians in establishing and achieving desired goals and outcomes.

Schedules technical needs as required for Judicial Conferences and other judicial activities.

Assists in monitoring service desk, verifying that issues are handled in a timely manner; researches and explores alternative solutions to complex customer concerns and problems; resolves all escalated service issues by IT Support Technicians.

Prepares and maintains written documentation, instructions and procedures including on-line internal support materials.

Monitors hardware support center statistics, team, and individual productivity to ensure service level expectations are achieved.
Actively participates to assist or cover local or regional IT Support Technicians as necessary.

Researches and develops advanced technical solutions to hardware/software problems through collaboration with other technical services and application development staff.

Attends meetings as required.

Performs other duties as assigned.