IT Network Admin

**About Us** Tier 3 I.T. Solutions has been serving other businesses since 1990. Our expertise is in designing, implementing and supporting the technologies used by our clients’ businesses. We’re guided by our mission to**:Help build stronger businesses through thoughtful technology implementations**. We are constantly pushing ourselves and our staff to grow, learn and excel in order to better serve our client’s needs. We believe in supporting the communities that have supported us and are therefore proud to sponsor the STARS Air Ambulance, Riseup Society of Alberta and a myriad of other local community groups. Tier 3 I.T. Solutions Ltd. depends on the technical leadership of their Network Administrators (also referred to as Technology Alignment Managers) to enhance the security, stability, and supportability of our clients' technology environments. They are enthusiastic about discovering, assessing, and supporting various technologies across our client base. They visit our client's businesses to assess the security, stability, and supportability of their technology and will consult with our other team members on technology solutions and strategies to enable higher levels of technology adoption throughout the client base. The technicians that succeed in this position are able to consider the "big picture" of how technology changes can affect our clients operations and help them achieve their business goals. Additionally, they are able to communicate to the client and other internal teams the need for the change and how to support the client moving forward. They act as our technical experts and mentors for all other delivery areas with regards to how technology should be used and supported. The successful team members understand that small issues from a misconfigured setting can cause a ripple effect through other business areas, whether this is for the positive or the negative and for this reason we hold these technicians to a high standard of excellence in planning and execution. It is important that the technicians are detail orientated and are excellent communicators, whether this is in the implementation of new solutions and technology, or maintaining detailed documentation in order for the rest of the support team to provide our clients with the highest level of quality possible. Our Network Administrators provide valuable insight into how we are building our technology standards and are always looking at ways to improve efficiency within our own business and those of our clients. At Tier 3 I.T. Solutions we strive to get better every day for the benefit of our team, our business, our clients, and our communities. The technical services team has some of the greatest opportunities to improve our services as they are at the forefront of delivering new solutions and technology. Network Administrators are responsible for the development of our technology standards, for the assessment of our clients' network health scores, and for working with the vCIO's to help assess risk and prioritize implementations in our clients base. They help our clients understand the value of our technology alignment process and to see regular improvements in the security, stability, and supportability of their networks. To be successful they must have a sense of ownership for their activities and outcomes for any solutions delivery that they may be involved with. **This position is accountable for the following results**: - Communicating and coordinating with our clients about their site visits, activities, and priorities. - Regularly visiting client locations to review their configurations against our technology standards, logging the results of those visits, and coordinating with other team members. - Occasionally providing on-site assistance to our support team. - Working with our teams to design technology projects for our clients with an eye on minimizing risk and interruption. - Scheduling follow up time and tasks as needed to ensure our clients have a pleasant experience with any changes or support requests. - Providing training and educational content to clients during visits. - Designing, defining, and assessing our technology standards across the client base. - Document all technology changes in our knowledgebase in order to support our clients properly after changes are implemented. - Managing expectations and relationships with our clients during visits and interactions. - Develop and maintain processes so we are constantly improving the delivery of our solutions. **Duties and Responsibilities** - Reducing time waste, it is important to stay within time budgets and identify instances where time may be spilling over before it becomes critical. **Assessing solutions and services that our clients use, including but not limited to**: The Network Administrators (Technology Alignment Managers) could be called "Quality Control". They must have a level of familiarity with the solutions noted, however this is not