IT Computer Operations Manager

Role: Computer Operations Manager

Location: 100% Onsite — Celebration, FL

Type: Full-Time

Clearance/Eligibility: US Citizens or Green Card Holders only

At Lifescale Analytics, we help achieve data driven decisions by leveraging strategic technologies to create innovative solutions, that ultimately help our clients to navigate their ever-changing data landscape. We have an opportunity for a Computer Operations Manager. Candidates MUST BE Onsite in Celebration, FL. Telecommuting will not be considered. Travel and relocation expenses will not be covered by the client or employer. This job is to be performed 100% onsite.

Applicants responding to this position must be a US Citizen or Greencard Holder and will be subject to a background check and drug screen.

The Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B, EAD or OPT visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

Scope of Work:

• Manage and coordinate daily activities of the technical team, including project scheduling, monitoring and incident response.
• Ensure operational support coverage and adherence to service level agreements (SLAs).
• Monitor system performance and availability, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
• Develop, implement, and maintain operational standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Plan and manage the integration and support of new technologies into the client environment.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to ensure seamless deployment and support of systems.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of supervisors, project leaders, and technical staff.
• Conduct performance evaluations, training, and succession planning.
• Provide input on business continuity planning and disaster recovery strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Provide computer and user support including, but not limited to, installation and configuration of hardware and software, upgrades, patches, and advanced technical support.
• Monitor service ticket queue and resolve tickets as assigned. Document work performed and resolutions.
• Perform advanced network and telephony support.
• Provide on-site support for remote troubleshooting by other OIT technical staff.

Travel:

• Travel between client locations required 25% - 40%.

Experience/Primary Job Duties/Tasks:

• Minimum of 7 years of IT work experience, including managing team(s) responsible for production and operations support.
• Lead and manage the delivery of IT services across the program, ensuring alignment with business needs and service level expectations.
• Oversee the deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of IT assets including desktops, laptops, mobile devices, printer, and servers.
• Develop and implement IT service management processes: incident, problem, change, and request management.
• Coordinate and support enterprise-wide software rollouts, updates, and patch management activities.
• Monitor and improve service desk performance, timely resolution of user issues, and high customer satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with IT policies, security standards, and regulatory requirements across all service delivery activities.
• Responsible for reading and following the Department’s Procedures and Policies.
• Responsible for understanding and enforcing the Department’s Policies and Procedures.
• Responsible for documenting solutions to Technology issues.
• Responsible for traveling to remote sites to resolve IT related issues and/or to deploy resources.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to climb a ladder, squat, stoop, push, crawl, and bend in all types of weather.

General Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs): The submitted candidate must be able to apply common knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

1. Initiative: Must be able to comprehend assignments, organize workload, and meet deadlines with little direction. Must be able to monitor and analyze situations to determine the next step.
2. Communication: Can clearly convey information, in both written and verbal formats, to individuals or groups in a wide variety of settings (i.e., project team meetings, management presentations, etc.). Must have the ability to effectively listen and process information provided by others.
3. Customer Service: Works well with clients and customers (i.e., business office, public, or other agencies). Able to assess the needs of the customer, provide information or assistance to satisfy expectations or resolve a problem.
4. Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions utilizing critical thinking skills and analysis.
5. Flexibility: Open to change, new processes (or process improvement), and new information. Can adapt in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. Ability to receive and give constructive criticism and maintain effective work relationships with others.
6. Interpersonal: Shows friendliness, courtesy, understanding, and politeness to others.
7. Leadership: Motivates, encourages, and challenges others. Can adapt leadership styles in a variety of situations.
8. Problem Solving: Able to identify, evaluate, and use sound judgement to generate and evaluate alternative actions, and make recommendations as accordingly.
9. Team Building: Encourages, inspires, and guides others toward accomplishing the common goal as an equal member of the team.
10. Quality Assurance: Knowledge of the ideologies, techniques and tools for quality assurance and control. The ability to put the ideologies, techniques, and tools into practice.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

Who we are:

Lifescale Analytics, a small business that provides specialized expertise in data and analytics. Since formed in 2012, the Lifescale Analytics team has years of experience providing a spectrum of customized data management services and solutions including Data Management/Analytics, Big Data Solutions, Cloud Services, Business Intelligence and Data Science that focuses on building strong portfolios and programs. Through experience and innovation, we allow businesses, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions, and government agencies to manage and proactively make decisions based on their biggest asset, their data. Our specialists are skilled at managing, refining, analyzing, or visualizing information for the specific purpose of increasing the value of IT to benefit from the data science industry.

For more information, please visit our website at www.lifescaleanalytics.com