What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Support Specialist position at Metal Ops LLC?
Organizations: Metal Ops & FoxHaven
Department: IT / Technology Operations
Position Overview
Metal Ops and FoxHaven are seeking an AI-savvy IT Systems Support Specialist to support, maintain, troubleshoot, and continuously improve our AI-driven technology environment.
This role combines IT systems support, AI platform administration, workflow automation, cybersecurity, and business process optimization. The successful candidate will help ensure our AI-powered systems operate reliably, communicate effectively, protect company data, and support daily business operations.
We are looking for someone who understands that AI is more than a productivity tool. It is an integral part of how modern businesses operate, automate workflows, manage information, and make decisions.
Key Responsibilities1. AI Systems Support & Administration
- Support and troubleshoot AI-powered applications, platforms, agents, and business systems.
- Monitor system performance, availability, integrations, and workflow reliability.
- Help manage AI tools, user access, permissions, configurations, and usage policies.
- Investigate errors, unexpected AI behavior, integration failures, and system interruptions.
- Maintain documentation for AI systems, configurations, dependencies, and troubleshooting procedures.
- Coordinate with AI vendors, developers, and technology partners when advanced support is needed.
2. AI Workflow Automation
- Maintain and improve AI-driven workflows used across Metal Ops and FoxHaven.
- Identify repetitive tasks that can be automated through AI agents, APIs, scripts, and integrations.
- Help build, test, deploy, and maintain automated business processes.
- Monitor workflows for failures, inaccurate outputs, and performance issues.
- Develop procedures for human review and escalation when AI-generated results require verification.
- Measure automation performance through time savings, reliability, accuracy, and operational impact.
3. Systems Integration & Data Management
- Support connections between AI platforms, business applications, databases, file systems, and other operational tools.
- Troubleshoot API connections, authentication issues, data synchronization, and integration errors.
- Help maintain data quality, consistency, access controls, and appropriate retention practices.
- Support structured knowledge bases and information sources used by AI systems.
- Assist with testing system changes before deployment to minimize disruptions.
4. Cybersecurity & AI Governance
- Help protect company information, credentials, systems, and AI integrations.
- Apply least-privilege access, multifactor authentication, secure credential management, and appropriate logging.
- Identify risks involving unauthorized access, data exposure, prompt injection, and unsafe AI actions.
- Help establish safeguards for AI agents that can access business systems or perform actions.
- Ensure sensitive company information is handled according to approved policies.
- Maintain appropriate human approval for high-impact or irreversible automated actions.
5. Business Operations Support
- Support the technology systems used by Metal Ops and FoxHaven to conduct daily operations.
- Troubleshoot issues affecting employees, business workflows, operational reporting, and system connectivity.
- Identify opportunities to improve productivity through AI, automation, and better system integration.
- Work with leadership and employees to understand operational needs and translate them into technical improvements.
- Help minimize downtime and ensure reliable access to critical business systems.
6. Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- Evaluate emerging AI tools, platforms, and automation technologies.
- Test new capabilities in controlled environments before introducing them into production.
- Maintain technical documentation, system diagrams, standard operating procedures, and recovery plans.
- Track system reliability, automation success rates, recurring errors, and operational improvements.
- Recommend solutions based on business value, security, reliability, scalability, and cost.
Required Qualifications
- Experience supporting IT systems, software platforms, integrations, or technology operations.
- Strong practical understanding of AI-powered applications and business workflows.
- Familiarity with AI agents, workflow automation, APIs, and system integrations.
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues systematically and document solutions.
- Understanding of cybersecurity, data protection, user permissions, and secure system access.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to learn new AI platforms quickly and work independently.
Preferred Technical Skills
- 2 years of hands-on experience with Odoo development (versions 15 and above preferred).
- Strong proficiency in Python, XML, JavaScript (OWL), and PostgreSQL.
- Deep familiarity with the Odoo ORM, QWeb reports, and custom module architecture.
- Experience building and maintaining API integrations (REST, JSON-RPC, XML-RPC).
- Experience managing deployments via Odoo.sh, Git, and Docker.
- Understanding of AI evaluation, output validation, and workflow testing.
- Familiarity with version control, deployment procedures, and incident management.
- Experience supporting AI-driven business operations or multi-platform technology environments.
Performance Expectations
- Maintain reliable operation of critical AI-powered systems and workflows.
- Resolve technical issues efficiently and reduce recurring failures.
- Improve automation reliability, accuracy, and measurable business productivity.
- Maintain secure integrations and appropriate access controls.
- Reduce manual work through practical, well-tested automation.
- Keep technical documentation current and ensure changes are properly tested.
- Provide clear reporting on system health, risks, incidents, and improvement opportunities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and deploy custom Odoo modules and business logic.
- Troubleshoot system performance, optimize PostgreSQL queries, and resolve application bugs.
- Manage version migrations and code upgrades across Odoo instances.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an AI-first technology professional who combines practical IT troubleshooting with an understanding of automation, integrations, and intelligent systems. They are comfortable investigating problems across multiple platforms, learning new technologies, securing AI-enabled workflows, and turning business needs into reliable technical solutions.
The mission: Keep Metal Ops and FoxHaven's AI-driven technology environment secure, dependable, efficient, and continuously improving.
Pay: $60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $60,000