IT Support Specialist

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking an IT Support & Operations Specialist to join our Internal IT team in San Francisco. This person will serve as a primary onsite IT resource, providing hands-on technical support to employees while helping improve the processes and systems that keep the organization running effectively. This position combines day-to-day end-user support with opportunities to improve documentation, automate routine tasks, strengthen operational processes, and contribute to broader IT initiatives. The anticipated workload will be approximately 50 to 60% daily support and 40 to 50% projects and process improvement. The ideal candidate has approximately 2 to 5 years of IT support or operations experience and is comfortable independently troubleshooting common technical issues in a predominantly macOS environment. We are looking for someone who takes ownership of their work, communicates clearly, follows through consistently, and approaches employee support with a strong customer-service mindset. This is a contracted role and fully onsite in San Franscisco.

Day to Day:

- Provide hands-on Tier 1 and Tier 2 technical support to employees.

- Troubleshoot hardware, software, connectivity, application, and account-access issues.

○ Support predominantly macOS devices

○ Prepare, configure, deploy, ship, recover, and maintain employee laptops and peripherals.

○ Support systems such as Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Notion, Okta, Atlassian, Jira, and other workplace applications.

○ Provide hands-on support for conference rooms, audiovisual equipment, displays, printers, and other office technology.

○ Perform first-line troubleshooting for Wi-Fi, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and peripheral-connectivity issues, escalating more complex problems when appropriate.

- Support employee onboarding by preparing equipment, creating accounts, and confirming that required access is available.

- Manage offboarding activities, including disabling accounts, removing access, recovering equipment, and completing related documentation.

- Perform routine user, group, access, and license administration across SaaS platforms.

- Document common troubleshooting procedures and maintain clear internal IT documentation.

- Identify recurring support issues and recommend improvements to processes, documentation, or automation.

- Coordinate with IT leadership, vendors, and external technology partners when escalation is required.

- Assist with endpoint management, software deployments, security initiatives, audits, system rollouts, and other internal IT projects.

• Proactively identify office technology issues and help ensure that devices, conference rooms, and other hardware remain operational and up to date

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Skills and Requirements

• 2 to 5 years of experience in IT support, desktop support, help desk, IT operations, or a similar technical role.

- Experience troubleshooting macOS devices

- Familiarity with platforms such as Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Microsoft 365, Notion

- Basic understanding of identity and access management concepts such as SSO, MFA, user provisioning, groups, and permissions.

- Strong customer-service mindset with an understanding that successful IT support includes both technical resolution and a positive employee experience - Experience administering Google Workspace.

- Familiarity with Okta or another identity provider.

- Experience with Apple-focused MDM or endpoint management tools.

- Familiarity with CrowdStrike or other endpoint security tools.

• Experience with Jira Service Management or another ITSM platform