Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific University

Associate IT Analyst

Main Campus, USA · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$55k-$70kDetected 74 days ago
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About the role

  • SPU IT values impact over activity, clarity over complexity, and principles over rigid processes, fostering a culture of service, ownership, transparency, continuous improvement, and thoughtful innovation grounded in stewardship.
  • This role blends strong technical aptitude, operational discipline, and collaboration to help ensure technology services are reliable, secure, well-documented, and aligned with university priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Technical Support & Domain Support
  • Administer and support enterprise platforms, tools, and services aligned to assigned areas of specialization.
  • Partner with infrastructure and security teams to embed security and privacy principles into daily operations.
  • Create, maintain, and improve technical documentation, standards, and operating procedures.
  • Provide guidance and collaborate with Help Desk, Tier 1, and Tier 2 staff through mentoring, troubleshooting support, and informal leadership as appropriate for experience level.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned based on team needs and individual strengths.
  • Collaborate across technical domains to support shared outcomes and institutional priorities.
  • Rotational Operational Support & Incident Triage
  • Participate in SPU IT's rotational operational support model.

Requirements

  • Technical Expertise & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience.
  • Demonstrated proficiency or working knowledge in one or more of the following technical areas of specialization:
  • Experience supporting and administering systems in a professional or enterprise environment.
  • Experience supporting systems within one or more technical domains and contributing to reliable, repeatable operations through documentation and process improvement.
  • Demonstrates sound judgment and the ability to navigate ambiguity with confidence.
  • Endpoint Management & Client Computing (e.g., Windows/macOS administration, MDM, configuration management, patching, compliance, device lifecycle)
  • AV, Classroom, and Learning Space Technologies (e.g., instructional AV systems, control systems, classroom support, learning space lifecycle planning)
  • Field Operations & Systems Support (e.g., on-site technical support, hardware deployment, network/telecom support, printer and peripheral management)
  • User-Facing Enterprise Platforms supporting end-user productivity, collaboration, or instruction
  • Professional Competencies & Ways of Working
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and build trust through credibility, responsiveness, and teamwork.
  • Develops contextual awareness of university operations and enterprise-level priorities.
  • Identifies and recommends fit-for-purpose, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
  • Thinks strategically while executing pragmatically.

Nice to have

  • Experience contributing to standards development, documentation, or planning activities.
  • Experience collaborating across multiple technical disciplines to achieve shared outcomes.
  • Values impact over activity and results over motion.
  • Embraces continuous improvement and thoughtful innovation.
  • Operates with transparency, humility, and a commitment to shared success.
  • Keeps Christ and the university's mission at the center of decision-making.
  • A personal commitment to Christian faith
  • enthusiasm for supporting Seattle Pacific University's mission

Skills

  • What We Need
  • Associate IT Analysts bring sound judgment, curiosity, and a service-oriented mindset to their work.
  • They contribute to outcomes through technical skill, clear communication, and dependable follow-through.

Compensation

  • Compensation & Position Details

Benefits

  • Support the health, reliability, and lifecycle activities of systems and platforms within areas of specialization, including inventory, maintenance, and planned refresh work.
  • Evaluate tools, technologies, and approaches for fit within a higher-education environment, balancing innovation with stewardship.

Company info

  • Seattle Pacific University is a Christian institution committed to graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community.
  • Information Technology supports this mission by delivering secure, reliable, and forward-looking technology that enables students, faculty, and staff to do their best work. SPU IT values impact over activity, clarity over complexity, and principles over rigid processes, fostering a culture of service, ownership, transparency, continuous improvement, and thoughtful innovation grounded in stewardship.
  • The Associate IT Analyst is an on-campus individual-contributor role that supports one or more technical domains that enable end-user computing, learning environments, and institutional operations. This role blends strong technical aptitude, operational discipline, and collaboration to help ensure technology services are reliable, secure, well-documented, and aligned with university priorities. Associate IT Analysts contribute to platform administration, troubleshooting, documentation, and continuous improvement-working independently on routine and moderately complex work, and partnering with senior staff on higher-impact or ambiguous challenges.
  • Information Technology supports this mission by delivering secure, reliable, and forward-looking technology that enables students, faculty, and staff to do their best work.
  • The Associate IT Analyst is an on-campus individual-contributor role that supports one or more technical domains that enable end-user computing, learning environments, and institutional operations.
  • Associate IT Analysts contribute to platform administration, troubleshooting, documentation, and continuous improvement-working independently on routine and moderately complex work, and partnering with senior staff on higher-impact or ambiguous challenges.
  • They grow capability through documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement, and they seek guidance appropriately when risk, scope, or ambiguity increases.
  • The ideal candidate thinks systemically, communicates with clarity, anticipates needs, and delivers practical results that support the university's academic and administrative missions.

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