IT Specialist

This is a Full Time Job

WTAE, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, PA is looking for an IT Specialist to join our station. You will help oversee the IT operations at our station and work with a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment. The IT Specialist reports to the IT Manager and performs daily maintenance on computers, virtual systems, network infrastructure, printers and provides user support.

Responsibilities
• Support user needs across all departments, including News, Creative Services, Sales and Administration.

• Maintain imaging machines, updating firmware and managing hardware inventory.

• Assist the IT Manager with IT systems upgrades and new platform deployments.

• Assist the Engineering Team with support, upgrading, and deployment of broadcast systems. Including Master Control and Production systems. (Florical, Bitcentral, ENPS, Weather, etc.)

• Provide technical guidance to end-users and mobile device support.

• Maintain LAN/IT infrastructure, installation and support of network hardware and software.

• Occasional travel to news bureau, transmitter and translator locations.

• Analyze and implement corporate data back-up, disaster recovery and security procedure

• Active Directory.

• Vmware and Hyper-V virtual environments.

• Service Now.

• Manage hardware inventory, replacement cycle and deployment.

Requirements
• Working knowledge of managed network switches and architecture concepts

• VMWare, Cisco or Microsoft certifications preferred

• Prior experience with a large user base

• Experience in the television broadcast setting preferred

• Experience with networked, stand-alone printers and digital copiers

• Enterprise and web-based applications

• VPN, Cisco equipment, TCP/IP and subnets, NAS, LAN Management

• Communications skills and customer-service attitude

• Knowledge of Microsoft Windows desktop and server operating systems

• Higher education in technology, SBE certification or related military experience will be considered

• Must have a willingness to learn and manage new systems.

• Must possess a positive attitude and driven by successful problem solving.

• Able to sit or stand for long periods of time.

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
• Medical | Dental | Vision

• 401(k) matching

• Emotional Wellness Support

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave

• LGBTQ Health Services

• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs