Senior IT Support Specialist Supervisor

Collegis Education is a marketing and technology education solutions company that offers industry-leading services for colleges and universities of every size in every sector. Using a proactive and data-driven approach, Collegis Education empowers institutions to make a broader impact by providing insights that help grow enrollments, improve student outcomes and optimize expenses. With several decades of experience working within the higher education industry, the team at Collegis Education was founded within the walls of a college and expanded to help change more lives through education.

Currently, the infrastructures established by Collegis Education support more than 40,000 students nationwide. For more information about Collegis Education, please visit

The Sr. IT Support Specialist – Supervisor is a high-impact leadership role for driven professionals committed to delivering exceptional managed IT services to our partners. This position leads a team of IT Support Specialists supporting Windows desktop, macOS, and Windows server environments, ensuring systems are maintained in alignment with industry best practices.

Through metrics-driven performance management, this leader oversees daily support operations, monitors team effectiveness, and provides coaching and development to build a high-performing, customer-focused team.

This is an on-site, campus-based position designed to maximize impact through in-person engagement. Daily presence on campus enables hands‑on support, active collaboration, and meaningful interaction with the academic community, ensuring a seamless and responsive technology experience.

• Supervision and mentorship of employees at local and remote locations
• Partner with Support Services Leadership to develop and implement strategies and training initiatives to increase Support Specialist effectiveness
• Mentor employees through sharing information, skill coaching, and suggesting effective initiatives that will assist an agent in providing excellent customer service.
• Provide periodic review of employees that includes coaching customer service, technical ability and additional skill building as determined during review (Additional reviews may be staged on an ad-hoc basis, but a scheduled review is required on an annual basis)
• Responsible for mid and year-end performance reviews and managing performance of your reports, through consistent feedback and formal performance reviews.
• Sustain project updates and status reports to leadership on a regular basis
• Maintains a strong understanding of partner’s environments, including but not limited to software applications, learning management systems, and account creation procedures.
• Drive best practices for remote desktop management, automation of imaging/updating, and proactive maintenance of supported systems.
• Maintain and enforce the asset refresh program to keep technology in an up-to-date fashion.
• Maintain desktop application inventory and assist with software licensing maintenance
• Provide purchase approval and assist with providing financial forecasts for computer replacement and purchase
• Define and maintain security procedures and policies; enforce these policies with ITSS team members
• Monitoring, supporting, and troubleshooting systems issues
• Adhere to and enforce the appropriate information security policies based on the sensitivity of company data and report any security-related issues
• Reduce the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of information assets by acting as the data steward for the application(s) you administer
• Manage and mentor student‑work studies
• Continue training for ITSS team members on processes and procedures.

• Possession of relevant industry certifications is highly advantageous
• Extensive operations experience in IT support and management
• Availability for weekend shifts to support maintenance activities and participation in on-call rotation duties
• A minimum of 5 years of management experience, coupled with a robust technical background
• Proficiency in managing a team
• Flexibility to work a schedule that may include…