Alaska Airlines Jobs | Field Service Specialist, Seattle, WA

Alaska Airlines

Job Description

The Field Service Specialist is responsible for developing solutions to complex information technology problems at Alaska Airlines, including infrastructure, enterprise computing/networking, and radio/telephone communication systems. They are responsible for project management and leading vendor support teams. As an individual contributor, this role makes recommendations to improve work intake, break/fix, adds/moves/changes, and system reliability. They are responsible for customer relationships and providing exceptional customer service. They will work closely with both small and large teams supporting the operations of Alaska Airlines.
This individual contributor position supports field service activities for Alaska Airlines

Duties and Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:

• Provides support of all IT airline and airport-related systems.
• Takes ownership of problems and ensures they are resolved quickly and efficiently. Follows-up on all outstanding incidents until they are fully resolved.
• Provides technical assistance, guidance, and recommendations to end-users.
• Takes initiative to develop creative solutions to complex IT problems such as connectivity in critical environments.
• Effectively leads vendors and contractors supporting IT systems and infrastructure.
• Applies Project Management principles and practices in leading, planning, and completing complex projects.
• Communicates effectively with stakeholders, users, leadership, peers, and team.
• With limited direction from the manager, works with the team to prioritize work and solve problems effectively.
• Predisposed to action with a sense of urgency in support of critical systems.

Job Requirements

• 2 years of experience in IT field service, or related area.
• Bachelor's degree or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree.
• Experience in cross-divisional technology projects, infrastructure, mobile, radio, and telephone systems.
• Proven experience learning and leading change of new technologies, processes, and methodologies.
• Experience delivering exceptional customer service despite difficult circumstances.
• Ability to lift/stand/bend/climb in order to complete essential job functions.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time.
• Ability and willingness to work non-traditional hours and accept frequent on-call duties (e.g., evenings, weekends, after-hours, holidays, etc.).
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting multiple technical platforms (e.g., Windows, MAC OS, VMware, Altiris).
• Project Management skills or experience.
• Airline experience.

Job Details

Company: Alaska Airlines
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Location: Seattle, Washington, USA

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