
Senior Desktop Support Specialist
AUSTIN, TXJobSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near AUSTIN, TX, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Job overview
The Senior Desktop Support Specialist provides computer desktop and technology support to TACC end-users through in-person assistance and an internal ticketing system. The role troubleshoots user issues, supports audiovisual and integrated conference-room equipment, and installs, configures, repairs, maintains, and upgrades hardware and applications. It also partners on managed-system updates, supports onboarding, maintains desktop images, responds to critical failures, and assists with IT inventory.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Full job description
Provide prompt computer desktop and technology support, various IT services, knowledge, and solutions to TACC end-users through in-person assistance and our internal ticketing system. Understand technology issues by assessing through listening and asking follow-up questions. Research and identify solutions and escalate when appropriate.Operate and assess the functionality of all AV and integrated conference rooms. Perform routine testing and problem diagnosis for projectors, microphones, speakers, amplifiers, and displays. Perform preventative maintenance to resolve problems or identify resolutions to appropriate vendors or manufacturers.Perform installation, configuration, repair, maintenance, and upgrades on Windows/Mac hardware (primarily MacOS), related equipment, and various other applications. Related equipment includes but is not limited to desktops, laptops, printers, conference room equipment, and other peripherals.Partner with the System Administrator to implement updates, patches, and system changes to managed hardware.Respond quickly and appropriately to critical system failures, ensuring timely and thorough resolution.Assist onboarding efforts for new employees, ensuring a smooth and well-supported introduction to IT systems.Maintain and update standardized desktop images across the organization.Attend regularly scheduled meetings. Perform special projects, tasks and other duties as assigned.Assist with IT inventory.
How this job compares
Set against the 587 open Desktop Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$60–81K/yr106 salary ranges
- US median$25–30/hr220 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 69 open Desktop Support jobs in Texas and 587 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)17 open
- TEKsystems8 open
- Lone Star College4 open
- Experience
- Desktop Support postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 4 years (399 postings).
- Education
- 22 of the 587 open Desktop Support jobs (4%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Similar jobs, posted recently
Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.
Senior Technical Support SpecialistUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · AUSTIN, TX- IT Support, Executive ServicesProcore · Austin, TX · $72–98K/yrPosted 1w agoPosted 1w ago
IT Support Engineer, CorporateEverlywell · Austin, TX (Hybrid)Posted 3w agoPosted 3w ago
Specialist, Technical SupportCastlight Health · Austin, TX · $24.2–36.3/hrPosted 5 days agoPosted 5 days ago
IT Production Support TechnicianSaronic Technologies · Austin, TXPosted 2w agoPosted 2w ago
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.