Technical Specialist

Position: Technical Specialist

Pay Range: 24

Division: Technical Engineering Services

Manager: Mark Bowles

Location: BC

Job Type: Regular Full time

The Technical Specialist works as a member of one of several specialized technical teams in the area of server support, workstation support and project delivery. The position provides technical support for servers, workstations, and supporting tools & infrastructure across government and the broader public sector including the full range of related technical services. The position responsibilities include maintaining the support of hypervisors, installation, configuration & maintenance of operating systems. Managing and maintaining layered products & middleware, installing and upgrading hardware, providing and maintaining a test environment, applying approved patches to operating systems, and maintaining fallback and recovery procedures and processes.

If you have a hands-on approach, are committed to providing service excellence, and are looking for a rewarding and challenging career opportunity where you can be part of an exciting operation, we would like to hear from you!

What we offer:

• Competitive wage plus yearly salary step increments for the first 5 years in the Job Pay Range classification
• Competitive starting vacation with increases to vacation entitlements after the second year and beyond
• Alternative Work Arrangement options (which could include work from home, earned days off, temporarily or permanently reduced hours)
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Comprehensive extended health and dental benefits for you and your family
• Defined benefit pension program (BC Public Service Pension Plan)
• Health & wellness programs – lunchtime seminars, community activities and a comprehensive Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Seasonal events and socials
• A robust awards/recognition program
• A friendly work environment where your team is always willing to help
• A leadership team that actually cares about you and wants you to love your job

Responsibilities

• Determines the most appropriate hardware, operating systems, server/desktop, or cloud configurations for information technology projects. Analyzes customer service requests and conducts technical and procedural analysis including risk analysis.
• Designs and develops appropriate technical, business and/or procedural solutions to meet client needs.
• Designs, develops and documents cross-agency technical support specifications.
• Ensures implications of systems changes are understood by users, stakeholders, and other systems professionals.
• Conducts rollout planning, testing and scheduling of application and operating system deployments to ensure quality assurance of end product, including unit testing and systems integration. Receives and prioritizes service requests for systems changes and additions. Assigns tasks to team members as required. Manages Incidents within the incident management toolset. Monitors queues for new incidents, analyzes tickets, assesses and assigns tickets as required. Provides highest level technical support for incidents including liaison with vendor as required.
• Conducts daily monitoring and maintenance of system infrastructure, applications and operating systems.
• Participates/leads projects including determining resource requirements. Develops project implementation plans, tracks progress of activities and negotiates changes to plans with project sponsors. Reviews all detailed systems specifications, schedules and implementation plans produced by team members.
• Identifies emerging desktop issues, evaluates software and operating system threats and sources or develops fixes.
• Identifies emerging trends in server and desktop computing, communications, research and develops new product offerings.
• Executes Problem and Change Management process for all server and desktop problems and changes.
• Provides Tier-3 technical support, advice, and guidance for the delivery of effective business solutions.
• Reviews and tests business solutions, operating systems and software application releases ensuring system and data integrity and functionality.
• Provides complete documentation including infrastructure and application change reports, user documentation, Technical Information Bulletins, etc., and assists with the development of policy, guidelines and standards.
• Researches technology; monitors and assesses vendor advisories, industry trends and best practices; meets and works with vendors; develops and documents technology and service strategies; performs feasibility studies; recommends technology.
• Participates in special or unexpected projects as assigned including disaster recovery tests and declarations as per customer contract.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Education and Experience:

Related degree or an equivalent combination of relevant experience, education and/or training.

Experience in the following:

• Technical project planning and coordination of hardware and/or software business solutions in a LAN/WAN Microsoft Windows environment.
• Experience with configuring and administering Service Management software suites such as Service Now
• Analyzing and resolving complex Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Microsoft Office suite of products, Microsoft Azure cloud technologies, and TCP/IP Network problems.
• Technical experience in or administration of one or more of the following technology disciplines:
• Advanced Microsoft Operating System configuration such as Group Policy, Active Directory, or creating images for enterprise deployment
• Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager(or equivalent product)
• Software Packaging Tools (E.g. InstallShield, AppAttach, MasterPackager).
• Software development using Microsoft tools and languages,ie:PowerShell
• Experience with Enterprise Mobile Management products such as Airwatch or In-Tune is an asset

Preference will be given to candidates with skills in the following areas:

• Endpoint Security (Defender, Crowdstrike, Sentinel)
• VDI Technologies including Azure Virtual Desktop/ Citrix platforms and technologies
• Azure Administration (Azure Cloud, Azure Local)
• VMWare Administration and Management

Key Skills & Abilities

The following skills and abilities are required for this position:

Project Management

Plans, organizes and leads moderate to complex technical projects from initiation through to implementation. Manages timelines, resources, competing priorities and shifting constraints while aligning with client and organizational objectives.

Communication

Prepares, edits and proofreads technical and business materials (e.g., project plans, charters, reports and manuals) for diverse audiences. Presents information clearly and responds to questions in real time while maintaining credibility and professionalism.

Interpersonal Communication

Builds and maintains effective working relationships across all levels of the organization. Engages constructively with resistant or demanding stakeholders, resolves issues, and supports collaboration to achieve outcomes. Contributes to team objectives through active participation, cooperation and respect for diverse perspectives.

Organizational

Manages fluctuating workloads, prioritizes tasks and works independently in dynamic environments. Adapts to changing priorities and deadlines, breaks work into manageable steps, and communicates progress and key issues to stakeholders.

Research/Analyze & Investigate

Analyzes complex business and technical issues, identifies options and develops practical, well-reasoned solutions. Applies critical thinking, attention to detail and conducts thorough research and investigations to support decision-making.

Information Systems/Business Technology

Uses information technology to improve efficiency and support business operations. Maintains and troubleshoots hardware, software and operating systems. Administers and monitors service delivery infrastructure and applies technology solutions to resolve business challenges.

Additional information for applicants

• To be considered for this position, please complete the following mandatory Screening questionnaire along with your application. Mandatory Screening Questionnaire: Technical Specialist (2026) – Fill out form
• Please make sure you provide detailed information as ISM cannot make assumptions about your qualifications.
• Your application must clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience as outlined in the Position Requirements section above.
• Workday Career Profiles will be utilized by the hiring panel to assess ISM employee applicant qualifications during the screening process.
• This position can be done virtually, however, the candidate has to reside in the Province of British Columbia, due to the union certification requirements.
• An eligibility list might be created.
• This competition and/or eligibility list may be used for other departments of the BC Services Operation of ISM

*Note: This role may involve working with technology that is covered by US and/or Canadian Embargo Export Regulations; therefore all applicants will be subject to additional security screening requirements.

Job Code: Req # 68849 Technical Specialist FT