IT Support Specialist

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time actionable insights to physicians providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients at the right time.

As a Mid-Level IT Support Specialist you’ll play a critical role in fulfilling the mission of Tempus by providing secure and private cancer care technology methodologies for our clients and their patients. This role is perfect for someone skilled in troubleshooting exceptional customer service and utilizing enterprise IT tools. You’ll provide robust support to resolve hardware software and account issues addressing and mitigating technology-related issues across the organization while gaining hands-on experience with industry-standard platforms.

What You'll Do:

• End-User Support: Respond to track and resolve IT requests via our ticketing systems (e.g. ServiceNow Zendesk) ensuring timely communication and remediation.

• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve issues with Windows and macOS devices computer peripherals and basic network connectivity.

• Account Management: Administer user accounts including employee onboarding and offboarding password resets and utilizing identity management products like MS Active Directory Okta and Google Admin.

• Hardware & Device Setup: Configure deploy and maintain computer systems and laptops utilizing Mobile Device Management (MDM) applications and managing inventory tracking.

• Security & Networking: Install and support security products such as endpoint and anti-virus/malware protection and assist with VOIP phone system troubleshooting.

• Knowledge Base: Document solutions in ServiceNow and create Wikis or How-To guides to improve self-service resources and reduce repeat incidents for employees.

• Collaboration: Coordinate support across teams partner with cross-functional IT groups and work with software and hardware vendors to resolve complex issues.

• AV & Event Support: Provide break-fix support and maintain AV and conference room technologies including TVs Apple TV Mac Mini and Crestron.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience: Minimum of 2 years in an IT-related field and/or relevant customer service troubleshooting role. Associate’s degree in IT Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in supporting both Mac OS-X and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

• Enterprise Tools: Experience installing and troubleshooting SaaS products and collaboration tools (Google Workspace Slack Dropbox).

• Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with SaaS ticketing systems basic network troubleshooting and enterprise identity management platforms.

• Soft Skills: Exceptional problem-solving and customer service mindset clear verbal and written communication skills and the ability to write clear user instructions and procedures.

• Work Environment: Ability to work independently or with a team in a fast-paced agile environment supporting remote on-site and hybrid users.

• Bonus Skills: General familiarity with Microsoft SCCM scripting languages (PowerShell Python etc.) or professional certifications such as ITIL Foundations or CompTIA A+.
   

#LI-HR1

#LI-Hybrid

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California Colorado New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits which may include incentive compensation restricted stock units medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. 

What We Do

We bring together one of the world’s largest libraries of multimodal clinical and molecular data with a robust suite of AI tools to help physicians personalize care in real time connect patients with therapies and clinical trials and enable partners to accelerate discovery and development of new treatments. With ~8 million de-identified research records and 350+ petabytes of data Tempus partners with more than half of U.S. oncologists and the majority of the top 20 global pharma companies. Our teams are pioneering work across oncology neurology psychiatry cardiology and beyond—transforming how care is delivered and therapies are developed. At Tempus every role contributes to our mission: to help each patient benefit from the experiences of those who came before. For more information visit tempus.com.

Why Work With Us

We’re looking for people who can change the world. People who question the status quo and refuse to shy away from tough problems. For builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. Passionate individuals with undying curiosity who want to take on one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced—head on.

Gallery