Gulf Coast News, located in Fort Myers, Florida, is looking for an IT Specialist to join our station. You will help oversee the IT operations at our station and work with a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment. The IT Specialist reports to the IT Manager and performs daily maintenance on computers, virtual systems, network infrastructure, printers and provides user support.
Responsibilities
- Support user needs across all departments, including News, Creative Services, Sales and Administration
- Maintain imaging machines, updating firmware and managing hardware inventory
- Assist the IT Manager with systems upgrades and new platform deployments
- Provide technical guidance to end-users and mobile device support
- Maintain LAN/IT infrastructure, installation and support of network hardware and software
- Occasional travel to transmitter and other company sites
- Analyze and implement corporate data back-up, disaster recovery and security procedure
Requirements
- Working knowledge of managed network switches and architecture concepts
- VMWare, Cisco or Microsoft certifications preferred
- Prior experience with a large user base
- Experience in the television broadcast setting preferred
- Experience with networked, stand-alone printers and digital copiers
- Enterprise and web-based applications
- VPN, Cisco equipment, TCP/IP and subnets, NAS, LAN Management
- Communications skills and customer-service attitude
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows desktop and server operating systems
- Higher education in technology, SBE certification or related military experience will be considered
- In person attendance is required
Values in Action
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That’s why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communication, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate, and connected to the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
- Medical | Dental | Vision
- 401(k) matching
- Emotional Wellness Support
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- LGBTQ+ Health Services
- Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs
Skills Required
- Working knowledge of managed network switches and network architecture concepts
- Experience supporting a large user base
- Experience with networked and standalone printers and digital copiers
- Experience with enterprise and web-based applications
- Knowledge of VPN, Cisco equipment, TCP/IP, subnets, NAS, and LAN management
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows desktop and server operating systems
- Higher education in technology, SBE certification, or related military experience
- VMware, Cisco, or Microsoft certifications
- Experience in a television broadcast setting
- Strong communication skills and customer-service attitude
- In-person attendance
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
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