IT Support Specialist- Montréal, Canada

Job Description

Overview

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.   

We are looking for an experienced IT Support Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will help improve the productivity of CoStar Group employees by being the single point of contact for information and problem resolution.  This is accomplished by diagnosing and resolving problems with hardware, third-party and proprietary software, LANs, and servers in a timely and professional manner via telephone, email, remote tools and hands-on support. Great customer service should be your motto by being a self-starter, problem solver, and excellent communicator. You can juggle multiple projects each urgent and competing for your time.   

This position is located in Montréal, Canada and offers a schedule of 5 days in office.

Travel Required: 1x per month to Toronto, Canada

Responsibilities 

• Provide guidance, assistance, coordination and follow up on client questions, problems, or malfunctions of all systems applications, hardware and software, installed and maintained by the company.
• Participate in telephone support rotation providing support to users in offices across the US via remote assistance tools.
• Document problems and solutions in the Service Desk ticketing system
• Inform management of potential problems and identifies problem trends
• Create and maintain computer images
• Install hardware and peripheral components such as monitors, keyboards, printers, and hard drives.
• Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade computer hardware and software.
• Provide videoconference administration and support.
• Any other duties and special projects as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not for profit, in person university or college.   
• 2+ years of experience in corporate IT or Service Desk role
• Experience implementing TCP/IP at the workstation level
• Experience supporting Windows 11 workstations, Macs, Active Directory, Microsoft Office 365, Azure, remote tools and Windows File Permissions.
• Ability to lift/move equipment up to 50 lbs
• A track record of commitment to prior employers   

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• O365 Administration experience
• Experience supporting laptop/mobile devices such as Dell/ Surface Books, Macs, iPads, iPhones, etc. 

What’s in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed. We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to): 

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug 
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance 
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family 
• Commuter and parking benefits 
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions 
• Employee stock purchase plan 
• Paid time off 
• Tuition reimbursement 
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups 
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks 

Pay Transparency

This position offers a base salary range of CAD 65,000 – CAD 90,000 based on relevant skills and experience, an uncapped/generous commission plan and generous benefits.

Sponsorship

CoStar Group welcomes all qualified candidates who are currently authorized to work in Québec, Canada on a full-time basis. CoStar will not sponsor or support work visas for this position

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing