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Position Summary: Brohn Homes, in partnership with our sister company Arbor Homes, is seeking a collaborative, customer-centric, and driven IT Systems Analyst to serve as our dedicated, on-the-ground technology anchor for Brohn Homes. Employed by Arbor Homes as a key member of the broader Clayton West region IT team, this high-impact role gives you the unique opportunity to operate as the sole technical partner face-to-face with the Brohn team while remaining deeply connected to a large, collaborative, and resourceful regional IT organization.

The IT Systems Analyst is responsible for managing day-to-day requests, deploying hardware, maintaining technical inventory, and ensuring all Brohn Homes physical locations, including corporate offices, regional hubs, and model homes, are fully operational. Because you will be the solo IT representative physically located in the Austin office, this position is best suited for a self-starter who takes immense pride in ownership, exercises exceptional communication skills, and thrives on being the go-to person in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate possesses a true people-first mentality, seamlessly managing independent onsite tasks while collaborating virtually with the broader regional team, and is eager to travel between our Austin, San Antonio, and Houston divisions to deliver face-to-face solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Onsite Support & Internal Customer Experience

• Serve as the primary, face-to-face IT point of contact for Brohn Homes team members, greeting internal customers warmly and responding quickly to remedy technical requests.
• Provide an exceptional customer service experience by maintaining a clear, positive, and professional communication style at all times through in-person conversation, phone calls, email, and chat/instant messaging.
• Ask open-ended, qualifying questions to accurately identify, triage, and resolve internal customer needs as an entry-level, Tier 1 technician.
• Maintain strict diligence in creating IT support tickets for walk-up users to accurately track volume, gather crucial information/screenshots, and analyze the types of issues managed.
• Bridge the gap between local needs and regional infrastructure by collaborating seamlessly with remote members of the Clayton West region IT team, ensuring complex or urgent issues are properly escalated and resolved.

Hardware Deployment, Inventory, and Field Setup

• Build, image, configure, and set up new computer systems and peripherals for deployment.
• Distribute new and replacement technology equipment to ensure a seamless onboarding experience and support ongoing tech refresh cycles for Brohn employees.
• Manage the physical setup, configuration, and connectivity of technology within regional model homes and sales centers.
• Maintain a meticulous, up-to-date IT inventory list to track company assets, hardware distribution, and technical equipment stock levels.
• Ensure all corporate meeting room and conference technology is in perfect working order, providing active support as needed to guarantee upcoming meetings are technologically successful.

Technical Troubleshooting, Security, and Optimization

• Troubleshoot, repair, or replace an array of workplace equipment, including laptops, desktops, dock units, monitors, printers, cabling, smartphones, tablets, headphones, conference room tablets, smart televisions, and local network devices.
• Remain on the leading edge of ensuring the organization meets all necessary security requirements through strict adherence to regional IT policies and procedures.
• Identify opportunities to add efficiencies and process improvements to the local support workflow, collaborating with the remote IT team to implement standard practices that enhance team member uptime.
• Demonstrates ownership and adaptability by taking on additional technical responsibilities and initiatives aligned with team and business needs.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in technical support, helpdesk operations, or a related technology role.
• Experience configuring hardware, troubleshooting software, or supporting technology deployments is a plus.
• Education, training, or industry certifications (e.g., CompTIA A+, Network+, Google IT Support) in a technical capacity preferred but not required.
• Valid driver's license and a willingness to regularly travel between all Texas divisions (Austin, San Antonio, Houston) and potentially travel to assist sister builders or new divisions.

Skills & Competencies

• Thrives as the independent, solo technical representative on-site, possessing the self-motivation to manage local demands while maintaining strong virtual relationships with a remote team.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment where technology needs can accelerate quickly, requiring someone who can shift gears, prioritize support tickets effectively, and step in where hands-on assistance is needed most.
• Builds strong working relationships with internal teams and field teams to understand their technical challenges and drive immediate, effective resolutions.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, particularly regarding asset management, ticketing data, and physical hardware configurations.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into simple, universal language for non-technical users.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment when evaluating technical issues, prioritizing urgent tickets, and protecting company digital assets.
• Familiarity with or an eagerness to learn the following core technologies:
  • Identity & Cloud: Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams
  • Networking: Cisco Meraki, General Networking concepts, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cabling
  • Hardware & Systems: Laptop Imaging, Desktop/Laptop hardware troubleshooting, Laptops, Dock Units, and Monitors
  • Endpoint & Security: Microsoft Intune, Mobile Phone device setup (iPhone), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Security and Update Patching
  • Operations: Remote Control support software and modern Helpdesk Support Ticketing Systems

Why Join Brohn Homes

At Brohn Homes and Arbor Homes, we believe we are in the People Business and we build homes. As part of the Clayton Properties Group, we enjoy the rock-solid stability of a national organization backed by Berkshire Hathaway, blended perfectly with the speed, agility, and family feel of a local team. We work hard, move fast, and hold a high bar, but we also believe work should be fun, relationships matter, and giving back is part of who we are.

In Information Technology, our customers are our team members. This role represents the ultimate career-growth position: you will experience the high ownership of managing the technical health of Brohn Homes locally in Texas, while gaining the mentorship, training, and resources that come with being part of the larger, multi-state Clayton West region IT team. If you take ownership, care about people, and want to grow your technical career with a team that's building something meaningful, you'll fit right in.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment: This position operates in both a professional office environment and active field locations, including residential construction communities and model homes. It requires traveling approximately 50% of the time. The role routinely involves working with technical hardware, cabling infrastructure, and standard office equipment.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, sit, bend, kneel, crouch, and crawl to manage IT cabling and hardware setups. The employee must regularly lift and/or move technical equipment up to 50 pounds (such as computers, printers, monitors, and network switches). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time, exempt position. An exempt employee is one who is not entitled to the minimum wage or overtime pay protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Typical days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. This position may work outside of normal business hours to include evenings and weekends as needed to complete job responsibilities.

Travel: This position requires frequent travel, averaging approximately 50% of the time, to company offices, division locations, model homes, recruiting events, volunteer activities such as Brohn Does Good Days, and company meetings. Travel will primarily be within and between our Texas regional divisions and communities (Austin, San Antonio, and Houston) to provide essential onsite support and set up new communities. This travel will flex based on business demands, with limited overnight travel possible for regional training sessions or company events.

EEO Statement: Arbor Homes and Brohn Homes are Equal Opportunity Employers. We are committed to the policy of equal employment opportunity in recruitment, hiring, career advancement, and all other employment practices.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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