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IT Systems Specialist roles qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension when your degree falls under an eligible CIP code in computer science, information technology, or a related STEM field. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and sign a Form I-983 training plan before your extension begins.
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Get Access To All JobsAt Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.
Consider applying here, if you want to:
- Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
- Develop lasting relationships with great people.
- Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.
IT Systems Functional I
The IT Systems Functional I will work within the IT Team to support the overall system/ network needs of Niagara’s corporate office and plants.
Essential Functions
- Analyze and develop solutions addressing customer needs.
- Trouble shooting daily operational system issues to define root cause and define temporary/permanent solutions.
- Ability to take direction, learn processes/systems quickly and apply to deliver results based on timeline.
- Work with business to understand and document requirements, determine design and approach, configure, and test various applications to deliver and support business needs.
- On-going analysis of the supply chain process to identify opportunities for process and system improvements, efficiency gains, and cost reduction through the use of various supply chain applications and data mining tools.
- Organize, schedule and run meetings to identify supply chain opportunities and system needs:
- Interacting with multiple departments including but not limited to IT, Accounting, Finance, Transportation, Customer Service, Planning, Distribution, and Production.
- Documenting meeting minutes, action items, issues, and risks.
- Document requirements, process flows, new functionality, and creation of SOP/training materials.
- Training super and end users on new functionality and process changes.
- Ability to plan, track, escalate and deliver upon tasks and timelines assigned.
- Available for 24/7 support (scheduled and off hours).
- Review system design approaches to ensure they fully meet the business requirements.
- Write use cases, business rules, and other artifacts such as swim lane diagrams and activity flow diagrams to effectively articulate and represent business processes, desired outcomes, and requirements.
- Produce key documents, both in written and presentation format.
- Excellent problem solver with the ability to keep many driving factors and requirements in focus.
- Monitor process and technology and provide insights into overall status.
- Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list 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 prior notice.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications:
- 0 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 0 Years – Experience in Position
- 0 Years – Experience managing people/projects
experience may include a combination of work experience and education
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 2 Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 2 Years – Experience working in Position
- 2 Years – Experience managing people/projects
experience may include a combination of work experience and education
Competencies
This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:
- Lead Like an Owner
- Makes safety the number one priority
- Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
- Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
- Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
- Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
- Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers
- InnovACT
- Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products
- Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
- Increases performance through greater efficiency
- Find a Way
- Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts
- Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
- Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
- Empowered to be Great
- Consistently looks for ways to improve one’s self through growth and development opportunities
- Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
- Communicates effectively to manage expectations
Additionally, IT Support Analyst is expected to demonstrate:
- Ability to work in fast paced, dynamic environment collaboratively with a cross-functional team and manage minor project implementations.
- Experience in Business Analysis
- Overall high degree of professionalism
- Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills including facilitation and the ability to effectively interface and work with a wide variety of people. Must work independently.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills
- Ability to translate complex business needs into use case models
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to provide detail documentation of a technology incident
- Proficient computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Office, Outlook)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent analysis, planning and organizational proficiency and good business judgment
- Ability to delivery effective and professional presentation to peers, management and other professionals within our field
- Strong communication and documentation skills, ability to communicate and interact at executive and junior levels.
Education
Minimum Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Transportation, Manufacturing, Computer Science or Engineering, related field, or equivalent work experience
Preferred (Optimal Candidate):
- Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Transportation, Manufacturing, Computer Science or Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience
Certification/License:
- Required: NA
- Preferred: NA
Foreign Language
- Required: NA
- Preferred: NA
Typical Compensation Range
Pay Rate Type: Salary
$82,011.54 - $118,916.74 / Yearly
Benefits
Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:
Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.
- Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
- Paid parental and caregiver leaves
- Medical, including virtual care options
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) with company match
- Health Savings Account with company match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
- Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
- Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
- Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
- Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
- And more!
Los Angeles County applicants only Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.
Any employment agency, person or entity that submits a résumé into this career site or to a hiring manager does so with the understanding that the applicant's résumé will become the property of Niagara Bottling, LLC. Niagara Bottling, LLC will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
Employment agencies that have fee agreements with Niagara Bottling, LLC and have been engaged on a search shall submit résumé to the designated Niagara Bottling, LLC recruiter or, upon authorization, submit résumé into this career site to be eligible for placement fees.
Niagara Plant Name
CORP-MAIN
At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.
Consider applying here, if you want to:
- Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
- Develop lasting relationships with great people.
- Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.
IT Systems Functional I
The IT Systems Functional I will work within the IT Team to support the overall system/ network needs of Niagara’s corporate office and plants.
Essential Functions
- Analyze and develop solutions addressing customer needs.
- Trouble shooting daily operational system issues to define root cause and define temporary/permanent solutions.
- Ability to take direction, learn processes/systems quickly and apply to deliver results based on timeline.
- Work with business to understand and document requirements, determine design and approach, configure, and test various applications to deliver and support business needs.
- On-going analysis of the supply chain process to identify opportunities for process and system improvements, efficiency gains, and cost reduction through the use of various supply chain applications and data mining tools.
- Organize, schedule and run meetings to identify supply chain opportunities and system needs:
- Interacting with multiple departments including but not limited to IT, Accounting, Finance, Transportation, Customer Service, Planning, Distribution, and Production.
- Documenting meeting minutes, action items, issues, and risks.
- Document requirements, process flows, new functionality, and creation of SOP/training materials.
- Training super and end users on new functionality and process changes.
- Ability to plan, track, escalate and deliver upon tasks and timelines assigned.
- Available for 24/7 support (scheduled and off hours).
- Review system design approaches to ensure they fully meet the business requirements.
- Write use cases, business rules, and other artifacts such as swim lane diagrams and activity flow diagrams to effectively articulate and represent business processes, desired outcomes, and requirements.
- Produce key documents, both in written and presentation format.
- Excellent problem solver with the ability to keep many driving factors and requirements in focus.
- Monitor process and technology and provide insights into overall status.
- Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list 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 prior notice.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications:
- 0 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 0 Years – Experience in Position
- 0 Years – Experience managing people/projects
experience may include a combination of work experience and education
- Preferred Qualifications:
- 2 Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
- 2 Years – Experience working in Position
- 2 Years – Experience managing people/projects
experience may include a combination of work experience and education
Competencies
This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:
- Lead Like an Owner
- Makes safety the number one priority
- Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
- Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
- Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
- Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
- Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers
- InnovACT
- Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products
- Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
- Increases performance through greater efficiency
- Find a Way
- Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts
- Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
- Seeks solutions rather than placing blame
- Empowered to be Great
- Consistently looks for ways to improve one’s self through growth and development opportunities
- Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
- Communicates effectively to manage expectations
Additionally, IT Support Analyst is expected to demonstrate:
- Ability to work in fast paced, dynamic environment collaboratively with a cross-functional team and manage minor project implementations.
- Experience in Business Analysis
- Overall high degree of professionalism
- Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills including facilitation and the ability to effectively interface and work with a wide variety of people. Must work independently.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills
- Ability to translate complex business needs into use case models
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to provide detail documentation of a technology incident
- Proficient computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Office, Outlook)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent analysis, planning and organizational proficiency and good business judgment
- Ability to delivery effective and professional presentation to peers, management and other professionals within our field
- Strong communication and documentation skills, ability to communicate and interact at executive and junior levels.
Education
Minimum Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Transportation, Manufacturing, Computer Science or Engineering, related field, or equivalent work experience
Preferred (Optimal Candidate):
- Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, Transportation, Manufacturing, Computer Science or Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience
Certification/License:
- Required: NA
- Preferred: NA
Foreign Language
- Required: NA
- Preferred: NA
Typical Compensation Range
Pay Rate Type: Salary
$82,011.54 - $118,916.74 / Yearly
Benefits
Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:
Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.
- Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
- Paid parental and caregiver leaves
- Medical, including virtual care options
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) with company match
- Health Savings Account with company match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
- Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
- Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
- Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
- Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
- And more!
Los Angeles County applicants only Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.
Any employment agency, person or entity that submits a résumé into this career site or to a hiring manager does so with the understanding that the applicant's résumé will become the property of Niagara Bottling, LLC. Niagara Bottling, LLC will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
Employment agencies that have fee agreements with Niagara Bottling, LLC and have been engaged on a search shall submit résumé to the designated Niagara Bottling, LLC recruiter or, upon authorization, submit résumé into this career site to be eligible for placement fees.
Niagara Plant Name
CORP-MAIN
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as an IT Systems Specialist
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check your degree's CIP code against the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List before targeting IT Systems Specialist roles. Computer Science (11.0101) and Information Technology (11.0103) are commonly eligible, but your specific program title on your I-20 controls what USCIS approves.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask recruiters directly whether the company is enrolled in E-Verify before you get to the offer stage. You can cross-check by searching the E-Verify employer search tool. An employer not enrolled cannot legally hire you on STEM OPT, regardless of their intent to sponsor.
Use Migrate Mate to filter E-Verify employers
Searching broadly for IT Systems Specialist roles wastes time on employers who can't hire you. Migrate Mate filters listings by E-Verify enrollment status so you're only seeing roles where your STEM OPT authorization is actually usable from day one.
Negotiate your I-983 training plan before your start date
The I-983 must define specific learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, not just your job duties. Get your hiring manager to outline measurable technical training goals during the offer stage so your DSO can approve the plan before your extension period begins.
Target employers with existing H-1B filing history
IT Systems Specialist roles at employers who have filed H-1B visa LCAs with the DOL signal an established immigration infrastructure. Pull LCA disclosure data through the OFLC Wage Search to identify which employers have filed for this occupation code and understand their prevailing wage commitments.
Time your OPT extension application to your program end date
File your STEM OPT extension application with USCIS up to 90 days before your initial OPT expires. Late filing means a gap in work authorization. Your DSO must recommend the extension in SEVIS before you can submit, so start that internal process at least 120 days out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an IT Systems Specialist role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, if your underlying degree is in an eligible STEM field such as computer science, information technology, computer engineering, or information systems, and the role maps to your degree program. USCIS evaluates whether the job directly relates to your STEM degree, not just the job title. Check that your I-20 lists a CIP code on the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List before filing.
Does my employer need to be enrolled in E-Verify to hire me on STEM OPT?
Yes, E-Verify enrollment is a legal requirement for any employer hiring a STEM OPT student. The employer must be actively enrolled, not just registered. You can verify enrollment through the E-Verify employer search tool before accepting an offer. If the employer is not enrolled, they cannot participate in your STEM OPT extension, regardless of their willingness to support you. Migrate Mate surfaces only E-Verify-enrolled employers so you can skip this manual check.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for an IT Systems Specialist?
The I-983 must describe a formal training program that connects your on-the-job responsibilities to your STEM degree's learning objectives. For an IT Systems Specialist, this typically includes documented goals around systems administration, network infrastructure, security protocols, or enterprise software relevant to your degree field. Generic job descriptions don't satisfy the requirement. Your employer and DSO must both sign off before your extension period starts, and USCIS can audit compliance at any point.
What is cap-gap and does it apply to IT Systems Specialist roles?
Cap-gap automatically extends your OPT work authorization if your employer files an H-1B petition for you before your OPT expires and your lottery registration is selected. It bridges the period between your OPT end date and October 1, when the H-1B takes effect. Cap-gap applies to any role, including IT Systems Specialist, as long as you're maintaining valid F-1 status. USCIS publishes cap-gap guidance annually covering exact authorization conditions.
How do I find IT Systems Specialist employers who support STEM OPT?
Filter by E-Verify enrollment first, then look for employers with a track record of hiring international students. DOL LCA disclosure data via the OFLC Wage Search shows which employers have filed for IT Systems Specialist or related occupation codes, indicating existing immigration processes. O*NET profiles this occupation under SOC code 15-1244, which helps you confirm role alignment with your degree. Migrate Mate combines these filters so you can identify qualifying employers directly.