Hospitality STEM OPT Jobs in Florida
F-1 STEM OPT hospitality jobs in Florida attract students in data analytics, revenue management, and hospitality technology roles at employers like Marriott, Hilton, and Walt Disney World. Orlando, Miami, and Tampa concentrate the most sponsorship activity, driven by Florida's year-round tourism economy and large convention and resort operations.
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We love what we do and what we do is important! We believe that everyone should leave feeling better - this means not just our guests, but also our teammates. Everyone should go home feeling better because they learned something new or had fun working that day. Therefore, we hire unique individuals who work together to create amazing experiences for our guests. We recognize that every member of the team contributes to the success of the whole hotel. No-one is more important than anyone else, and unless we are in it together, we can't create that special experience for our guests.
Your mission: Should you decide to accept it...
The IT System Administrator oversees the implementation and maintenance for the Virgin Hotel Collection’s IT Operational needs, ensuring its reliability, performance, and usability. This role involves managing technology assets, software compliance, and operational needs while also ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
This role will play an important part in guiding the deployment, maintenance, and oversight of technology for the business. In addition, they will assist in enhancing technology brand standards by offering property requests for revising or implementing new capabilities. Then, they will work with the properties to ensure they remain compliant with standards. This will be done by performing property visits, assisting with property budgets (P&L and Capital) and working with the home office regarding new capabilities being introduced into the properties.
Being the Virgin Hotels IT System Administrator also means you are assisting in best practices for IT staff on property and ensures that these practices are used throughout the business.
The Nitty-Gritty:
What exactly you will be doing...
In helping you understand your role in working for a world class organization, the following is a list of your essential job responsibilities. Please keep in mind that this list is not all inclusive and that you may be asked to perform other job tasks by your manager not listed below in the constant quest to provide “out of this world” customer service experience for our guests:
- Requirements Gathering: Meet with users and stakeholders to understand needs and problems.
- Analysis & Design: Analyze existing systems, identify gaps, and design new solutions or improvements, often using data modeling.
- Specification: Create detailed technical specifications for partners to assist with new systems or features.
- Collaboration: Work with stakeholders, partners, and the greater IT team to implement solutions and troubleshoot issues.
- Testing and Implementation: Lead or participate in testing (including integration testing) and oversee system deployment.
- Support and Training: Provide user training and create documentation for new systems and processes.
- Optimization: Maintain and enhance existing applications for better performance and efficiency.
- Infrastructure Management: Install, configure, and maintain hardware and software, including servers, operating systems, and network components.
- Infrastructure Licensing: Understand, Define, and Execute on Licensing Procurement, Application, and Maintenance. Including but not limited to Operating Systems, User Licensing, Cloud Infrastructure Licensing, and Infrastructure Licensing.
- Infrastructure Specifications: Manage and Maintain current specifications and qualifications for all Infrastructure needs within the organization.
- System Monitoring: Monitor network and server performance, reviewing system logs to ensure integrity, availability, and optimal performance.
- Documentation: Document system configurations, policies, and procedures for technical and operational efficiency.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of the organization's IT assets, including servers, network hardware, and end user technology needs.
- Assist with Operational policies and procedures, ensuring they are aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards, such as HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI-DSS.
- Manage relationships with IT vendors, ensuring they adhere to requirements and provide timely support.
- Liaise with the Director of Cyber Security to best define business needs and promote a strong secure posture within the IT Department and the entire organization.
- Assist with Application needs and field support as needed.
What qualities are we looking for?
You’ve got skills? If you can perform the following, then you have come to the right place...
- Great team player with the ability to create excellent working relationships across the group
- Ability to break down barriers and resolving potential conflicts swiftly and effortlessly
- Strong communication and presentation skills to all levels of management
- Creativity and innovation are essential!
- Ability to multi-task between operational support, problem solving and enhancement/implementation projects
- Ability to think outside the box and approach all issues with a completely fresh approach
- Ability to anticipate needs and over deliver wherever possible
- Passionate, optimistic, and energetic about working within the Hospitality Industry
- Enjoy process improvement
- Evoke inspiration in those around you and encourage them to create their best work
- Unwavering integrity and endless work ethic
- Appreciate constructive feedback, as well as graciously providing the same
- Tenacious and self-motivated
- Self-starter, organized, independent, open
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Background must-have:
- Current, legal and unrestricted ability to work in the United States
- The role is open to U.S. based remote candidates, with a preference for Miami-based talent. Our Miami corporate office, located in Coconut Grove, operates on a hybrid work model.
- University degree in Information Technology OR, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job is strongly preferred
- Experience in Hospitality IT Operations and/or Infrastructure is strongly preferred
- Knowledge of on-property hospitality technology and how they interact with each other is strongly preferred
- Knowledge of desktop computing environment in a hotel and/or resort is preferred
- Knowledge of hotel networking environment is preferred
- Able to travel as deemed necessary (national & international) is required
- Able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed, is required
Who we are:
We love what we do and what we do is important! We believe that everyone should leave feeling better - this means not just our guests, but also our teammates. Everyone should go home feeling better because they learned something new or had fun working that day. Therefore, we hire unique individuals who work together to create amazing experiences for our guests. We recognize that every member of the team contributes to the success of the whole hotel. No-one is more important than anyone else, and unless we are in it together, we can't create that special experience for our guests.
Your mission: Should you decide to accept it...
The IT System Administrator oversees the implementation and maintenance for the Virgin Hotel Collection’s IT Operational needs, ensuring its reliability, performance, and usability. This role involves managing technology assets, software compliance, and operational needs while also ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
This role will play an important part in guiding the deployment, maintenance, and oversight of technology for the business. In addition, they will assist in enhancing technology brand standards by offering property requests for revising or implementing new capabilities. Then, they will work with the properties to ensure they remain compliant with standards. This will be done by performing property visits, assisting with property budgets (P&L and Capital) and working with the home office regarding new capabilities being introduced into the properties.
Being the Virgin Hotels IT System Administrator also means you are assisting in best practices for IT staff on property and ensures that these practices are used throughout the business.
The Nitty-Gritty:
What exactly you will be doing...
In helping you understand your role in working for a world class organization, the following is a list of your essential job responsibilities. Please keep in mind that this list is not all inclusive and that you may be asked to perform other job tasks by your manager not listed below in the constant quest to provide “out of this world” customer service experience for our guests:
- Requirements Gathering: Meet with users and stakeholders to understand needs and problems.
- Analysis & Design: Analyze existing systems, identify gaps, and design new solutions or improvements, often using data modeling.
- Specification: Create detailed technical specifications for partners to assist with new systems or features.
- Collaboration: Work with stakeholders, partners, and the greater IT team to implement solutions and troubleshoot issues.
- Testing and Implementation: Lead or participate in testing (including integration testing) and oversee system deployment.
- Support and Training: Provide user training and create documentation for new systems and processes.
- Optimization: Maintain and enhance existing applications for better performance and efficiency.
- Infrastructure Management: Install, configure, and maintain hardware and software, including servers, operating systems, and network components.
- Infrastructure Licensing: Understand, Define, and Execute on Licensing Procurement, Application, and Maintenance. Including but not limited to Operating Systems, User Licensing, Cloud Infrastructure Licensing, and Infrastructure Licensing.
- Infrastructure Specifications: Manage and Maintain current specifications and qualifications for all Infrastructure needs within the organization.
- System Monitoring: Monitor network and server performance, reviewing system logs to ensure integrity, availability, and optimal performance.
- Documentation: Document system configurations, policies, and procedures for technical and operational efficiency.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of the organization's IT assets, including servers, network hardware, and end user technology needs.
- Assist with Operational policies and procedures, ensuring they are aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards, such as HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI-DSS.
- Manage relationships with IT vendors, ensuring they adhere to requirements and provide timely support.
- Liaise with the Director of Cyber Security to best define business needs and promote a strong secure posture within the IT Department and the entire organization.
- Assist with Application needs and field support as needed.
What qualities are we looking for?
You’ve got skills? If you can perform the following, then you have come to the right place...
- Great team player with the ability to create excellent working relationships across the group
- Ability to break down barriers and resolving potential conflicts swiftly and effortlessly
- Strong communication and presentation skills to all levels of management
- Creativity and innovation are essential!
- Ability to multi-task between operational support, problem solving and enhancement/implementation projects
- Ability to think outside the box and approach all issues with a completely fresh approach
- Ability to anticipate needs and over deliver wherever possible
- Passionate, optimistic, and energetic about working within the Hospitality Industry
- Enjoy process improvement
- Evoke inspiration in those around you and encourage them to create their best work
- Unwavering integrity and endless work ethic
- Appreciate constructive feedback, as well as graciously providing the same
- Tenacious and self-motivated
- Self-starter, organized, independent, open
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Background must-have:
- Current, legal and unrestricted ability to work in the United States
- The role is open to U.S. based remote candidates, with a preference for Miami-based talent. Our Miami corporate office, located in Coconut Grove, operates on a hybrid work model.
- University degree in Information Technology OR, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job is strongly preferred
- Experience in Hospitality IT Operations and/or Infrastructure is strongly preferred
- Knowledge of on-property hospitality technology and how they interact with each other is strongly preferred
- Knowledge of desktop computing environment in a hotel and/or resort is preferred
- Knowledge of hotel networking environment is preferred
- Able to travel as deemed necessary (national & international) is required
- Able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed, is required
STEM OPT Hospitality Job Roles in Florida
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Search Hospitality Jobs in FloridaHospitality STEM OPT Sponsorship Jobs in Florida: Frequently Asked Questions
Which hospitality companies sponsor F-1 STEM OPT visas in Florida?
Large hotel and resort operators with Florida operations, including Marriott International, Hilton, Hyatt, and Walt Disney World, have the most documented OPT hiring history in the state. Cruise lines headquartered in Miami, such as Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Group, also hire OPT students in data and technology-adjacent hospitality roles. Sponsorship patterns vary by role, so checking employer LCA filing records is a practical first step.
Which cities in Florida have the most hospitality F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs?
Orlando leads Florida for hospitality OPT sponsorship activity, driven by its concentration of theme parks, convention hotels, and resort complexes. Miami follows closely, anchored by its luxury hotel corridor and cruise industry headquarters. Tampa is a growing market, with convention-focused hotels and a developing hospitality technology sector. Smaller markets like Fort Lauderdale and Naples also see periodic openings tied to seasonal resort operations.
What types of hospitality roles typically qualify for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship?
F-1 STEM OPT applies when the role is directly related to a qualifying STEM-designated degree program. In hospitality, that most commonly covers positions in revenue management analytics, hospitality information systems, data analysis for guest experience platforms, and operations research. General management, front-desk, and food-and-beverage service roles typically do not meet STEM OPT criteria unless the position itself requires applied quantitative or technology skills tied to a STEM degree.
How do I find hospitality F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship jobs in Florida?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for F-1 STEM OPT eligibility, so you can search hospitality roles in Florida without manually screening each employer for sponsorship history. Because STEM OPT requires a STEM-designated degree and a role that directly uses those skills, Migrate Mate surfaces positions, like revenue analytics, hospitality technology, and data operations roles, where the employer has relevant OPT hiring patterns in Florida markets like Orlando and Miami.
Are there any Florida-specific considerations for F-1 STEM OPT sponsorship in hospitality?
Florida's tourism-driven economy means hospitality hiring is highly seasonal, with peak demand from October through April for most resort and convention markets. STEM OPT authorization requires your role to be directly related to your degree field, and your employer must be E-Verify enrolled, a requirement USCIS enforces for all STEM OPT extensions. Some Florida hospitality employers, particularly smaller independent hotels, may not be E-Verify participants, so confirming enrollment status before applying saves time.