Network Support Technician

Responsibilities

• Provide LAN administrator support with the installation, configuration and maintenance of network communication devices, servers, network storage arrays and tape backup units.
• Provide support of network attached devices such as computers, printers, fax machines, biometric devices, electrocardiograms, x-ray machines, smart display, and sensors.
• Provide support of mobile and wireless devices to include smartphones, tablets, and hotspots.
• Aid in testing, applying, and maintaining server configurations and related security patches.
• Aid in maintaining and checking the health of systems and backups to include restore testing.
• Monitor ITSM (ServiceNow) assignment groups and apply troubleshooting needed to resolve tickets.
• Update tickets following documentation templates and/or guidelines to ensure quality requirements are met.
• Provide daily, weekly, and monthly activity reports describing activities accomplished in a timely manner.
• Provide inventory support and input to the provided inventory system for the customer.
• Conduct or provide new equipment deployments and/or requested deployment support.
• Provide cabling support and run cables within data centers, LAN rooms and remote wiring closets.
• Analyze functional business requirements and design specifications for functional activities.
• Effectively contribute to technical discussions and develop and present required briefing materials to ensure the customer’s needs are met.
• Identify and fix problems within existing systems, enhance existing systems, participate in analysis, design, and new construction of next generation IT systems.
• Understand the needs of the customers and the realities of commercially available IT products and create requirements that will allow implementation by the architecture and engineering team and COTS products.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and pass the DHS Employment Eligibility Verification process.
• Associate Degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years’ of IT-related support experience, preferably in a helpdesk or customer support role.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve desktop, network, or other IT issues.
• General knowledge network products and systems.
• Experience in a rapid paced, time sensitive, high-quality environment.
• Excellent team skills and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail and follow-through.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Prior experience providing technical enterprise support within a large, complex organization, dealing with a wide range of users, systems, and networks.
• Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments which are broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.
• Experience evaluating system performance results and recommending improvements or optimizations.
• Experience performing IT hardware repairs and installing replacement parts.
• Experience planning and leading technology assignments and projects.
• Prior hands-on experience with the setup, configuration and administration of servers and backups.
• Experience functioning as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• ITIL v4, MCSE, A+, Security+, Network+, or other relevant certifications.

Physical and/or Mental Qualifications

• Outstanding communication skills in both formal and informal formats with customers, stakeholders, and technical specialists.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k)
• Company-Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO) for vacation/personal matters.