Location:Tampa, FL - MacDill AFB
Security Clearance: Active Secret or higher [Required]
Job Type: Full-Time
Target Salary Range*:$50,000 - $53,000
*This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary
Position Overview
Amatriot is hiring a Help Desk Technician to join the team at MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida. This high-visibility position is responsible for providing Tier 0, Tier I, and eventually higher-tier systems support, incident response, and escalation in support of the US BICES-X Coalition Support Service Desk. The role requires strong attention to detail, adaptability in a changing environment, and professional customer service.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Support and Incident Resolution
- Provide polite, professional, and responsive customer service.
- Provide daily face-to-face support to U.S. military and civilian personnel, NATO military personnel, NATO Partner Nations, international students, and host nation civilians.
- Provide first-contact and incident resolution to customers with hardware, software, and application problems.
- Attempt to resolve as many incidents as possible during first contact or at Tier I.
- Escalate detailed incidents efficiently to Tier II or Tier III support as required.
- Provide remote end-user software troubleshooting and support.
- Provide follow-up actions with customers to ensure resolution of incidents or requests.
- Provide advice and training to end users.
- May provide desk-side support to users.
Systems Support and Administration
- Remotely configure and upgrade computer software.
- Analyze customer needs to determine functional and cross-functional requirements.
- Manage the functionality and efficiency of a group of computers running on one or more operating systems.
- Maintain the integrity and security of systems.
- Support users with completing requests for deployment of new services, as required.
- Maintain system documentation.
- Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
- Adhere to the principles, methods, and techniques used in network administration and support.
Technical Knowledge and Team Support
- Apply comprehensive knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques used in computer troubleshooting and support.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
- Maintain and enhance knowledge of related hardware and software.
- Provide guidance and work leadership to less experienced technicians and may have limited supervisory responsibilities.
- Participate in special projects as required.
Qualifications
Education
- BA/BS degree - Additional years of experience may be substituted for the degree.
Experience
- 3 years of experience required.
- 2+ years of experience with common IT infrastructure services, including DNS, DHCP, and troubleshooting connectivity issues.
Skills
- Strong teamwork skills, including the ability to coordinate with many different work centers.
- Strong and professional customer relationship skills.
- Attention to detail and ability to adapt to a changing environment.
Certifications
- Must meet DoD 8570 requirements and be eligible for IAT Level II access upon hire for positions with elevated privileges.
- Must possess and maintain active Security+ CE certification.
- Must complete computing environment training within 2 weeks of hire.
- Professional certification in one or more specific technologies may be required, depending on job assignment.
Clearance
- Must possess and maintain a Secret clearance.
Other Requirements
- This position requires shift work, which could include day, afternoon, or night shifts, as well as weekends and holidays.
- Work is typically performed at client site locations, requiring proper safety precautions.
- Work may require some physical effort in handling light materials, boxes, or equipment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting multinational customers.
- Experience operating in deployed environments.
- Experience with user, administrative, and service account creation and management.
- Experience with direct customer support for both internal and external customers.
- Experience with Server STIGs, patching, Tenable, ACAS, SCCM, and IAVA vulnerabilities.
- Experience with Group Policy and Windows PowerShell.
- Experience with multiple operating systems and scripting languages.
- Experience with the principles, methods, and techniques used in Microsoft Server 2008, 2012, and 2016 administration, troubleshooting, and support.
- Experience implementing and maintaining systems documentation.
- Experience developing training for both internal and external customers.
- Experience managing, monitoring, and responding to key server infrastructure alerts.
- Experience with ServiceNow, SCCM, Exchange, and IDPA technologies.
- Experience with VMware, Horizon View, and other virtualization technologies.
- Experience working with military customers.
- ITIL Foundations v4 certification.
- Additional specific certifications may be required, depending on job assignment.