Customer Service Engineer

mks2technologies; Fort William Henry Harrison (MT); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

MKS2 Technologies, LLC is seeking an on-site Systems Administrator to support Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. The role involves configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting a mission-critical network, with frequent interaction with on-site customers and documentation in Service Now.

The position requires substantial system administration experience, the ability to work independently or in a team, and a willingness to handle occasional evening or weekend hours as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with extensive system administration experience.
• BS in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or related field preferred.
• 8+ years in system administration or 2+ years with a relevant BS degree.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, test and troubleshoot IT systems onsite.
• Analyze problems and propose improvements for mission-critical networks.
• Perform asset management and inventory control activities.
• Document changes and tasks in Service Now.

Skills

System administration

Troubleshooting

SCOM

ServiceNow

Patch management

Asset management

Hardware support

Team collaboration

Education

HS diploma or GED

BS degree in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

SCOM

ServiceNow

McAfee

VA standard tools

Job description

MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our "Mission First" orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.

Systems Administrator

Pay Rate : $60,000 annually with full benefits, PTO, Holiday, and Immediate 401k match.

As an on-site Systems Administrator on our project, you will be supporting the Department of Veterans' Affairs. You will analyze problem areas and opportunities for improvement in this mission-critical network.

This position is located 100% onsite at the Veterans' Administration facilities, including Medical Centers, with daytime hours and potential for evening and/or weekend hours.

Duties include:

• Performing installation, configuration, maintenance, testing and troubleshooting tasks in support of the IT customers. Frequently positioning self to set up and maintain computers and connect/pull cords from under desks and in server closets.
• Performing regular and repetitive unpacking, moving, and installation of IT equipment weighing up to 50 pounds (or greater with additional assistance).
• Frequently traversing around large VA site campus while transporting equipment to various office buildings.
• Communicating directly with customers on site to diagnose and resolve customer related hardware/software issues utilizing the Service Now tool. Track and document all system changes, problems, issues, and work tasks within Service Now.
• Provisioning of newly procured endpoints to include desktops, laptops, printers, and mobile devices. Perform imaging, desktop support, adds/moves and changes.
• Installing OS Patch installation/patch removal (if applicable), OS upgrades and Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software.
• Providing user management account support where Elevated Privileges (EP) may be required.
• Performing software application installation and configuration based on change order instructions.
• Utilizing log data and system administration tools to diagnose system hardware and software problems, repair, and re-configure or replace defective system components as indicated.
• Performing system monitoring and analysis on assigned systems to discover risks and inadequacies, and provide recommendations on the need for expansion, enhancement, or revision.
• Utilizing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and SCOM tools to troubleshoot performance issues and deploy software packages, to include Scripting, McAfee, and other VA standard tools.
• Performing inventory functions to include managing pagers and turn-ins including performing media sanitization, disposal and/or turn in of equipment.
• Performing routine audits of systems and software to determine utilization and adequacy for demand, and compliance with current hardware and software site license regulations and requirements.
• Performing general maintenance activities, printer deployment/repair, software installations, and equipment refreshes. May include occasionally pulling old cables from server room as needed.
• Performing asset management to include asset inventory, audit and tracking, asset administration and reporting, integrated IT asset portfolio, and history and forecasting, automating the asset management process, as necessary.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to achieve successful results with minimal guidance.

Experience :

• Experience in maintaining troubleshooting a wide variety of systems and networks to include high volume/high availability systems. Must have knowledge of debugging protocols and processes.
• Experience with conducting routine system administration tasks and logging data in system admin logs.
• Experience with maintaining troubleshooting a wide variety of systems and networks, including high volume or high availability systems.
• Knowledge of debugging protocols and processes
• Ability to troubleshoot problems and issues identified by customers and implement corrective actions.
• HS diploma or GED and 8+ years of experience with system administration or BS degree Computer Science, Electronics Engineering or other engineering or technical discipline and 2+ years of experience with system administration.

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