Senior It Support Engineer
TEKsystems
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Job summary
TEKsystems is seeking an experienced Senior IT Support Engineer in Washington, DC, to deliver frontline and advanced technical support for end-user devices, servers, networks, and applications. The role requires hands-on troubleshooting, project work, and collaboration with facilities and external vendors to ensure seamless service delivery.
You will diagnose, resolve, and communicate status on tickets, while also training users and contributing to a knowledge base.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of technical user support experience in small to large environments.
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with executive-level service delivery.
- Experience in highly secure and confidential environments; ability to prioritize and deliver on time.
Responsibilities
- Provide onsite and remote technical support for end users, diagnose and resolve issues, and communicate progress to tickets.
- Monitor helpdesk requests, document issues and resolutions, and ensure ticket closure.
- Train users on supported hardware, software, and services; provide after-hours/on-call support as needed.
- Lead desktop support projects such as OS migrations, patch management, and hardware upgrades.
- Coordinate with facilities and vendors to ensure office technology reliability and service continuity.
- Create and maintain detailed IT process documentation and knowledge base entries.
Skills
Education
Job description
This is a customer oriented support role centered on providing basic to advanced technical support for end user desktop, laptop, mobile device, application and peripheral installation, configuration and issues. Technologically proficient individual open to interact with users live or through other digital communication methods to provide guidance, troubleshooting and issue resolution. The Senior IT Support Engineers ability to deliver on and resolve technology requests, tasks, and projects is an important part of this position.
A good understanding and working experience managing and supporting IT infrastructure, systems, servers, networks, security, computers, mobile devices, technology products and software for a satellite office combined with problem solving abilities to diagnose and resolve issues are important criteria to succeed in this position.
Provide onsite and remote assistance for technical requests, diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve issues, communicate progress, follow up and ensure completion of support tickets.
Monitor and track support requests in the helpdesk ticketing system, and document issues and their resolution.
Train users on use of supported hardware, software and services within department and organizational guidelines and standards.
Provide after-hours/on-call support as needed.
Provide more in-depth troubleshooting for complex issues and administration for advanced technical requests that cannot be resolved through first-level or second-level support.
Working in collaboration with other operations groups to ensure that users are onboarded and offboarded efficiently.
Check user workstations to ensure cabling and connections remain in place for docking stations.
Guide remote employees on improving home office connectivity and managing bandwidth issues for critical tasks like video conferencing.
Work with visiting staff to ensure they are able to successfully log in and use office technology.
Set up, test, deploy and maintain computer laptops, desktops, printers, mobile devices, office phones and conference room audio/video equipment for meetings and events
Hands On Experience With
- Data center IT infrastructure components and systems,
- LAN and WLAN networking hardware, and
- Security appliances and hardware.
Administer Microsoft Windows Server OS and Server based applications.
Administer corporate based server side applications, SAAS / cloud administrator portals, network and storage appliances and systems.
Set up, test, deploy and maintain corporate standard computer software.
Set up, test, deploy and maintain computer patch management solution.
Perform user hardware and software version upgrades, security patches, firmware updates, equipment refreshes / replacements and optimizations.
Keep physical and virtual computer patterns and images up-to-date with latest security patches and software versions.
Coordinate with Facilities and Office Services staff to ensure office technology is working and maintained (e.g. cable, copier trouble shooting and maintenance, issuing, and IDF room maintenance) and other office technologies as needed.
Provision and track building security ID card issuance.
Manage electric shut downs powering down network and restarting work stations once work is complete.
Create, follow, and maintain detailed documentation of IT processes, procedures and checklists, and update knowledge base to ensure optimal efficiency and consistency in operations and project delivery.
Submit documentation of issues, troubleshooting steps taken and their resolution, and new practices in the internal knowledge base.
Conduct user training, gather feedback, and update training guides as needed.
Enter new hardware equipment details, software, and services license information.
Track changes, replacements, and repairs for hardware inventory including laptops, docking stations, and printers.
Set up, test, deploy and maintain corporate asset management tool.
Learn new technologies as required for tasks, projects and to administer department and organization functions.
Handle potential security threats and events with a higher priority.
Lead desktop support related projects such as operating systems migrations, software upgrades, patch management and hardware upgrades.
Coordinate with external vendors for requests, tasks, projects and escalated issues.
Research new technologies and tools to improve desktop support capabilities, efficiency, and security.
Locate opportunities for areas that can be automated to improve team efficiency and user experience.
Liaise with and oversee work of ISPs, software providers, and technical contractors to ensure service continuity and completion of work.
Partner with administrative and Facilities staff to address any office or building events impacting IDF room, user hardware, cabling, system and/or networking equipment.
- Experience delivering technical customer support interactions in-person and / or remotely.
- Experience responding to new or open support tickets received from various communication methods such as: email, phone, texts, walk-ins, chat tool and/or video call.
- Experience applying intermediate to advanced technical capabilities to diagnose and resolve issues.
- Experience Supporting Desktops, laptops, and accessories (monitors, docking stations, webcams, USB devices) running Windows,
- Mac desktops, Macbooks, and iOS devices,
- HP printers and Canon copiers a plus, and
- Android and iOS phones and tablets.
- A plus to have experience assisting with, managing and supporting data center IT infrastructure and components such as: network equipment, security appliances, server hardware, storage appliances or arrays, UPS, PDUs, environmental monitoring devices.
- Experience creating user accounts, user groups, assigning and maintaining resource permissions across Microsoft server applications, Windows-based server applications and stand-alone appliances, devices and systems.
- Experience administering and supporting Windows Server OS.
- Experience administering Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange at a basic or intermediate level.
- Experience administering and supporting Windows based File Servers and Print Servers.
- Experience managing telecom PBX platforms such as Avaya IP Office.
- Experience supporting remote access solutions such as VMware Horizon virtual desktops and Palo Alto Global Protect VPX/VPN endpoints.
- Experience supporting Email Filtering Gateways such as Mimecast.
- Experience managing security endpoint portal such as Sophos.
- Experience supporting Windows 10/11 and Mac operating systems.
- Experience supporting some or all of current corporate standard software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft 365, Zoom, Adobe Acrobat, Edge/Chrome/Firefox Web Browsers, Endpoint agents.
- Experience working with computer remote control solutions.
- Experience supporting corporate computer imaging solutions such as SmartDeploy.
- Experience managing door access control solutions.
- Experience performing Windows and Mac updates process for individual machines or using a patch management solution.
- Experience testing updates and patches before wider deployment to all computers.
- Experience configuring patch management solutions.
- Experience entering, editing and maintaining documentation or internal knowledge base solutions or structured and organized manual methods.
- Experience creating, drafting, updating and maintaining advanced technical checklists, processes, and user facing guides, manuals and how tos.
- Experience managing inventory with an asset management tool or Excel.
- 8+ years of technical user support experience.
- Experience in small to medium-scale environments (under 100 people) preferred.
- Boutique financial services, law firm, or family office experience preferred.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in information technology or related field.
- Commitment to delivering timely and professional service to executives.
- Strong foundational knowledge in diverse technical platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and to complete projects on time.
- Experience in highly secure and confidential environments; commitment to maintaining discretion and confidentiality.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Must be a service-oriented, team-player eager to respond to requests and assist colleagues at all levels.
- Demonstrated strong organizational skills and exercises attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate well with others or work independently as the situation warrants.
- Commitment to professional ethics and integrity.
- Punctuality and regular attendance in office.
- In order to build productive relationships across the organization and to ensure effective collaboration, this role requires in-person presence in accordance with the organizations hybrid schedule of working in the office four days per week.
Windows 11, Zoom, MS Office, Active Directory, Windows Server, Exchange, Networking, Small Environment
Windows 11,Zoom,MS Office,Active Directory,Windows Server,Exchange,Networking
Candidates must have strong communication skills, client interfacing skills, be collaborative, and reliable.
A Bachelor's Degree is requred.
Expert Level
This is a Permanent position based out of Washington, DC.
The pay range for this position is $110000.00 - $130000.00/yr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
including comprehensive health insurance, a substantial 401k match, paid time off, a hybrid work schedule and other flexible work policies.
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 10, 2026.
This is a hybrid position in Washington,DC.
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
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