Hardware Technician

Knight Federal Solutions is a Small Business headquartered within Research Park in Orlando, FL with several teams across the United States.

With nearly a decade of experience providing support services to the DoD and the Intelligence Community, we understand that to succeed you must be agile, pro-active,and cost effective all while maintaining your integrity. Our corporate governanceprocesses are mature, industry tested, and strategically formulated for adaptability toour customer’s environment. This streamlined approach allows our team toexpeditiously participate and perform to the highest degree without bureaucratic barriersthat can impede prompt service and decrease performance value.

We are a mission driven, cost effective solutions provider dedicated to helping our partners and customers achieve their desired results. In working with Knight Federal,you can count on having a responsive, mission focused and ethical partner that willnever cut corners or lack effort. We treat every customer as our most important and theonly thing more valuable to us is our employees, as we firmly believe that they are thecore of our success.

Job Description:

Hardware Engineer

Location:

Newport, RIBackground: CAT5e, CAT6e, CAT7e, Fiber Optic, Cabling Key Skills (Required)
Bachelor’s degree in a Computer or IT field and 2+ years’ experience; or aHigh School Diploma / Equivalent and 6 years’ related experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

Skills to support building and troubleshooting computer systems consisting ofrack mounted Intel processors, Cisco networking and KVM equipment.

Mechanical assembly skills for building IT racks and training equipment

Ability to produce or read/interpret technical drawings and system supportdocumentation.

Knowledge of interfaces, including Ethernet 1G/10G wiring (CAT5e, CAT6,CAT7, fiber) and serial cabling, and the skills to build, test and troubleshootcabling.

Ability to use test equipment, such as network testers and multi-meters, to verifycontinuity.

Responsibilities:

Design and build rack-based IT systems for simulation training systems to ensure safety, stability, ease of repair, reliability and durability.

Diagnose and troubleshoot complex IT systems.

Build and install system interconnect cabling for communications, audio,networking and serial interfaces.

Configure IT hardware, such as network switches, Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM)/ PCoIP, Audio over IP (AoIP) devices, etc., and develop or markup system configuration procedures.

Utilize an in-house web-based content management system to integrate fullhardware documentation and procedures into Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETM) packages for trainer delivery.

Provide integrated logistics support (ILS) and inventory tracking in preparation forand during site installations.

Preferred Qualifications Proficiency in AutoCADKnowledge of Linux and Windows Operating Systems Travel Requirements:

Participate in system equipment installations (10-20% travel)
Shift Dayshift Clearance  Level Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.
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