Senior Service Desk Technician - Temporary

SMS has an immediate, but temporary opening for a Senior Service Desk Technician on our Cryptologic and Cyber Division (CCSD) Security team at our Lackland Air Force Base site in San Antonio, TX. Our team supports the CCSD by ensuring communications are secure and protected against Cyber threats while provide continuous access for authorized users. The Service Desk Technician responsibilities include technical support assistance, service request management, remote desktop management, self-help tools, Hardware (HW) and Software (SW) direct service desk support.

This temporary assignment is project based and will last roughly 60 days.

Since 1976, SMS has specialized in modernizing legacy IT and sustaining complex enterprise environments for federal agencies. With the goal of building long-term partnerships with our customers, we invest in our employees by providing the training, tools, and support they need to keep critical missions operational, improve performance, and reduce risk. SMS is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with offices and on-site operations at customer locations throughout the United States.

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• Help Desk
  - Provide customer interface by supporting requirements, such as, network accounts, web browsing (i.e. Internet Explorer), e-mail (i.e. Outlook), word processing (i.e. Word), spreadsheets (i.e. Excel), databases (i.e. Access), presentation (i.e. PowerPoint), photo editor, desktop publishing, scanning, writing to appropriate media, telephone voice mail and services, equipment issues, etc. Provide multi-media coordination and assistance supporting the setup of conferences, meetings, and Video Teleconference (VTC) operations.

• Problem Resolution
  - Provide IT support to resolve and document problems, using appropriate ticketing systems. Escalate problems to the appropriate organization or process, when required. Utilize the priority matrix, as identified in section 7, as an order to responding to service requests (e.g. trouble tickets).

• Core HW and SW
  - Support for common, standard user workstations, and associated software (standard/common configuration/build)

• Build equipment in accordance with latest SDC images and provide equipment install at user desktop.

• Remote Desktop Management
  - Support capabilities allowing assumption of control of an end user device for problem analysis and resolution.

• Moves, Add's and Changes (MAB) requests
  - Provide specialized support for increasing, decreasing, deleting, and adding, location adjustment of services for devices and applications, and port security requirements.

• Information Systems Support
  - Provide support to the following information systems, to include but not limited to, JWICS, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, NSANet, and Tier networks.

• Systems Administration
  - Install, support, and maintain all computer systems. Plan and respond to service outages and diagnose software and hardware failures to resolution. Implement and ensure security preventive measures are fully functioning.

• Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA), Information Assurance Vulnerability Bulletins (IAVB), and Time Compliance Network Orders (TCNO)

• STIG Compliance
  - Maintain software and hardware in accordance with applicable Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) guidance.

• 5-8 years of directly related experience in Service Desk and support. Experience in supporting classified intelligence networks is a plus.

• Required:
  
  proficiency in Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft Active Directory...

• Information Systems Support
  - Provide support to the following information systems, to include but not limited to, JWICS, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, NSANet, and Tier networks.

• Systems Administration
  - Install, support, and…