IT Service Technician

About the Role

GovCIO is hiring an IT Service Technician to provide onsite support for a federal customer in Houston, TX. This is an onsite position.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support for all onsite IT activities.
• Consult with support teams, help desks, customers, and other technical staff to resolve problems.
• Coordinate and perform operation and/or maintenance activities for networks/servers.
• Identify recurring problems and recommend steps to reduce their severity or frequency.
• Install, troubleshoot, and maintain a variety of products and equipment.
• Deliver services and solutions in technical support, systems refresh, software integration, and operations support.
• Identify, analyze, and repair product failures, and order and replace parts as needed.
• Provide onsite training of customer support personnel.
• Provide on-call support by identifying, researching, and resolving technical problems received via the ServiceNow ticketing system.
• Interact with network services, software systems engineering, and/or applications development to restore service and/or identify and correct core problems.
• Recommend systems modifications to reduce user problems.
• Perform routine system maintenance and analysis functions, including hardware configurations and adding, removing, and replacing equipment components.
• Install operating system patches, upgrades, etc., via SCCM Software Center.
• Provide remote support services for telework/home users.
• Help ensure user applications work over VPN and/or Citrix.
• Manage user relocation requests.
• Ensure devices are properly encrypted.
• Perform local onsite cabling.
• Provide onsite support for enterprise groups such as network and security operation centers.
• Restart network equipment, including switches and routers, as directed by enterprise networking.
• Replace defective network equipment.
• Provide wireless services support.
• Assist users with mobile communication devices.
• Provide tier 2 support, including hardware troubleshooting, OS reinstall, and assisting with device swapping.
• Assist with physical inventory, receiving, and receipting property for asset inventory support.
• Process computer equipment for disposal, ensuring disposal policies are employed.
• Ensure all devices are fully wiped of information before leaving the facility.
• Troubleshoot video conferencing and audio/video operation and maintenance system problems.
• Work with support staff for remote troubleshooting and repairs.
• Assist in setting up presentation devices and video conferencing units.
• Support pre/post application releases.
• Gather, analyze, and report end-user support trends.
• Assist tier 1 Service Desk with answering user calls.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• A+ certification required.
• ITIL Foundation certification required.
• HDI certification required.
• One of the following required within six months of hire: Security+, Network+, or Server+.
• ServiceNow ticketing system.
• SCCM Software Center.
• VPN.
• Citrix.
• Public Trust Clearance required.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• US Citizen.
• High degree of technical proficiency.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical abilities.
• The cost of required certifications will be reimbursed by GovCIO.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Minimum 6 months’ experience troubleshooting Apple Macintosh software and hardware in a customer service role.
• Certification in Microsoft Operating Systems.
• Familiarity with SCCM remote resolution and using SCCM for remote software installation.
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA A+
• CompTIA Server+
• CompTIA Security+