Friday, 5 December 2014

Help Desk Specialist II, Ashburn VA

Position/Role Name: Help Desk Specialist II
LCAT - Helpdesk Specialist II
LOCATION: Ashburn VA
Duration: Immediate to until Feb 2015 – extension thru Feb 2016
Active: TS/SCI and eligible to obtain CI POLY
Certification: CompTia Security + CE Certification is must for all the positions.
Program Name: NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Travel/Shift Hours/OT Requirements: Some overtime (including nights, weekends, holidays)

Profile/Role Description:
Help Desk Specialist
• Responds to and diagnoses problems through discussion with users.
• Ensures a timely process through which problems are controlled. Includes problem recognition, research, isolation, resolution, and follow-up steps.
• Supervises operation of help desk and serves as focal point for customer concerns.
• Provides support to end users on a variety of issues.
• Identifies, researches, and resolves technical problems.
• Responds to telephone calls, email and personnel requests for technical support.
• Documents, tracks, and monitors the problem to ensure a timely resolution.
• Provides second-tier support to end users for either PC, server, or mainframe applications or hardware.
• Interact with network services, software systems engineering, and/or applications development to restore service and/or identify and correct core problem.
• Simulates or recreates user problems to resolve operating difficulties.
• Recommends systems modifications to reduce user problems.   
   
Key Responsibilities:
• Assists the Customer Experience Lead in performing the following activities:
    - Update of the CE Team schedule
    - Compiling CE Team and ASP status for the customer
• Responsible for updating project plans and estimates. Proactively monitors, manages and reports on execution of deliverables. 
• The CE Team was created to enable the ASP and Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP) to collaboratively support systems that are operational. 
• The CE Portfolio Analyst will assist the CE Portfolio Lead in support of ASP and ISP coordination/collaboration of the maintenance of systems located at the Data Center.
• Communicate/Coordinate with ASP on ISP upgrades/releases.
• Gather ASP infrastructure requirements to complete Budgetary Estimates and ASP Infrastructure Order Forms.
• Generate and monitor service requests for new entity infrastructure requirements from submission to closure.
• Collaborate with Functional Teams on technical issues related to ASP systems


Minimum skills and qualifications: 
Please indicate the skills and qualifications that are required and the minimum level to be considered (i.e., minimum 1 year of hands-on Java programming; good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills).

Help Desk Specialist II
• High School Diploma and sufficient experience to demonstrate that the required skills, knowledge and abilities to perform work in the occupation and an Associate’s degree or equivalent university-level study; or 2 years related experience.
• Excellent communication and written skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience with basic customer service or program management in an Information Technology environment.
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be a US Citizen
•  ALL positions require Sec+ certification within 90 days of start to be 8570 compliant.

Preferred skills and qualifications:
Please indicate the skills and qualifications that you would prefer to see, but that are not required.
• Experience in Intelligence Operations.
• Experience with customer relationship management.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure technologies such as server, storage, networking, and/or database technology. Possess 1 -3 years of System Administrative experience and/or system help desk.

We have a very good relationship with the Hiring Manager and for the right candidate we can arrange an interview within a few days.

Look forward to connecting with you.

Thanks & Regards

Aravind
COMPQSOFT, Inc.
HUB Zone, SDB, MBE Certified
An ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 Certified
 Phone: 281-978-4434  І  Fax: 281-657-6717