We are seeking a mission-focused Watch Officer/Help Deskto support and contribute to our government customer's success in Pensacola, FL.

• This opening is for 3rd shift 11pm to 9am Sunday-Wednesday
• 12% shift differential offered on top of competitive entry level salary

*During your free time, further your education and training with $3,000 a year to be used toward education, training or certifications!

The Watch Officer performs a wide variety of technical tasks in support of operations, production and test environments. Supports and provides Tier I (Help Desk) and Tier II (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems. Provides support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers. Observes, analyzes and reports data; and when appropriate makes necessary repairs to equipment. Utilizes various engineering and scientific drawings, manuals and other related documentation in the performance of assigned tasks. This position requires shift work.

Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities

• Experience and/or familiarity with one or more of the following: Solaris, AIX, Red Hat, IRIS, Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, 2003), VMware, SharePoint, Citrix.
• Experience with monitoring system health and status.
• Experience documenting problems and resolutions through a tracking program.
• Experience performing various administrative duties and provide technical assistance, with the supervision of a team leader to remotely located users.
• Tier I experience: General troubleshooting, triage, or performance of specific tasks (i.e. user account creation, password resets/unlocks, share drive access, remote software installations).
• Must be able to work shift schedule

Desired Skills:

• Experience interfacing with the following groups: software development, testing, integration, deployment, sustainment, maintenance, etc.
• Experience working in an Agile environment desired
• Experience with ITIL methodology desired.
• Experience and/or familiarity with one or more of the following shell scripts: Bourne, C, Krone, Bash, Perl, etc.
• Experience and/or familiarity with one or more of the following: TCP/IP, Cisco switches and routers, VLAN, firewall, VPN, storage arrays (RAID, Blades), etc.
• Experience performing incident response (tiered support model), using an Incident Management System.
• Tier II experience: Prioritize incidents. Perform detailed troubleshooting, root cause analysis. Determine multi-user, multi-system correlations.
• Tier III: Provide system administrative support to correct deficiencies noted in the trouble ticketing system for COTS and GOTS software packages.
• Experience interfacing directly with customer and program management team.
• Experience providing status to program management and input to customer status reports.

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Technologies

• Must have an active/current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Must be able to obtain DHS program suitability prior to starting employment.
• Must have an active CE|H certification or other Level I IAT certificaiton at time of application.

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills and Technologies

• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Cisco Certified Network Associate or Professional (CCNA, CCNP, etc.), Microsoft certifications (MCP, MCDST, MCSA, etc.), Cloud certifications
• DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) certification
• This position is not a telework or remote position.

Security Clearance Level

• Must have an active/current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Work Schedule

• Full-time on-site

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Employer is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

"This Contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR-60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans."