Department: AFCENT NOSC
Location: Sumter, SC
AFCENTs mission is to deliver combat-ready air, space, communications, and cyberspace capability for USCENTCOM, helping maintain security and stability throughout Southwest Asia. We support the AFCENT Commander, USCENTCOM, coalition and joint partners, and warfighters who rely on NIPRNet, SIPRNet, partner networks, and other command-and-control systems. The AFCENT NOSC program is focused on running and protecting a 24/7 enterprise network and systems operations, including cybersecurity, engineering, maintenance, and technical support, keeping the AFCENTs theater communications and IT infrastructure ready, secure, and available to effectively execute the AFCENT mission.
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. For additional information on SMS, visit www.sms.com.
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Job Responsibilities
Provide 24/7 Tier 1 enterprise IT help desk technical support to AFCENT users.
Troubleshoot and implement solutions to resolve incidents and problems on supported systems, network infrastructure, voice, and video, to include enterprise-level routers, switches, servers, firewalls, proxies and caching arrays.
Monitor systems/network performance metrics and trends to identify substandard performance and anomalies.
Escalate complex systems/network performance, bandwidth and security issues and incidents to senior engineers/SMEs (Tier 2 and 3) for analysis and resolution.
Perform Local Registration Authority (LRA) duties.
Provide General Networking and LAN support.
Provide WAN Enterprise support.
Provide technical and general O&M support.
Provide documentation support as required.
Provide meetings/briefings support as required.
Provide functional training support as required.
Provide CONUS TDY support as required.
Required Qualifications
Must have 3 or more years of relevant experience
Must possess experience and demonstrate an understanding of Microsoft server installation, roles, active directory, storage, performance management, and maintenance.
Must have firewall experience
Certifications Required
CompTIA Network +CE or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
ITIL Foundation - Candidate has up to 60 days to acquire ITIL Foundation certification
Clearance Required
- Department of Defense Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain an Interim Secret clearance.
SMS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
