Customer Service Engineer (VA ESOM VACO - 425 I Street)

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Kentro is seeking an experienced Customer Service Engineer (CSE) to support our VA-ESOM- End Point Support and Operations Monitoring contract. The VA is responsible for providing comprehensive onsite and remote support to IT customers across all VA Administrations and special program offices, including direct support of over 340,000 VA employees and thousands of contractors who use government-furnished IT equipment and infrastructure. The VA provides support staff across 100+ CONUS and OCONUS locations including difficult-to-accommodate locales, such as high cost of living or under supported economic areas, where VA offices or facilities may be located and require onsite services. 

A Veteran Affairs Central Office (VACO) Customer Service Engineer provides support to over 10,000 devices, as well as VA leadership; the candidate will be part of a team that is responsible for meeting service level metrics. The candidate will also be responsible for providing deskside support, remote support, and technical and operational support for both Windows and Apple operating systems. Candidates are responsible for supporting VACO Campus Customers with respect to computer equipment and the software installed on their systems and ensuring functionality in the VACO environment. 

Location: Onsite 425 I Street NW, Washington D.C.

Shifts Available: Monday - Friday 7AM-3:30PM

Salary Range: $28.37/hr - $32/hr. Factors influencing pay within this range include geography, market demand, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Responsibilities: 

• Leverages their expertise to support the full suite of Microsoft and Apple applications, performing standard network setup at user levels, as well as user training. 

• Actively engages in learning new technologies and provides quality customer service to ensure no disruption in service. 

• Provides deskside services by performing installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting on VACO personal desktop computers (Windows operating system), MAC computers (Apple operating system), laptops, and peripherals such as printers, monitors, and scanners. 

• Provides support for the latest versions of existing IT applications, IT equipment and products as they are deployed by VACO, including technical support for all IT equipment including computers, laptops, projectors on a continual basis. 

• Manage ServiceNOW (SNOW) helpdesk tickets and request queues; responsible for updating assigned tickets and requests daily and meeting service level agreements.  

• Supports imaging and warranty requests for assets located at the VACO warehouse. 

• The work environment involves both sedentary and active elements, requiring careful handling of electronic components and adherence to safety precautions to prevent injuries or equipment damage.  

• Ability to support shift work; this schedule may require deviation from a standard 9 am – 5 pm work schedule in order to provide responsive customer support.  

• Troubleshoot problems and issues identified by customers and implement corrective actions quickly. 

• Assist with equipment returns, deployments, unboxing, inventorying, and verification.  

• Possessing the physical capability to handle demanding tasks such as lifting equipment up to 50 pounds and bending, twisting, squatting and crawling to navigate through facility spaces to access and repair equipment.   

Travel: May support temporary periods of increased workload, referred to as “surge capacity.”  These requests would be discussed and coordinated beforehand and could require travel of up to two (2) weeks. 

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or other engineering or technical discipline or 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.  
• 2+ years of experience in IT Technical Support, Help Desk or System Administration.   
• Candidates must be able to meet the physical requirements of the role as listed in the job description.  

 Preferred:  

• Experience in conducting routine system admi