Systems Support Engineer I

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Chantilly, VA
1-3 Years Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Cybersecurity
The Role
The Systems Support Engineer I provides technical support for clients, handling support tickets, inbound calls, troubleshooting Windows and Mac OS issues, and managing services like Office 365. Responsibilities include enhancing customer service through ITIL practices and improving user uptime through effective problem resolution.
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Systems Support Engineer I - Service Desk 

The Systems Support Engineer I is primarily responsible for working on a team at the Red River Service Desk at our HQ location in Chantilly, VA. This position will handle customer technical support requests and escalation from other team members and field engineers. Our engineers are responsible for maintaining user uptime and improving their computing experiences through effective troubleshooting, problem identification, and resolution activities, as well as growing and developing the organization’s perception of existing customers through exceptional customer service. Candidates must be energetic and focused, motivated to learn new technologies and management and maintenance processes. This position requires dedication, persistence, effective utilization of provided resources, and the ability to deliver superior customer service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Daily management of personal queue of assigned support tickets and tickets and focusing on meeting ticket SLAs to achieve performance targets
  • Ability to take inbound client phone calls from the call center and work with these end users to resolve issues.
  • Utilize ITIL best practices to enhance and optimize the services provided to end users. 
  • High-level knowledge of supporting/managing desktop operating systems, including Windows and Mac
  • Ability to troubleshoot Windows and Mac OS-related issues at hardware and software levels 
  • Ability to troubleshoot Remote Desktop Services and VPN (SSL and IPSec) 
  • Experience with Office 365 Administration, including Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Intune, and Teams
  • Email Administration with essential level user management, including configuring new accounts, password resets, and troubleshooting user login, profile, and permission issues 
  • Basic virtualization Administration, which may include rebooting virtual machines, resource allocation, basic architecture knowledge 
  • Essential domain functionality experience and knowledge of Active Directory services, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP 
  • Basic knowledge of Backup Solutions
  • Basic knowledge of troubleshooting standard remote solutions such as RDP and Citrix
  • Basic understanding of core network components 
  • Maintaining standards and documentation on an ongoing basis as products and technologies evolve 
  • Other business duties as assigned

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience Requirements: 

  • Minimum one year of IT experience with IT administration and support experience with Windows desktop administration and management of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Office365, and Intune

Preferred Education/Certification/Experience:

  • Previous Experience in a fast-paced help desk or MSP environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
  • Desired certifications:
    • CompTIA A+, Network+, OR Microsoft MCSA certifications
    • MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals 
    • MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator

Additionally, an ideal candidate will possess: 

  • Strong troubleshooting and communication skills 
  • Confidence and experience in front of clients 
  • Strong ability to work in a team-based environment 
  • Ability to be a self-starter and possess good time management skills 
  • Strong ability to manage their ticket queue in tandem with taking client phone calls 

Basic Qualifications:

  • U.S. Citizenship Required

Red River offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits and an exceptional work environment. You can review our benefit offerings here. If you are ready to join a growing company, please submit your resume and cover letter (optional).

EOE M/F/DISABLED/Vet

Red River is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, family medical history or genetic information, disability, past or present military service, or any other characteristics protected under the laws applicable in the locations where Red River operates. Red River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. 

Red River does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings or otherwise. Placement fees will not be paid to any recruiter unless Red River has an active agreement in place with the recruiter and such a request has been made by the Red River Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Red River Talent Acquisition Team via our Applicant Tracking System. Any unsolicited resumes or other data submitted to Red River in violation of this policy may be used by Red River without obligation to pay any fees of any kind to the recruiter.

Top Skills

macOS
Office 365
Windows
The Company
HQ: Claremont, NH
669 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

Red River brings together the ideal combination of talent, partners and products to disrupt the status quo in technology and drive success for business and government in ways previously unattainable. Red River serves organizations well beyond traditional technology integration, bringing more than 20 years of experience and mission-critical expertise in security, networking, analytics, collaboration, mobility and cloud solutions. Learn more at redriver.com.

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