Customer Support Specialist

Title
Customer Support Specialist
Location Sterling Description
Customer: Department of State

Location: 44873 Falcon Place, Suite 150, Sterling, Virginia 20166

Clearance: Secret

Salary: Junior - 67k-70k

Shift: First and weekend shift, approximately 7:00AM - 3:30PM, Sunday - Thursday. Exact hours to be established by site lead.

Markesman Group is seeking a Customer Support Specialist (CSS) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals on our Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) Program. The CAEIO Program provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting CA services globally.

The CSS will be a member of the Service Desk team. A part of the CA Service Center, the Service Desk is the first and central customer service point for all service events related to the CA IT infrastructure environment. Therefore, a primary Service Desk objective is to provide superior and professional customer service and Tier I support to the CA/CST internal user community. Service Desk team members work closely with CAEIO colleagues, DOS leadership, and other stakeholders to monitor Service Desk shift performance, provide incident intake processing oversight, and ensure timely incident escalation.

Responsibilities

• Provide remote troubleshooting support for proprietary software, desktop, network, and mobile device issues (incidents), and customer requests (for example, password resets) via multiple support channels (phone, email, chat, and ticket queue).
• Make outbound service calls to customers (returning voicemails, providing status updates/follow-up, gathering more information).
• Resolve issues using Knowledgebase articles. Contribute to new Knowledgebase articles by providing documentation for new solutions to issues.
• Comply with all government policies, procedures, and timelines for ticket escalation and resolution to ensure the program meets SLAs/SLOs.
• Attend Shift Turnover meetings at the beginning and end of each shift, providing ticket data for the end of shift meeting.
• Maintain communication with the government customer and other support team inquiries.
• Disseminate policy and SOP changes to shift team members.
• Monitor the ticketing system (ServiceNow) dashboards to track tickets pending assignment, impact assessment, a response back to the caller, and aged tickets pending updates.
• Draft and send scheduled deliverables at the end of the shift.
• Be familiar with all Service Desk roles and responsibilities to back up colleagues when necessary.
• Demonstrate flexibility and eagerness to take on challenges by performing tasks not listed above.

The individual must complete a 12-week New Hire Training Program, which is held Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM in Sterling, VA. After completing the training program, the individual will work their assigned shift in Sterling four days per week, except for those who work Saturday and Sunday. With manager approval, the individual can work remotely the other day(s). The number of days the individual works onsite is subject to change based on government/program requirements (for example, surge support might require the individual to be in the office five days per week).

Basic Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and active SECRET Government Security Clearance.
• 1 to 3 years of help desk/service desk experience.
• Ability to document ticketing information accurately with minimal errors and/or rework.
• Must be able to work on site.

Desired Qualifications

• Comp TIA A+ Certification
• ITILv3 or ITILv4 Foundation Certification
• Microsoft IT Support Certification or HDI SCR
• Experience using Remedy or ServiceNow CRM
• Experience supporting the Department of State IT environment.

Education and Experience: High school diploma (or equivalent) and 6 years of experience; Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of experience; Master's degree and 0-2 years of experience.
About the Organization About Markesman Group

Markesman Group has gathered the nation's foremost experts in Cyber, ISR, Enterprise IT and Intelligence Analysis. We seek to lead with cutting edge technology, high quality development and best value services for both the government and commercial sectors. Our team combines passion, acumen, focus, patriotism, desire, dedication and the love for the job to create value for our customers. We pride ourselves in a rigorous selection process because not only do we want the best, we want the best to want us. Working closely together as part of a service-disabled veteran owned small business, we enjoy a family environment where teammates challenge and elevate each other every day. The Markesman family is always striving to solve tomorrow's problems, today.

EOE Statement We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.
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