Desktop Support Specialist

We are Vista Global Solutions, LLC (VGS), a government contracting and consulting firm supporting several federal agencies and military installations across the U.S. VGS is looking for a qualified Desktop Support Specialist for a full-time, 40-hour/week (Monday – Friday) position providing tiered IT support operations at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX.
The Desktop Support Specialist’s role is to provide desktop support to the staff at Fort Sam Houston on all user-level information technology resources (desktops/laptops, printers, scanners, etc.). This includes planning, developing, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing assigned PC-based infrastructure. The Desktop Support Specialist works within a tiered system of support, receiving customer tickets via a DHA-provided work order system, documenting work efforts within the work order system, resolving tickets within the work order system, and/or elevating those tickets to higher levels of support (i.e., Server Administration, Network Administration, Cyber, DHA tiered support, etc.).
What You'll Do:

Deliver the full array of services, staff, and expertise to operate and maintain Help Desk functions, including ticketing, system and operational support, and troubleshooting onsite or remotely as required by Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III technicians.
Develop and update a knowledge base to assist Help Desk personnel in providing consistently correct information to the user.
Perform stress and performance tests on a variety of computer hardware, including circuit boards, processors, and wiring.
Map network drives, install peripherals using remote access, such as print drivers, change software settings, and perform other basic IT-level work.
Set up, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair PCs, peripheral components, and standard software packages.
Install Commercial Off-the-Shelf and Government Off-the-Shelf software, including but not limited to MS Server 2016, MS Windows 11, MS Office (all versions), VT emulation software, MHS GENESIS/Composite Health Care System, and other MTF-specific software (normally for Windows).
Participate in inventory control procedures, ensuring tracking of equipment in and out of the shop with temporary hand receipts for both acceptance and return of equipment.
Participate in weekly technical meetings with the extended team to share and brainstorm resolutions for technical issues.
Utilize specialty tools such as Olympus for printer and device management.
Utilize the DHA Global Service Center platform for the tracking, recording, and prioritization of support for Fort Sam Houston and associated organizations.
Support Incident, Problem, and Request Management processes leveraging the ITIL service framework and best-business practices.
Provide End User Devices (EUD) support services and incident resolution remotely and through touch-labor services to ensure that the end-user operational environment is functional.
Demonstrate proficiency in using Government-provided help desk systems/help desk ticketing software to log, monitor, document, and close network trouble tickets.
Fully document all tickets, including troubleshooting methods employed, root cause analysis, and resolution implemented.
Where problems are recurring, assist the Government in developing standard operating procedures for resolving the problem.
Respond to and diagnose problems through discussions with users and the ServiceNow help desk platform.
Provide a strong customer service attitude at all times.
Perform other duties as assigned within the employee’s skill set.

Some lifting of up to 40 pounds may be required.
May be required to work outside the traditional work schedule. May be called out to work off-shift for on-call or emergency situations. An equivalent amount of compensatory time will be scheduled to maintain a roughly 40-hour work week.
What You Bring:
Required:

CompTIA Security+ certification is required.
Must be a U.S. citizen and able to pass a Government background investigation (T3 for suitability).
May be required to consent to and provide documentation supporting basic immunization/vaccination status (including vaccination for COVID-19) to DHA HQ.

Preferred:

CompTIA A+ or a Microsoft Desktop certification (MCSA Win11, MCTS, MCDST)

What We Offer:
VGS, LLC offers a competitive benefits package to include: paid holidays, paid time off including sick and vacation leave, medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, short and long-term disability, company-paid life insurance, 401(k) with a company match and discretionary profit sharing, and tuition reimbursement.