Technology Solutions Specialist #476 Job in Washington DC, DC

Required Work Experience

• 3-5 years of related experience.

As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role. 

Desired Qualifications

• Have a full working knowledge and experience with the multiple versions of Windows OS servers and/or equivalent Windows Server Administration.
• Provide all levels of OS support for all servers and shall participate in the following activities at the direction of the SAA and PGDM to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Manage the applications that are on the servers and maintain server certificates.
• Transitioning of business applications from lower environments to Production.
• Support activities involve use of virtualization, management software products that provide management, administration, provisioning, and enables automation of Windows OS.
• Use of the supporting tools for this implementation are required for automated system monitoring as each application is brought on board in Dev, Test and then transitioned to the Production environment.
• Ability to design, develop, and document technical solutions, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures and change requests.
• Experience deploying, upgrading, and maintaining business systems and applications.
• Experience developing and maintaining SQL and Powershell scripts/processes.
• Operational knowledge of creating, renewing, and maintaining SSL/TLS certificates.
• Operational experience of database structures and operations, (MS-SQL).
• Operational experience with MS Server administration. Including service accounts, security groups, deployments and routing application / server updates, FTP, SFTP (vShell), etc.

Working Conditions

• The U.S. Senate network cannot be taken offline for maintenance during the workday, or while the Senate is in session. As such, maintenance windows may only occur at night, on weekends, and occasionally on holidays. Employees who perform systems upgrades, maintenance, wiring, backups, support our alternate data centers will have schedules that include working nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Sedentary with extended periods of sitting and standing.

The Sergeant at Arms is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with the requirements of Senate rules, regulations, and applicable Federal Laws. This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Decisions to grant reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Please email employment@saa.senate.gov with “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. No moving, relocation or pre-employment travel expenses will be paid for this position, or while in application for this position.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Email

employment@saa.senate.gov

Address

U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms
SH-142 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC, Washington, DC 20001