Hardware Technician

This is an unpaid fellowship through the Department of War (DoW) SkillBridge Program. The fellow selected for this role will not receive compensation or benefits from GDIT and will not be an employee, agent or contractor of GDIT but rather will remain an employee of the DoW and will receive compensation and benefits through the DoW.

Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Posses:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Computer Hardware, System Performance, Technical Support
Certifications:
None
Experience:
1 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Hardware Technician Fellow with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you'll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Hardware Technician Fellow you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. The person in this position will perform numerous functions to include the handling, installation, and removal of desktop hardware, cabling, operational testing, and documentation.

HOW A HARDWARE TECHNICIAN FELLOW WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Hardware Technician

Responsible for providing installation, maintenance and troubleshooting support of information systems applications and related peripheral hardware. Assesses user needs and can solve a range of problems.

• Provide installation of new equipment and performs equipment modifications or enhancements.
  
• Perform technical tasks and assists with the completion of milestones associated with specific projects.
  
• Provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
  
• Provide installation and troubleshooting support of moderately complex issues for systems applications and related peripheral hardware.
  
• Provide incident response and performs customer support tasks.
  
• Deploy new hardware, software, and the upgrade of existing installations.
  
• Install cabling (to include, but not limited to, off-the-shelf fiber/ethernet cables and/or termination of custom-length ethernet cables) at desks, below raised floors, and above ceilings.
  
• Prepare and maintain documentation for processes and procedures related to computer systems installation and operations.
  
• Interact with and/or provides training/knowledge to end users.
  
• Maintain system documentation.
  
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant technologies.
  
• May supervise site activities/assigned staff.
  
• Exercise sound judgement and decision making.
  
• Participate in special projects as assigned.
  
• Communicate well with team members.
  

Property/Asset Management

Develop and implement system improvements, processes, and procedures and training necessary to manage and protect government and corporate property investments.

• Ensure timely receipt, acquisition, identification, documentation, maintenance, inventory, movement, and storage of property.
  
• Ensure proper disposition of obsolete and excess assets.
  
• Participate in the taking of physical inventories and provides required inventory reports.
  

Testing

Ensure adherence to company and customer quality standards.

• Confirms the functionality of all deployed hardware.
  
• Follow Deployment Quality Control checklist.
  
• Provide Quality Control input to improve installation guides and general deployment documentation.
  
• Develop and update technical documentation.
  

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI w/ Poly
  
• Location: On Customer Site
  
• US Citizenship Required
  

DoW SkillBridge Eligibility:

• Has served at least 180 days on active duty
  
• Can participate within the last 6 months of separation or retirement
  
• Will receive an honorable discharge
  
• Has taken any service TAP/TGPS
  
• Has attended or participated in an ethics brief within the last 12 months
  

Received Unit Commander (first O-4/Field Grade commander in chain of command) written authorization and approval to participate in DoW SkillBridge Program prior to start of the fellowship.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

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