IT Support Technician

Sentinel Blue is looking for an IT Operations Technician to join our Operations team. This role is for an entry-level IT support person or administrator with strong customer service skills **. Our ideal person for this role is a natural communicator, empathetic and technically-inclined. You don’t need to be a technical wizard, but you do need to be patient ** and willing to help. This role is primarily responsible for receiving, handling and escalating IT support requests, and contributes to a broad range of systems, projects, and services., The IT Operations Technician starts the day with a standup call/check-in with the Operations team. Then they will continue any open support tickets and respond to new tickets, from the onsite customer or others. From there, they will work on project tasks such as automating an application installation, generating endpoint health reports, and writing documentation. The Technician will work closely with the Operations team to address problems and improve infrastructure. The Technician will also have opportunity to work with other Operations team members to learn new technologies and skills, including the Security Operations team and vCISO team. On site visit days, the Technician will arrive at the client location and provide IT support to users in the office as required, assisting with common IT requests. Responsibilities:

• Receive, triage, and analyze IT service requests, incidents, and other tasks, and work to resolve issues through onsite and remote support.
• Perform systems administration work in Office 365, Active Directory and other line of business applications.
• Communicate with clients through email, chat, and phone to keep them aware of active requests and incidents.
• Assist in the management, implementation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure (internal and client-based).
• Contribute to internal knowledge bases, client education articles, and public release articles and research papers.
• Contribute to reports, briefs, and presentations.

You will be required to achieve a Security+ certification in the first 12 months of hire; we’ll cover your certification costs and provide paid time for you to study! Requirements:

• General knowledge of IT systems, including virtualization, Windows 10, endpoint management, and desktop support.
• General knowledge of networking and audio-visual support.
• Ability to independently investigate and understand IT support requests, and follow established processes to rapidly respond.
• Strong communication skills., + Experience in a multi-client environment - experience in managed services is highly desired.
• Experience with Azure Government and Office 365 GCC High is highly desired.
• Basic understanding of security fundamentals (least privilege, RBAC, audit logging, endpoint security, change management).
• Experience in a professional customer support setting, even if non-IT.
• Knowledge and passion for cloud-first architecture, including experience building and deploying systems in Azure
• Exposure to compliance requirements for the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (i.e., CMMC, DFARS, NIST SP 800-171) or other industry compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, CIS Controls)

• Fully paid individual healthcare, vision and dental insurance for the employee.
• Paid certification and training opportunities.
• Three weeks of paid vacation + 10 paid holidays.
• A supportive environment with a focus on keeping healthy work-life balance.
• Retirement benefit (401k) with company match.