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The ideal candidate will have experience providing design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting functions for physical and virtual information systems and web-based applications. The selected candidate will interface with Active Duty, US Government, and contractor personnel to provide top-notch support with a focus on system/network security in support of national security; provide break/fix and design supporting Information Technology in a fast paced, high-energy environment; provide root cause analysis and be comfortable recommending permanent configuration changes when necessary. Support will encompass a range of capabilities from server and workstation configuration and support, LAN setup and maintenance. This position is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.\nWith information technology constantly changing, specialists must stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and the potential effectiveness of these advancements in their current systems. Primary duties and responsibilities may include:\nProvide cross-team deployment and administrative support for services including systems integration.\nCreate and extend system configuration and automation tools.\nParticipation in all security processes, including security patching and auditing, security remediation, and disaster recovery operations.\nIdentify, experiment with, and adapt technologies that can better serve the customer and its goals.\nParticipation in day-to-day process and service optimization, issue discovery and remediation, along with membership in a rotating on-call schedule.\nProject analysis, requirements gathering, analysis of alternatives, testing, and deployment.\nAuthor, collaborate on, and maintain project, systems, services, and process documentation.\nRun monthly system reports and provide metrics.\nWork successfully with cross-functional teams and staff, to include configuration management and supply chain.\n Bachelors degree in information technology or related field and five (5) or more years of relevant experience; Masters and three (3) or more years of relevant experience. 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