Job Summary

The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a Technology Solutions Specialist #5550. The complete vacancy announcement and application can be found on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/1VNZQ. This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST on the closing date. Late applications will not be accepted.

Job Description

Required Work Experience 3-5 years of related experience. Required Special Skills/ Knowledge 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 multiple versions of Windows OS servers and/or equivalent Windows Server administration. Provide all levels of OS support for all servers and 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. Transition business applications from lower environments to production. Support activities involve the use of virtualization and management software products that provide management, administration, provisioning, and enable automation of Windows OS. Use of the supporting tools for this implementation is 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 and processes. Operational knowledge of creating, renewing, and maintaining SSL/TLS certificates. Operational experience with database structures and operations (MS‐SQL). Operational experience with MS Server administration, including service accounts, security groups, deployments, routing application and server updates, FTP, SFTP (vShell), and related tasks. Bachelor’s degree in information technology or computer science preferred. Working Conditions Since this position requires onsite presence in support of the U.S. Senate when in session, the employee must be available and prepared to work during a lapse in appropriations, in inclement weather, on holidays, and during late‐night, overnight, and weekend sessions. In the context of government furloughs, this position is considered excepted. This position directly supports essential services of the U.S. Senate. As such, the employee must be available and prepared to work during a lapse in appropriations, in inclement weather, on holidays, weekends, and during late nights to ensure essential services to the Senate continue without interruption. In the context of government furloughs, this position is considered excepted. 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 occur only at night, on weekends, and occasionally on holidays. Employees who perform systems upgrades, maintenance, wiring, backups, or support alternate data centers will have schedules that include working nights, weekends, and holidays. Sedentary with extended periods of sitting and standing.