IT Support Specialist

*****NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED*****

*****THIS JOB REQUIRES ENLISTMENT IN THE U.S. ARMY AS A SOLDIER****

*****Full Time OR Part Time****

***** All enlistees must attend Basic Training (2 months long) and Advance Individual Training Course (25B) (5 months long at Fort Gordon, GA)*****

Age Requirements: 17 - 34

No previous work experience required

• Must have high school diploma OR GED, drivers license OR state ID, birth certificate, and social security card.

Benefits :

• Free Housing Allowance

• Free Food Allowance

• Free 100% Medical / Dental / Vision Coverage

• Free Travel / Relocation Assistance

• Free College Tuition Assistance / Student Loan Repayment Program

• 30 Days Paid Vacation Annually

• $50,000 - 400,000 Life Insurance Coverage

Duties of MOS 25B

There is a lengthy list of possible duties for soldiers in this job. They will install, operate, and perform maintenance on equipment and devices and transfer data between information processing systems as well as troubleshoot computerized equipment for hardware and software malfunctions. Similar to civilian IT personnel, these soldiers handle basic computer issues having to deal with many non-computer literate fellow members of the Army. They have to also perform all manner of installing and editing of computer programs and provide technical documentation and maintenance for programs. The IT professional within the military must perform the system administrator duties such as compiling report data and quality control and may be called upon to help military civilians and soldiers in the installation, operation, and maintenance of information processing equipment. Probably the most important duty of the IT professional is to provide system administration to Tactical Battle Command Servers (TBC Server) in the tactical operations center (TOC). Additionally, debugging, analyzing, testing, and modifying software, as well as programs and manuals are also likely to be part of the MOS 25B job.

IT specialists in the Army have many skills and abilities after their years doing this job. See the lists below for more tasks and responsibilities that make them highly marketable in the civilian market after service:

• Installs, operates and maintains computer systems and local area networks (LAN).

• Performs system administration (SA) and maintains computers and servers within the computing environment (CE) and the network environment (NE).

• Performs network administration (NA); installs, configures and maintains network equipment within the LAN.

• Installs, operates, and maintains commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment (i.e. routers, switches, desktop and laptop computers).

• Provides direct support for Information Dissemination and Content Staging

• Performs Network Operations (NETOPS) Service Desk Management, which includes incident and problem processing, change request processing, availability management and user interaction.

• Assists in the planning, configuration, management, and monitoring of the wide area network (WAN).

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Temporary

Pay: $1,600.00 - $6,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Dental insurance

• Disability insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Employee discount

• Flexible schedule

• Flexible spending account

• Health insurance

• Health savings account

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Parental leave

• Professional development assistance

• Referral program

• Relocation assistance

• Retirement plan

• Tuition reimbursement

• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

• Signing bonus

COVID-19 considerations:

All interviewers must wear a mask.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Drivers License / State ID (Preferred)

Full Time Opportunity:

• Yes

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable -- more reliable than spontaneous

• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects

• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction

• Detail-oriented -- would rather focus on the details of work than the bigger picture

• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail

• Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity

Work Remotely:

• No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Remote interview process

• Personal protective equipment provided or required

• Temperature screenings

• Social distancing guidelines in place

• Virtual meetings

• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $55,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 40 – 45 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities
• Signing bonus

Experience level:

• No experience needed
• Under 1 year

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overnight shift
• Weekdays

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Cerritos, CA (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Cerritos, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55,000 - $90,000