Server Hardware Technician - Full-time

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Technical Staffing division for a Server Hardware Technician in Charlotte, NC. This is a full-time remote position(1 day a week in office) with benefits./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Provide enterprise level support of IT infrastructure technologies needed for critical business’ operations applications, server hardware support of HP and Dell, Windows troubleshooting, Server backup support. Server decommissioning with some Linux support is a plus./span/p Responsibilities: ul style="margin-top: 0in;"lispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Building, provisioning, and maintaining servers and workstations - requiring skills in hardware assembly, operating system configuration, and troubleshooting with a focus on ensuring efficient and secure IT infrastructure/span/liul style="margin-top: 0in;"lispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Windows OS/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Servers (Virtual Physical) Workstations/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Utilizing BigFix Automation tool/span/li/ul/ulullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Plans, designs, installs and/or supports critical computer systems in highly regulated and secure environment. Facilitates technical and business planning for upgrades in coordination with key business functions and control centers. Provides technical guidance related to critical infrastructure support software and hardware to members of the IT staff./span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Develops (or assists in developing) functional standards for critical infrastructure software and hardware. Assists in the design and implementation of required systems that meet functional and compliance requirements for critical control center operations/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Integrates critical infrastructure software and hardware configurations to maximize operational reliability and performance, and maintain regulatory compliance/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Coordinates critical infrastructure hardware and software upgrades with control centers, business support teams and other areas of IT or other business units./span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Prepares activity and progress reports regarding individual and project activity/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Keeps abreast of new hardware, software, and compliance developments, evaluates alternative approaches, and recommends new hardware technologies, software or upgrades which enhance operational reliability and process efficiencies./span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Provide OS Level Support for Critical IT Infrastructure, both physical virtual for the DEF Region/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"OS Versions – Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016/2019, Windows 10 Enterprise as well as Linux (RHEL 7/8/9)/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Provide Hardware Level Support for Critical IT Infrastructure (Server/Workstation/Appliances)/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Hardware Vendors - HPE DELL/span/li/ul Min: USD $27.88/Hr. Max: USD $35.37/Hr. Qualifications: ullispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Associates degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Other Related Degree/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"IT and OT Hardware, Operating System, and Software maintenance/support; CIOPS Network architecture and security; NERC CIP and TSA requirements and implementation/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"CompTIA A+ and/or CompTIA Network+ and/or Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Experience in Linux command-line, system configuration, networking, and security protocols/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Ability to work effectively in a technically complex critical infrastructure environment/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Strong understanding of regulatory compliance requirements (NERC CIP, TSA)/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"2-3-year practical experience with Windows/Linux operating systems and general computer asset usage and support/span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Hybrid Mobility Classification – Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations, so employees should live within a reasonable daily commute to a Duke Energy facility./span/lilispan style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"Office/Data Center Settings/span/li/ul