Communications Specialist Apply
Location & Work Arrangement
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Candidates must be local to the Harrisburg area.)
- Work Arrangement: Onsite (Required to work at the CTC facility.)
- Contract: This is a Contract position.
- Shift: 1st Shift (Wednesday through Sunday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST).
- Mode of Interview: Either Web Cam or In Person Interview.
Key Responsibilities
End-User Support & Communication
- First Line Contact: Act as the primary network contact outside of regular business hours, answering inbound calls from employees and vendors concerning network issues.
- Incident Management: Create, log, and properly escalate ServiceNow trouble tickets to Tier 2 Engineers, Commonwealth staff, and/or third-party service providers.
- Communication: Perform Enterprise Incident communications using defined processes and approved templates. Issue network status updates promptly via established procedures.
- Knowledge Utilization: Research and update reference publications and follow established IT Service Desk and Network Operator Knowledgebase procedures.
Monitoring & Maintenance
- Active Monitoring: Utilize network management tools, such as SolarWinds and SquaredUp, to actively monitor the status of networks and attached assets at remote sites.
- Diagnosis & Escalation: Provide first-line investigation and diagnosis of network incidents, logging all details and prioritizing severity. Promptly assign unresolved incidents to higher Tier support or coordinate with vendors/network staff for service restoration.
- Proactive ID: Proactively identify and resolve potential problems and monitor appropriate Commonwealth email accounts for event messages.
Required Skills
- Communication: Excellent written and spoken communication skills, with clear phone etiquette, are mandatory.
- Support Skills: Ability to support end-users with varying IT skillsets and troubleshoot issues effectively.
- Procedure Adherence: Strong ability to follow established operation documentation, knowledgebase procedures, and standard operating procedures.
- Organizational: Detail-oriented, resourceful, and possessing excellent organizational skills.
- Tool Experience: Experience with incident management, call tracking, and ticketing software (ServiceNow experience is strongly implied by the duties).
- Preferred Experience: 2 years previous systems administrator, help desk, and/or call center experience.

