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Technical Services Specialist

Makpar Corporation
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 2/9/2025 CLOSED ON 5/4/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Services Specialist position at Makpar Corporation?

Who we are :

Makpar is a team of innovators and consultants deploying cutting edge technologies for the federal government. We help our clients achieve their business and operational goals by solving complex problems through experience and intellect and build sustainable solutions that last. If you are driven and looking to tackle complex and critical client challenges, Makpar can provide a dynamic, mission focused, and rewarding environment for your professional growth.

Our service offerings include Cybersecurity, Cloud Migration, IT Project Management, Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), and Health IT. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work™ certified four years in a row. Recent awards include Fortune Top 100 Small Place to Work, Inc 5000, and Inc Best in Business. In 2019, we were awarded the SBA Subcontractor of the Year Award (Region 3) for our program management and Agile development work at the IRS.

The Position :

Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Technical Services Specialist. This role will provide technical and support services in the maintenance of the current VDI solution, and the analysis, evaluation, design, testing of a hybrid / cloud-based solution.

Role Responsibilities :

  • Responsible for overall technical project deliverables, customer communications and stakeholder engagement.
  • Test, validate and verify iPad connectivity and operation of supplemental applications.
  • Pilot 50 concurrent iPad users using proposed solution Dependencies on either EOps / Cyber selecting (Zscaler or Palo Alto) Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) or using an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) implementation.
  • Develop user training guide / documentation.

Required Qualifications :

  • Strong understanding of general IT concepts : Virtualization technology (hypervisor / hyperconverged infrastructure, control plane, resource allocation / pooling), networking, Windows server and workstation administration, group policy etc.
  • Strong technical leadership abilities including ability to run meetings with highly technical audiences and coordinate changes across IT business units.
  • Strong ability to explain highly complex technology solutions to management and provide technical recommendations and tradeoff analysis.
  • Experience with mainstream cloud computing platforms (Azure, AWS).
  • Moderate knowledge of network design including VLANs, on-premise network routing, cloud network design, and hybrid network topologies (both on-prem and cloud-based components).
  • Moderate knowledge of Nutanix AHV product or VMWare administration.
  • Moderate understanding of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or other VDI technologies.
  • Moderate understanding of identity management and authentication solutions (SAML / ADFS authentication, Entra ID), Kerberos and HSPD12 requirements.
  • Moderate understanding of Federal IT Governance deliverables such as RBDs, POAMs, SSPs, BSRs, UWRs, SecChm, requirement documentation.
  • Moderate understanding of Cloud PaaS, IaaS and networking concepts and available technologies.
  • Moderate understanding of Zero Trust Network Access / SASE technology and general IT Security concepts.
  • Moderate understanding of NIST Security controls and how to address them with technical implementation.
  • Benefits :

    At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life - that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.

    Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!

    Makpar is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.

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