$60K – $90K/yr
Field Support Technician (Journeyman)
Pay vs market · Top quarter
This job's pay ($95,000 a year at the midpoint) is higher than over 90% of 3,189 salary-listed Technician jobs in United States in the last 12 months; their median is $48,880.
Role overview
Job description
- Provide on-site and remote support for USMEPCOM Headquarters, MEPS, Remote Processing Substations, COOP sites, and other supported locations.
- Diagnose and resolve network, telecommunications, cabling, hardware, software, and end-user device incidents, including LAN, WAN, VPN, circuit, router, switch, firewall, and wireless problems.
- Participate in on-call rotations supporting 24/7/365 outage response, responding within contractual timeframes and providing timely findings and status during Severity (SEV) 1 and SEV 2 incidents.
- Execute approved troubleshooting, recovery, and contingency procedures, implement approved workarounds, and verify restoration with site personnel before ticket closure.
- Document incident timelines, diagnostic steps, and resolutions, and collect logs, photographs, and test results for incident reporting and root-cause analysis.
- Install, configure, test, maintain, and replace laptops, desktops, thin/zero clients, network devices, VoIP handsets, mobile devices, and peripherals, verifying secure configuration before network connection.
- Install, terminate, test, label, and document copper and fiber-optic cabling, and maintain racks, patch panels, and telecommunications spaces.
- Assist with site surveys and support MEPS relocations, refreshes, network cutovers, and planned maintenance.
- Coordinate with installation service providers on Recruiting Services Network, NIPR, cloud, and remote-network incidents, and support COOP exercises and disaster-recovery activities when assigned.
- Maintain site inventories, rack layouts, as-built diagrams, and installation documentation, and update field guides and SOPs.
- Follow security, safety, change, asset, and configuration-management procedures, and report recurring problems and field activity for program reporting.
Education & Experience
Required:
- Associate’s degree in Information Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience where permitted by the labor category.
- Minimum of four (4) years of relevant IT field support, network support, telecommunications support, structured cabling, or equipment installation experience.
- Experience troubleshooting network connectivity, end-user devices, and telecommunications equipment, and installing structured cabling and network-connected equipment.
- Ability to follow technical diagrams, rack layouts, and recovery procedures and to maintain accurate tickets and documentation.
- Strong customer-service, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience supporting federal or DoD IT environments across geographically dispersed locations.
- Experience supporting SEV 1 or SEV 2 outage response using ServiceNow or another ITSM platform.
- Hands-on experience terminating, testing, and troubleshooting copper and fiber-optic cabling.
- Experience supporting routers, switches, circuits, firewalls, VPNs, wireless, VoIP, and unified communications.
- Experience with site surveys, relocations, refreshes, COOP exercises, and familiarity with DISA STIGs.
Preferred:
Certifications
- Required: Ability to meet applicable DoDM 8140.03 qualification requirements for the assigned work role.
- Preferred: CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CCNA, BICSI cabling or telecommunications certification, CompTIA Security+, or another certification aligned with the assigned DoDM 8140.03 work role.
Security Clearance
Work Environment / Travel:
- Remote or field-based when not providing on-site support; Chicago, IL–area candidates preferred.
- Technicians may be assigned to USMEPCOM Headquarters, MEPS, Remote Processing Substations, COOP facilities, and other locations; travel is required.
- Participation in an on-call support rotation is required.
Administrative Notes:
Period of Performance: March 1, 2027 – February 28, 2033
Contract Start Date: March 1, 2027
Note: By applying to this position, the candidate acknowledges and consents to having their resume included in an active competitive Government contract bid.Computer World Services is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. Current employees and/or qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. Computer World Services is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Computer World Services will ensure that individuals with disabilities (IWD) are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at hr@cwsc.com.
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About this listing
- Source: Computer World Services's official careers site · still listed there on 10 Nov 2026
- Posted 27 Oct 2026
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Associate’s degree in Information Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience where permitted by the labor category
Department · Computer World Services
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Computer World Services
Computer World Services is a leading information technology service provider for government clients.
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