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Senior Help Desk/Systems Analyst

San Antonio, TX

100% On-site  -- Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)

Teracore is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) classified management consulting and information technology services firm. We are committed to creating and maintaining a corporate environment and culture that promotes long-term employment. Diverse talents help us to achieve the missions and objectives of our customers. We hope we can partner together to achieve those goals.

Project Background:

The Air National Guard Readiness Center, Joint Base Andrews – MD, Recruiting and Retention Division requires significant data analysis support for the Air Force Recruiting Information Support System – Total Force (AFRISS-TF) and support for the Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention business functions. This support shall be primarily in support of The Air National Guard’s efforts in reporting, ad hoc query building, quantification of a variety of recruiting and retention data points and milestone measurements that impact achieving the ANG’s annual end-strength and readiness goals. Additional, secondary support activity will include data/systems analysis of application function, business processes and underlying data to support the user and leadership communities.

Position Description:

This is a Senior Help Desk/Systems Analyst position providing Functional liaison to the ANG Recruiting and Retention community for support and resolution of applicant or incentive processing problems.  Performs account maintenance from establishing accounts to maintaining passwords to resolving VPN/Firewall access.  Assists users in the qualification and processing of over 500,000 leads resulting in approximately 12,000 accessions per year. Validates recruiting process requirements across 5 interoperable system platforms comprising the ANG Recruiting and accession process.   Leads maintenance of system documentation and training materials within a 4-5 person Help Desk Call Center mission.

Tasks/Responsibilities:

  • This position takes direction from the Senior Strategic Systems Analyst for Project Management, Help Desk Support, Test Support and User Training functions.
  • Responsible for providing field support concerning the function and flow of automated recruiting and retention processes supporting recruiters and their leadership in the field.
  • Work within the Configuration Management process to track, update, and close tickets/SCRs within the designated trouble ticket/SCR tracking system.
  • Participates in all phases of the Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) approach from analysis of recruiting processes, business rules and workflows from requirement/issue definition, through testing of automated applications against created or existing test plans.
  • Works alongside support personnel to refine and document user requirements and validates that development in conjunction with functional OPRs using test plan scenarios.
  • Evaluates changes to documented requirements in established standards and processes and maintain system documentation up to date, e.g. User Manuals and How-to Guides.
  • Participates in peer-review processes such as Functional Review Boards and may represent ANG interests on the monthly Configuration Control Board (CCB).
  • Works in conjunction with Active Duty Air Force and Air Force Reserve functional counterparts, other stakeholders and representatives to promote an exchange of information, best practices, capabilities, deficiencies, and technology advances as related to improving AFRISS-TF system functionality and efficiency in data collection, processing and reporting.
  • Provide input for updates to all system documentation and support the software release activities by providing input to monthly Release Notes for dissemination to all ANG users with descriptions of changes to existing or new system functionality.
  • Provide training, instruction or briefings on system function or changes being released as requested. Training shall be in the form of white papers, power point presentations, or live demonstrations, to include demonstrations via telecom/desktop sharing, webinars, or video recorded training/presentations.
  • Performs all other duties as assigned by the Project Manager.

Required Skills:

  • 2-4 Degree in a Technology or Information Systems related area of study. Superior skills specific and unique to this unique work environment/contract may be considered in place of the degree requirement:
    • 8-10 years’ experience in Recruiting and/or Retention while working in the various Branches of Recruiting, Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), ANG Retention, Advertising/Marketing and Training/Instruction.
    • 8-10 years’ experience using AFRISS-TF, AFRISS-based Retention functionality, AFRISS reporting/query tools and/or performing data analysis for Wing, State and/or NGB HQ levels to support Senior Leadership and Mission Accomplishment.
  • Knowledge and use of tools such as visual Query/Report-builder products, Bugzilla/System Change Request (SCR) creation using a Configuration Management software.
  • 3-5 years of experience with requirements management to include process, documentation, prioritization, and refinement of requirements; and test management, which include planning, designing, implementation of test events, validation and reporting of results.
  • 3-5 years of experience providing or managing Help Desk support and Training.
    • Experience evaluating ANG AFRISS-TF user community issues received via Help Desk calls or emails, provide application analysis, determine resolutions, open trouble tickets, and/or develop software change requests to mitigate systemic issues identified as defects or data maintenance requests.
    • Analyze reported defects, identify a root cause(s), research resolutions and create SCRs, which may include an identified fix.
    • Experience with training and development of Help Desk personnel and analysts.

Desired Skills:

  • Prior experience working with Air Force Recruiting Information Support System- Total Force (AFRISS-TF)
  • Prior experience working within a military base and/or government environment
  • Experience with USAF, specifically ANG recruiting efforts and using AFRISS-TF
  • Experience providing presentations or training for large audiences in a conference or classroom setting.
  • Experience/knowledge of In-Service and/or Health Professions Recruiting programs is desired in order to support Recruiters within these programs
  • Knowledge of computer systems and/or software development practices is highly desirable
  • Knowledge of other support software (using a VPN), integration of hardware devices (email/phones) and/or electronic signature capabilities.

 

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