Help Desk Manager

Help Desk Manager – TS/SCI Required

Make meaningful contributions that fuel critical outcomes for some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects. Join GDIT as a Help Desk Manager with for a career where your growth is just as important as the mission you support.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Help Desk Manager, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful supporting mission of US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM).

• Lead/Deliver: Manage and oversee all help desk operations, ensuring competent and timely service across all inquiries and issues.
• Collaborate: Work alongside support teams, system admins, and end users to resolve escalated problems, optimize processes, and recommend technology improvements.
• Innovate: Develop problem-solving guidelines and streamline help desk systems for continuous improvement in user experience and operational efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage all activities related to the staffing, operation, and performance of an enterprise help desk.
• Develop schedules, prioritize tasks, and ensure continuity of service delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and evaluate help desk staff to build a team capable of delivering high-quality and efficient support services.
• Analyze help desk inquiries to identify recurring issues, recommend solutions, and develop process improvements.
• Maintain and monitor problem management databases and ticketing systems to track performance and user issues effectively.
• Evaluate help desk systems and recommend efficiencies or enhancements as needed.
• Resolve escalated inquiries and more complex technical issues.
• Provide first-contact and incident resolution for hardware, software, and application problems for both telephone and electronically submitted requests.
• Perform system administration of desktop systems connected to local and wide-area networks, including account monitoring, security updates, and OS installations.
• Monitor systems/networks in a real-time NOSC environment and initiate fix actions or escalate to Tier II/Tier III teams when needed.
• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems.
• Manage IT system infrastructure and related processes, ensuring consistent operational reliability.
• Support IT systems, including daily operations, monitoring, and resolving issues across client/server/storage/network/print devices and mobile devices.
• Oversee the imaging of systems, configuration of BIOS (SCCM/PXE Boot), and specific tasks like STIGs and IAVA implementation.
• Maintain a courteous, customer-service approach to users and ensure efficient resolution of Tier I/Tier II issues.
• Document incidents and their solutions in an incident database.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Associate’s degree
• Experience: 7+ years of related experience
• Technical skills:
  • Familiarity with hardware/software troubleshooting techniques and principles of network and systems administration.
  • Experience with Active Directory functions (e.g., unlocking accounts, creating accounts).
  • Proficiency in imaging systems, implementing STIGs/IAVAs, and using SCCM/PXE Boot for system configuration.
  • Knowledge of DoD-specific systems and processes, with at least 1 year of DoD experience preferred.
  • Working knowledge of network operations (NOSC) and related support processes.
• Security clearance level: TS/SCI
• US citizenship required
• Required Certification(s):
  • DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II/8140 Computing Environment (CE) Certification as determined by the Program Manager is required prior to support on contract
  • IAT II 8570/8140 Baseline Certification Security+ or equivalent
  • Computing Env: Computing Env: MSCA 2016, Microsoft Azure Administrator or equivalent  (Must obtain the full AZ104 Microsoft Azure Administrator within 180 days from start date.)
• ​Role Requirements:
  • On customer site daily support
  • Candidates must be willing and able to attain a CI Polygraph for certain positions as determined by the contract
  • Position may require lifting of objects (i.e. IT Hardware), reaching/bending/kneeling (i.e. plug in cables) and other moderately strenuous activity
  • Travel may be required to support the mission

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

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