ICF Next

Help Desk Specialist (Salesforce) - Remote

ICF Next$67K — $114K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Reston, VA
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 2+ years of experience in help desk, customer support, or technical support services.
  • Must be able to obtain a federal public trust clearance.
  • Must reside and work in the US; lived in the US for 3 of the last 5 years.
  • Familiarity with SaaS applications and Salesforce is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide first-line support for Salesforce applications and related services.
  • Document, triage, and troubleshoot help desk requests and incidents.
  • Coordinate escalations with various support teams as needed.
  • Communicate status updates, known issues, and release impacts to users.
  • Support troubleshooting for access, data, and application-related questions.
  • Maintain documentation of recurring issues and solutions in knowledge bases.
  • Assist with user onboarding and role approval processes.

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility within the US.
  • Opportunity to work in a regulated federal environment.
  • Engagement with a diverse set of technical teams and stakeholders.
  • Potential for professional growth in application support and user assistance.
Full Job Description
This role is contingent upon a contract award.

ICF is seeking a Help Desk Specialist to support an enterprise Salesforce services environment for a federal health client. This role will focus on user support, issue intake, troubleshooting, escalation coordination, stakeholder communications, knowledge base maintenance, and support for release and training activities.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting business users in a structured help desk or application support environment. This role requires clear communication, disciplined ticket management, sound troubleshooting skills, and the ability to coordinate with technical, functional, security, and operations teams to resolve user issues.

This work supports an enterprise Salesforce environment that includes shared platform services, application support, stakeholder onboarding, release communications, user guidance, incident support, and ongoing operations. The Help Desk Specialist will help maintain service quality by acknowledging requests, coordinating escalations, communicating status, and documenting recurring issues and resolutions.

Job Location: This position is remote within the United States.

Please note that ICF monitors employee work locations, restricts access from foreign locations and IP addresses, and prohibits the use of personal VPN connections.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Provide first-line support for users of Salesforce applications, shared platform services, and related enterprise capabilities.


  • Receive, document, triage, troubleshoot, and track help desk requests, incidents, service requests, and user questions.


  • Coordinate escalations with Salesforce administrators, developers, integration teams, security teams, infrastructure teams, and vendor support teams as needed.


  • Communicate request status, next steps, known issues, release impacts, outage information, and resolution updates to users and stakeholders.


  • Support troubleshooting for access issues, application questions, workflow issues, data issues, configuration questions, and common user errors.


  • Document recurring issues, resolutions, workarounds, escalation paths, and support procedures in standard operating procedures and knowledge base articles.


  • Support release communications, user group communications, training session logistics, and stakeholder notices related to platform changes.


  • Assist with user onboarding and access support in coordination with identity management, role approval, and application support processes.


  • Track support trends, recurring pain points, and user feedback to help identify opportunities for service improvement.


  • Support defect documentation by capturing clear issue descriptions, screenshots, user impact, replication steps, and related ticket details.


  • Work within formal support, privacy, security, Section 508, documentation, and escalation expectations for a regulated federal environment.


What You Must Have

  • Bachelor's degree


  • 2+ years of experience providing help desk, service desk, application support, customer support, or technical support services.


  • Ability to obtain and maintain a federal public trust clearance or equivalent client-required background investigation.


  • Candidate must reside in the US, be authorized to work in the US, and work must be performed in the US
  • Must have lived in the US 3 full years out of the last 5 years


Preferred Qualifications

  • 1+ year of experience documenting, triaging, tracking, and resolving incidents, service requests, user questions, or production support tickets.
  • 1+ year of experience developing or maintaining knowledge base articles, standard operating procedures, user guidance, troubleshooting steps, or support documentation.
  • 1+ year of experience coordinating escalations across technical, functional, operations, or vendor support teams.

    1+ year of experience using ticketing, collaboration, or knowledge management tools.
  • 1+ year of experience supporting SaaS applications, CRM platforms, Salesforce applications, low-code/no-code platforms, or enterprise business applications.
  • Experience supporting Salesforce users, Salesforce applications, or CRM-based service environments.


  • Experience supporting help desk operations in federal, healthcare, financial services, or other regulated environments.


  • Experience with access support, role-based permissions, identity management, or user onboarding processes.


  • Experience supporting release communications, outage communications, training communications, or stakeholder notices.


  • Experience documenting defects, user impacts, replication steps, screenshots, and escalation notes for technical teams.


  • Experience supporting Section 508, privacy, security, audit, or formal change control expectations.


Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$67,355.00 - $114,503.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)

About ICF Next

ICF Next is a global marketing and communications agency that provides a wide range of services to clients in various industries, including healthcare, energy, and transportation. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. ICF Next offers a comprehensive suite of services, including branding, digital marketing, public relations, and social media management. The company has a strong reputation for delivering innovative and effective solutions that help its clients achieve their business objectives. ICF Next is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and it has received numerous awards for its work in these areas.
Learn more about ICF Next
Size
8,000 employees
Market Cap
$1.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$54.9 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+5.6%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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