Intermediate Helpdesk Specialist

Leidos Holding$65K — $118K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of relevant experience or Master's Degree with 2+ years; additional experience in lieu of degree accepted.
  • Active DOD TS/SCI clearance required at time of hire.
  • Current 8140 (formerly 8570) IAT Level II (SEC+ or equivalent) certification is mandatory prior to starting.
  • Experience in IT customer service with two years of IT ticketing system involvement and one year of remote desktop tools usage.
  • Proven track record of meeting service level goals and targets.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the initial point of contact for IT-related problems and incidents.
  • Provide prompt and effective customer service to DTRA personnel on IT issues.
  • Document service degradation or outages and communicate them to customers for resolution.
  • Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve Help Desk tickets as per allocation process.
  • Adhere to ITSM and ITIL processes for quality service delivery and resolution timeliness.
  • Maintain assigned Help Desk tickets within AQL/SLA commitments.
  • Open and close tickets using Remedy and/or Service Now; ensure proper documentation.

Benefits

  • Work on a high-profile DOD contract providing large-scale IT support.
  • Engage in continuous innovation and modernization of IT services.
  • Opportunity to support a wide range of internal and external mission partners.
  • Work in a collaborative and dynamic environment on Fort Belvoir campus.
  • Potential for career advancement within a leading company in the defense industry.
Full Job Description
Leidos is seeking an Intermediate Helpdesk Specialist to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA's Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA's internal and external mission partners operating in Fort Belvoir, VA.

In this role, a successful candidate you will provide IT Service Desk support installing, operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, administrating, and cybersecurity defense of data and applications hosted in the DTRA Data Center on both the classified and unclassified systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

You will serve as the initial point of contact for IT-related problems and incidents. In this capacity you will provide phone, online and deskside support to users, performing technical triage, troubleshooting, resolving the issues, and following escalation protocols as necessary. Additional duties will include:
  • Provide great and prompt customer service to DTRA personnel by assisting them with IT-related issues.
  • Document and communicate degradation of services or outage issues information to customers and help with resolution.
  • Analyze, troubleshot, and resolve tickets based on the Help Desk allocation process.
  • Follow ITSM and ITIL processes to ensure quality of services and prompt resolution.
  • Ensure your assigned tickets stay within the program's AQL/SLA commitments.
  • Open and close tickets in Remedy and/or Service Now.
  • Ensure all tickets, requests, and work orders are properly documented.
  • Create or coordinate the development of Knowledge Base Articles (KBA)
  • Troubleshoot complex problems and able to derive root causes and apply correct fixes or workarounds.
  • Provide support for new employees setting up ADPE (ex. Monitors, keyboard, mouse, VDI, laptop, phone, printer, VTC suite), ensuring network connectivity, and any unresolved account administration providing access to the necessary websites, applications, or services.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelors Degree with 4+ years of relevant experience or a Masters Degree with 2+ years of experience. Additional experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Active DOD TS/SCI clearance required at time of hire.
  • Current 8140 (Previously 8570), IAT Level II (SEC+ or equivalent) prior to your start date with Leidos, as well as ability to maintain certification for duration of assignment to the DTRA I3TS contract.
  • Experience in IT customer service including two (2) years of IT ticketing system experience and one (1) year of experience in remote desk takeover tools and usage.
  • Experience meeting service level goals and targets.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Office 365, remote desktop applications, and experience with Windows Server and Cisco networking
  • Certification in a process-based platform including programs equal to ITIL, HDI, CoBIT, Lean Six, Six Sigma,etc.


Original Posting:
July 28, 2026

Pay Range:
Pay Range $65,650.00 - $118,675.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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