The Help Desk Specialist Manager leads the staff and day-to-day operations of the technical service desk supporting the F-35 Joint Program Office Virtual Enterprise environment. This position directs second-tier support for end-user hardware, software, applications, servers, network services, service requests, incidents, and recurring problems that cannot be resolved at the first tier. The role trains and coaches help desk personnel, monitors service levels and customer experience, serves as an escalation point for critical or unusual issues, and uses performance data, post-incident reviews, and root-cause analysis to improve service quality. Through disciplined use of information technology service management processes and tools, the Help Desk Specialist Manager promotes timely restoration of service, accurate ticket handling, effective knowledge transfer, and continual service improvement.
Responsibilities- Manage help desk personnel and daily support operations, including work assignment, coaching, performance oversight, and coverage needed to maintain uninterrupted service.
- Direct second-tier troubleshooting for personal computers, servers, applications, hardware, software, network services, and other end-user technologies.
- Oversee service requests, incidents, escalations, and problem-management activities to support timely resolution in accordance with established service-level expectations.
- Serve as the escalation point and facilitator for severe, critical, recurring, or technically complex issues requiring coordination across support teams.
- Train personnel on help desk systems, tools, knowledge resources, documentation standards, troubleshooting methods, and current technical or product updates.
- Monitor ticket volume, resolution times, backlog, customer satisfaction, service trends, and other key metrics to identify performance gaps and resource needs.
- Lead post-incident reviews and root-cause analyses and ensure that corrective actions, knowledge articles, and process improvements are implemented to reduce recurrence.
- Coordinate with network, systems, application, cybersecurity, and engineering teams to restore service and resolve issues that cross technical boundaries.
- Recommend workflow, staffing, automation, and service-management improvements that increase efficiency, reduce risk, and improve the user experience
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in information technology, computer science, management information systems, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of five years of related technical support or help desk experience as an individual contributor; one to three years of supervisory or team-lead experience is also required.
- Experience managing the day-to-day performance of technical support personnel and ensuring that team milestones, service objectives, and operational priorities are achieved.
- Strong knowledge of help desk operations, second-tier troubleshooting, incident management, problem management, service request fulfillment, escalation, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience using information technology service management platforms and performance metrics to document, track, analyze, and improve service delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across Government, contractor, network, systems, application, cybersecurity, and engineering stakeholders in a mission-focused environment.
- CLEARANCE: Active Secret clearance
Pay Transparency StatementAMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $133,000.00/Yr. - USD $222,100.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO StatementEEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, management information systems, or a related discipline
- At least five years of related technical support or help desk experience as an individual contributor
- One to three years of supervisory or team-lead experience
- Experience managing technical support personnel and achieving team milestones, service objectives, and operational priorities
- Strong knowledge of help desk operations, second-tier troubleshooting, incident management, problem management, service request fulfillment, escalation, and root-cause analysis
- Experience using IT service management platforms and performance metrics to improve service delivery
- Ability to coordinate across government, contractor, network, systems, application, cybersecurity, and engineering stakeholders
- Active Secret clearance
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
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