The Digital Sector at Leidos has an opening for a ServiceNow Queue Manager to support the customer's Information Technology (IT) operations and service management requirements. This position is responsible for overseeing ServiceNow ticket queues, coordinating ticket assignments and resolutions, monitoring Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance, and ensuring the timely processing and resolution of incidents and service requests.
The ServiceNow Queue Manager will serve as a central point of coordination between customer stakeholders, technical support teams, and program leadership to ensure service requests and incidents are properly documented, assigned, tracked, and resolved within established timelines. The individual will monitor operational performance, identify workflow bottlenecks, escalate unresolved issues, and provide reporting on ticket status, SLA compliance, and overall service delivery performance.
This position requires strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, along with experience using ServiceNow or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms. The successful candidate must be capable of managing multiple priorities, coordinating across technical teams, and maintaining accountability for ticket progression and resolution. This is an operational and administrative ITSM position and does not require ServiceNow development or programming responsibilities.
This is a 100% on-site position. All work must be performed at the customer site in Bethesda at the Intelligence Community Campus.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitor and manage ServiceNow incident and service request queues to ensure tickets are properly assigned, prioritized, and processed.
- Review incoming tickets for completeness, accuracy, appropriate categorization, priority, and assignment to the responsible support teams.
- Track ticket progression throughout the service management lifecycle, ensuring timely updates, appropriate documentation, and resolution within established SLAs.
- Monitor ticket aging, backlog trends, overdue assignments, and potential SLA violations, proactively coordinating corrective actions with responsible teams.
- Identify and escalate unresolved incidents, service requests, and workflow bottlenecks to appropriate technical leads, management personnel, or program leadership.
- Coordinate with technical support teams, service desk personnel, and customer representatives to facilitate timely incident resolution and service request fulfillment.
- Monitor high-priority incidents and coordinate with appropriate technical teams to ensure timely response, escalation, and resolution.
- Generate and maintain operational reports and dashboards detailing ticket volumes, backlog, ticket aging, SLA compliance, resolution performance, and outstanding service requests.
- Analyze ticket trends and recurring service delivery issues to identify opportunities for workflow optimization and improved operational efficiency.
- Provide regular status updates to program management and customer stakeholders regarding queue performance, outstanding issues, and potential service delivery risks.
- Coordinate with assignment groups to ensure appropriate workload distribution and accountability for assigned tickets.
- Conduct periodic ticket quality reviews to verify compliance with established documentation standards, workflow requirements, and closure procedures.
- Identify tickets that have remained inactive or have not received timely updates and coordinate with assigned personnel to ensure appropriate action is taken.
- Develop, maintain, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), queue management processes, escalation procedures, and operational documentation.
- Support training and guidance for ServiceNow users and technical personnel regarding ticket handling procedures, documentation requirements, and workflow expectations.
- Participate in operational meetings, service reviews, and process improvement initiatives to improve ticket management and customer service delivery.
- Ensure adherence to established ITSM processes, organizational policies, contractual requirements, and customer service standards.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives designed to reduce ticket backlog, improve SLA performance, and streamline service request fulfillment.
Basic Qualifications
- Professional experience supporting IT operations, service desk operations, incident management, service request fulfillment, or IT Service Management (ITSM) environments.
- Experience using ServiceNow or a comparable ITSM platform to manage incidents, service requests, assignment groups, and ticket workflows.
- Demonstrated experience monitoring ticket queues, managing ticket backlogs, and coordinating ticket assignments and resolutions across multiple technical support teams.
- Working knowledge of Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ticket prioritization, escalation procedures, and service delivery performance metrics.
- Experience generating operational reports, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), and providing ticket status and SLA compliance updates to management.
- Experience coordinating incident resolution and service request fulfillment across multiple technical teams.
- Ability to identify workflow inefficiencies, coordinate issue resolution, and recommend improvements to established operational processes.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to coordinate with technical personnel, management, and customer stakeholders.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, for reporting, data analysis, and operational tracking.
- Ability to work independently, maintain attention to detail, and ensure accountability for assigned responsibilities.
- Must be available to work on site. No Remote work.
- Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification)
Education/Experience Requirements
- Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree and 4 years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- undefinedClearanceActive TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required OR active TS/SCI and willingness to get a Poly.· US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the government contracts we support.undefinedPreferred QualificationsExperience supporting IT operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts within Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or other federal government environments.ITIL Foundation certification or demonstrated knowledge of ITIL incident management, request fulfillment, problem management, and service management best practices.Experience with ServiceNow IT Service Management (ITSM) modules, including Incident Management and Request Management.Familiarity with ServiceNow reporting tools, dashboards, assignment groups, and workflow administration from an operational user perspective.Experience managing high-volume ticket queues and coordinating incident escalations across multiple technical support teams.Experience developing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), operational metrics, and process documentation.Demonstrated ability to identify service delivery trends, improve queue performance, and reduce ticket resolution times.Previous experience coordinating multiple technical support teams in a large enterprise IT environment.Familiarity with government IT operational reporting, customer service requirements, and contractual SLA performance expectations.Experience supporting operational performance reviews and providing ticket management metrics to program leadership.
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Original Posting:October 19, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
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.
Skills Required
- Professional experience supporting IT operations, service desk operations, incident management, service request fulfillment, or ITSM environments
- Experience using ServiceNow or a comparable ITSM platform
- Experience monitoring ticket queues, managing backlogs, and coordinating assignments and resolutions across technical teams
- Working knowledge of SLAs, ticket prioritization, escalation procedures, and service delivery metrics
- Experience generating operational reports, tracking KPIs, and reporting ticket status and SLA compliance
- Experience coordinating incident resolution and service request fulfillment across multiple technical teams
- Ability to identify workflow inefficiencies and recommend operational process improvements
- Strong organizational, time management, written communication, and verbal communication skills
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, for reporting and data analysis
- Ability to work independently and maintain accountability and attention to detail
- Availability to work fully onsite at the customer site; no remote work
- DoD 8570.11 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP, with an appropriate computing environment certification
- Bachelor's degree and 4 years of relevant experience, with additional experience potentially substituting for the degree
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, or active TS/SCI and willingness to obtain a polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or federal IT operations and maintenance contracts
- ITIL Foundation certification or demonstrated ITIL knowledge
- Experience with ServiceNow Incident Management and Request Management modules
- Familiarity with ServiceNow reporting tools, dashboards, assignment groups, and workflow administration
- Experience managing high-volume ticket queues and incident escalations
- Experience developing SOPs, operational metrics, and process documentation
- Experience supporting operational performance reviews and providing metrics to program leadership
Leidos Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Leidos and has not been reviewed or approved by Leidos.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with multiple plan options, low office-visit copays in some plans, and access to mental health and wellness support tools. The availability of HSA/FSA options and employer contributions is positioned as a meaningful part of the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as a strong component of total rewards, highlighted by a 401(k) match and immediate vesting in the standard package. The Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also presented as an additional long-term wealth-building feature.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle supports extend beyond core insurance, including wellness programs, fitness-related stipends, and assistance resources. Work flexibility and related perks are also included as part of the broader rewards experience.
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What We Do
We Are Leidos For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world. OUR MISSION Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead.
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