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Sr. Tier 2 Helpdesk Specialist

Leidos

Location
Onsite (0462 Fort Belvoir VA, Virginia)
Compensation
$65k - $118k/yr
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior Level
Posted 1 day ago

About the Role

Leidos is seeking a Sr. Tier 2 Helpdesk Specialist to support large-scale IT operations for the DOD's DTRA. This role involves providing enterprise-wide IT support, troubleshooting, and ensuring the cybersecurity defense of critical data and applications.

Skills

IT Service Desk Support Troubleshooting Cybersecurity Defense ITSM ITIL Remedy Service Now Root Cause Analysis Active Directory Windows Server Cisco Environments Customer Service VDI Network Connectivity Account Administration Knowledge Base Authoring

Benefits

  • Health and Wellness Programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave
  • Retirement

Full job details

Leidos is seeking an Sr. Tier 2 Helpdesk Specialist to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DOD contract in Fort Belvoir, VA OR Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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 CONUS and OCONUS locations.

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.

Clearance: Must currently hold an active DOD TS/SCI clearance

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Troubleshoot, resolve, and/or escalate technical issues based on ticket assignments deskside or remotely, as necessary.

  • Correlate events and incidents for management of Information Technology (IT) Services.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Utilize Remedy and/or Service Now for queue and work management.

  • 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 4-8 years of relevant experience. Additional experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

  • Active DOD TS/SCI clearance

  • 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 (4) 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:

  • Systems or network administration experience in Windows Server and/or Cisco environments.

  • Familiarity with automated call distribution systems.

  • Certification in a process-based platform including programs equal to ITIL, HDI, CoBIT, Lean Six, Six Sigma,etc. 

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

May 28, 2026

For 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.

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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