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Sr. Tier 2 Helpdesk Specialist

Leidos

Fort Belvoir, VAJob$52–94K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$52–94K/yr
Location
Fort Belvoir, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

8140 IAT Level II CertificationSecurity+ Or EquivalentTS/SCI clearance

Job overview

Leidos seeks a Senior Tier 2 Helpdesk Specialist to support IT service desk operations for a Department of Defense contract in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The role supports classified and unclassified systems and includes troubleshooting, ticket and incident management, customer assistance, and setup support for new employees. Candidates must hold an active DOD TS/SCI clearance and meet the stated experience and certification requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

IT Customer ServiceIT Ticketing SystemsRemote Desk Takeover ToolsService Level ManagementWindows ServerCisco EnvironmentsAutomated Call DistributionITILHDICoBITLean Six Sigma

Qualifications

High School5+ Years Relevant ExperienceActive DOD TS/SCI Clearance8140 IAT Level II CertificationSecurity+ or Equivalent4 Years IT Ticketing System Experience1 Year Remote Desk Takeover Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Description

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. 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:

  • High School with 5+ years of relevant experience.

  • 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:

October 16, 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 $52,000.00 - $94,000.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) .

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

REQNUMBER: R-00194735

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,842 open IT Support jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$52–94K/yr
  • Virginia median$72–115K/yr82 salary ranges
  • US median$69–97K/yr1,000 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $73K, is 20% below the Virginia median midpoint ($91K) — in the lowest quarter of IT Support salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 159 open IT Support jobs in Virginia and 2,842 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four IT Support postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,991 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,046 of the 2,842 open IT Support jobs (37%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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