Tier 2 Help Desk

Who we are

Platinum Technologies is a Northern Virginia based integrated solutions firm that specializes in Cybersecurity, Cloud and Digital Services to the Public Sector. Our team solves hard problems and helps our Mission Partners achieve their goals. If you are self-motivated, possess demonstrated learning agility, and are passionate about delivering high-quality work products – we want to hear from you.

We lead with technical expertise, but that is just the tip of the iceberg – the ‘Why’ matters. At Platinum, we don’t hire people to do a job. We provide professional and leadership development to complement our self-motivated domain experts. Our teammates are dot-connecting leaders that operate in a mutually accountable environment to deliver thought leadership, expert technical analysis, and quality execution for our clients

Platinum Technologies currently has an opportunity for a Tier 2 Help Desk to support our Program (DTRA), a growing program with exciting opportunities to excel in your career

The program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable 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 Data Center on both the classified and unclassified systems.

This role is located in Ft Belvoir, VA. Candidate must hold an active DoD TS/SCI clearance.

What you get to do.

• 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 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. 

Required Skills.

• Bachelors Degree with 8 years of relevant experience or a Masters Degree with 6-10 years of 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.

• 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 Skills.

• 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. 

The Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information.

Salary : $70,000 - $80,000