Help Desk Technician
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Apex is Hiring a Help Desk Technician III for one of our Government Clients! If you are interested, please send your resume to and include the best time to give you a call! Help Desk Technician III, We are seeking a Help Desk Technician III to support a large, mission-critical information-sharing program within the Department of Defense environment. This role provides Tier 0, Tier 1, and progressing to higher-tier technical support for a diverse user population in a fast-paced, operational setting.
The ideal candidate is a self-directed IT professional with strong customer service skills, technical troubleshooting experience, and the ability to adapt to evolving operational requirements. This is a high-visibility onsite role that requires professionalism, attention to detail, and comfort working independently while collaborating with distributed technical teams. Key Responsibilities
- Provide professional, courteous, and responsive customer service for all support interactions
- Deliver daily onsite desktop and technical support to U.S. military personnel, U.S. civilians, NATO personnel, partner nation users, international students, and host-nation civilians
- Serve as the first point of contact for hardware, software, and application issues, resolving incidents at first contact whenever possible
- Accurately document, prioritize, and escalate incidents to Tier II or Tier III support as required
- Perform remote troubleshooting and support for end-user software issues
- Configure, deploy, and update software and system configurations
- Conduct follow-up with users to confirm incident resolution and customer satisfaction
- Provide limited guidance and technical support to less experienced technicians as needed
- Maintain system integrity, availability, and security in accordance with established policies
- Support user requests related to new service deployments and system access
- Maintain accurate and current system and process documentation
- Provide desk-side support when required
- Assist in developing and monitoring policies and standards related to computing resource usage
- Deliver end-user training and technical guidance as needed
- Participate in special projects and operational initiatives
- Maintain awareness of relevant technologies, tools, and best practices
- Adhere to established IT service management and network administration principles
Requirements
- 3-4+ years of relevant IT support experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Active Secret security clearance required at time of hire
- Ability to meet DoD 8570 / IAT Level II requirements, including:
- Active Security+ CE certification
- Completion of required computing environment training within two weeks of hire
- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and work centers
- Experience supporting common IT infrastructure services, including:
- DNS
- DHCP
- Network connectivity troubleshooting
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting multinational or geographically dispersed user populations
- Experience operating in deployed or operational environments
- Experience managing user, administrative, and service accounts
- Background supporting both internal and external customers
- Experience with security and compliance tools and processes, including STIGs, patching, vulnerability scanning, and remediation
- Familiarity with Group Policy administration and Windows PowerShell
- Experience supporting multiple operating systems and basic scripting
- Experience administering Microsoft Server environments (2008, 2012, 2016)
- Experience creating and maintaining systems documentation
- Experience developing technical training materials
- Experience monitoring and responding to server and infrastructure alerts
- Working knowledge of ServiceNow, SCCM, Exchange, and identity or access platforms
- Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware and Horizon View
- Experience supporting military or government customers
- ITIL Foundation v4 certification preferred
- Additional certifications may be required based on assignment