Service Desk Lead

PingWind • Huntsville, AL

1d • $97,000 - $135,000 • Onsite

About The Position

PingWind is seeking a Service Desk Lead to direct responsive, customer-focused system support for PAE Fires users. The Service Desk Lead will oversee intake, triage, routing, troubleshooting, escalation, resolution, follow-up, and performance reporting to minimize user downtime, meet service-level expectations, and continuously improve the support experience.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading an enterprise service desk, help desk, or deskside/user-support operation with formal ticketing and escalation processes.
• Strong troubleshooting knowledge across end-user hardware, Windows-based computing environments, common enterprise applications, accounts/access, peripherals, and connectivity issues.
• Experience managing SLAs, response/resolution targets, ticket backlogs, priority/escalation practices, support metrics, and trend reporting.
• Ability to translate technical information into clear, professional guidance for end users and to coordinate complex incidents with specialized technical teams.
• Experience using automated service-management/ticketing systems and producing operational reports for leadership review.
• Strong team leadership, customer-service, communication, coaching, and workload-management skills.
• Ability to support mission-driven operational hours and after-hours/on-call requirements when authorized and required by specific tasks.
• SECRET security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Senior IT support or service-desk experience leading customer-facing technical support operations, ticket management, escalation, SLA performance, troubleshooting, and support metrics in an enterprise environment.

Nice To Haves

• ITIL Foundation/Managing Professional, HDI, or comparable service-management certification.
• Experience leading service desk operations in an Army/DoD or other Federal Government environment.
• Experience with endpoint management, remote support, knowledge management, and service analytics/reporting tools.
• DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity qualification where required by assigned cyberspace work.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded OCIO service-desk and user-support operations and ensure timely, effective, and professional responses to customer inquiries and technical support needs.
• Manage support requests received by telephone, email, and the Government-provided automated service desk system, including intake, logging, categorization, prioritization, routing, escalation, resolution, and follow-up.
• Direct diagnosis and troubleshooting of computer hardware and software issues and ensure customers receive clear step-by-step guidance and accurate technical assistance.
• Ensure support personnel maintain current proficiency with Government hardware, software, systems, and emerging technologies needed to resolve routine and complex user issues.
• Establish effective escalation and coordination practices with server, network, cybersecurity, application-development, asset-management, and other technical teams to restore service quickly.
• Monitor adherence to established service-level agreements and performance standards and take corrective action when response or resolution performance trends below expectations.
• Analyze service-desk activity and identify recurring issues, operational bottlenecks, support trends, training needs, and opportunities to improve first-contact resolution and customer satisfaction.
• Generate detailed performance reports covering call/ticket volumes, issue types, resolution times, trends, and other relevant support metrics in accordance with applicable reporting requirements.
• Provide technical leadership, workload management, coaching, and quality oversight for service-desk personnel while maintaining a professional customer-service culture.

Benefits

• Eleven Federal Holidays
• Paid Time Off accrued each pay period
• Parental Leave
• Three medical plan choices with generous employer contribution
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401k with competitive matching and vesting schedule
• Continuing education assistance
• Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Medical, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness benefits include Calm Health app and WellHub gym subsidy (formerly GymPass)
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Legal Insurance
• Pet Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior