Project Lead Deskside Support Manager

Leidos

Actively hiring
Rockville, MD Posted 22 days ago $82,550$149,225 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

Leidos seeks a Deskside Support Manager to lead a team of 25-30 technical support specialists in Rockville, MD, and five remote locations, ensuring efficient resolution of user issues through workflow management, performance monitoring, staff training, and collaboration with other departments. This role involves interfacing daily with high-level federal customers, managing seamless handoffs between service desks and system engineering teams, and maintaining robust documentation for a knowledge base. The manager will also oversee hiring, employee recognition, and team performance while ensuring compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, leadership skills, IT services background, and proficiency in modern ticketing systems like ServiceNow. Ideal candidates possess federal customer management experience and ITIL certification.

Skills

ServiceNow ITIL PMP CI/CD Kubernetes Docker Python PostgreSQL AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Terraform Ansible Jira Confluence Prometheus Grafana GitLab GitHub Slack

What you'll do

  • Lead and manage a team of 25-30 Deskside Support technicians providing Tier-2 end-user services.
  • Interface daily with Federal customers to ensure high-quality IT service delivery.
  • Ensure timely resolution of user issues by managing workflows and monitoring performance metrics.
  • Train staff, implement automation tools, and streamline deskside workflows for efficiency.
  • Develop and maintain a robust knowledge base documenting best practices and troubleshooting procedures.

What we're looking for

  • At least 8 years of relevant IT services experience or a Master's degree with 6 years of experience.
  • Proven leadership in managing IT operations teams and meeting SLAs.
  • Expertise in service, incident, and problem management using systems like ServiceNow.
  • Strong communication skills for interfacing with federal customers up to political appointees.
  • Experience hiring, training, and overseeing performance of technical support staff.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust security clearance.
  • U.S. citizenship required.

Market check

Salary context

This $82,550–$149,225 range sits above 5% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$138,207$213,900

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$148,625$211,200

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 238 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

Leidos currently has 199 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $107,900–$195,050 across 187 roles with salary data.

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