Journeyman Help Desk Support Specialist with Security Clearance

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Journeyman Helpdesk Support Specialist to join our team in Montgomery, AL. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: * Serve as the ultimate escalation point for Tier II help desk support by validating complex operational and technical infrastructure issues.
* Identify verified software problems and ensure they are appropriately associated with Deficiency Report (DR) numbers within enterprise tracking systems (Remedy/Jira) within 7-10 business days.
* Oversee, configure, and administer the help desk ticketing infrastructure itself to optimize incident resolution metrics, workflows, and monthly programmatic trend reporting.
* Act as the primary enterprise focal point to coordinate with external defense nodes-such as DAAS, Cloud One, and DISA-to resolve critical operational outages within production environments.
* Establish and maintain system access privileges across various staging and production test environments, managing domain-level administrator credentials and root access safely.
* Design and deploy basic scripts and automation workflows using PowerShell or Bash to streamline repetitive administrative tasks, system utilization tracking, and password/certificate management.
* Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to Tier I and Tier II administrators to establish standardized problem-resolution solution sets. Minimum Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent specialized military/civilian IT infrastructure experience.
* 5+ years of advanced tier-3 troubleshooting and system administration experience managing enterprise-level product line infrastructure.
* Practical experience supporting server environments (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Server, or VMware) and interacting with relational database utilities.
* Active DoD 8577 / 8140 Compliance (IAT Level II) baseline cybersecurity certification, such as CompTIA Security+ CE, must be held prior to onboarding. Preferred Qualifications: * Higher-tier professional technical certifications such as CCNA or ITIL Intermediate/Expert.
* Experience interfacing directly with software engineering teams to report systemic bugs, technical debt, and environment utilization trends discovered via service desk operations.
* Proven experience working with automated system utilization tracking and centralized authentication management. Clearance Requirements: * An active Secret security clearance is required. Physical Requirements: * Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
* Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
* Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.