Help Desk Engineer I

Job ID: 2618859
Location: Princeton, NJ, US
Date Posted: 2026-11-05
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Computer Operator
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Rotating
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Public_Trust
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
Description
SAIC is seeking a Help Desk Technician resource to support a 24x7 data center and its users at a customer site in Princeton, NJ. The candidate will help manage the operation of the supercomputer, associated systems, and support the user's computer systems in a heterogeneous environment. Activities will include the monitoring of batch compute jobs, network performance, and facility infrastructure. The candidate will be working with highly technical climate scientists and must have great communication skills to respond to user requests in a user-friendly and professional manner.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under the guidance of professional staff, troubleshooting computer hardware problems, analyzing production job performance issues, and proactively monitoring performance of the Laboratories networking environment to identify and coordinate resolution of problems.
• Monitor all health of local and remote systems within the High-Performance Program.
• Answer Help Desk requests at a Tier I Level, providing adequate triage and follow-up.
• Develop and maintain scripts for operation use.
• Escalate HPC issues to system and vendor staff.
• Troubleshoot user issues, responding to Help Desk tickets, keeping users informed of resolution progression.
• System deployments and routine maintenance such as patching, updates.
• Triage and investigate tickets for users as they come in.
• Perform operations level technical tasks i.e. reset passwords, resolve printing/scanning issues, peripheral hardware issues.
• Perform operations logistics such as building checks, package logging, visitor processing, answer phone calls.
• Unpack and relocate computer hardware to include laptops, desktops, servers, monitors and printers.
• Taking on non-interference projects.

Qualifications
Qualifications

• High School Diploma with 3+ years of experience.
• ship required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Experience working directly with general Information Technology.
• Experience working with Windows, Linux, and/or Mac Systems.
• All candidates MUST be able to perform 12-hour shift work including overnight, weekend work, and OT, as scheduled or as necessary. This position will alternate with approximately 12 hour shifts, 3 days during the first week of a period and 4 days the second week of the period for a total of 80 hours per period.
• Candidate must be capable of lifting up to 50lbs unassisted.

Target salary range: Up to $40,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .