HHS Service Desk Technician

Job ID: 2616651

Location: Cookeville, TN, US

Date Posted: 2026-09-09

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Computer Operator

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID

Description
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SAIC is hiring a Service Desk Agent to support HHS in Cookeville, TN.

This is a Hybrid role requiring 3 days minimum in office.

What We Do

We are the front line of contact for technical issues and questions for the US Department of Health and Human Services. HHS a professional and diverse group that are doing remarkable things during a remarkable time. We support our awesome client in many different ways such as telephone calls, chat, email, and online requests.

Culture

We are a close-knit team of around 30 people that has a great team dynamic. We all come from very different backgrounds and ages. We work for SAIC a Fortune 500 company and is listed as one of the "World's Most Admired Companies". Forbes lists us as one of "America's Best Employers for Diversity" and one of "America's Best Employers for Veterans".

Company Values

Passion- Love what you do

Empowerment- Decide and act

Integrity- Be real

Inclusion- Embrace differences

Innovation- Think courageously

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for people with a great work ethic, an enthusiasm for technology, and are constantly learning new things. You also need to have wonderful people skills and can work with professionals that have varying levels of technical expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer service to professional end users
• Provide front line technical support to local and remote users via calls, chat, email, and online support and service requests
• Utilize technical skills, historical records, knowledgebase, and other available tools to analyze and diagnose customer issue
• Support commercial and agency specific applications and software
• Support operating system and internet browser issues
• Support desktops, laptops, mobile devices, printers, scanners, and other hardware
• Support network infrastructure issues affecting end users
• Assist with password resets and account unlocks
• Assist with set up, installation, and configuration of hardware and software
• Diagnose, isolate, and resolve issues with network connectivity, wired and wireless
• Assist with creating and updating documentation, written instructions, and knowledge base articles
• Utilize an incident tracking system to create, work, and resolve tickets
• Clearly document description of issue and troubleshooting work done for escalation, review, and audit purposes
• Effectively determine when to escalate issues to specialist teams
• Communicate with supervisors, peers, and end users to effectively solve issues
• Follow all company and department policies and procedures

Qualifications
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Required Skills/Experience:

• Must have a High school diploma or equivalent
• Prefer one year of relevant experience in a customer service/ support environment
• Proven hardware/software troubleshooting experience
• Proven experience providing effective and professional communication
• Proven ability addressing technical issues via telephone, email, and chat
• Demonstrated commitment to providing excellent customer service
• Experience with common software and operating systems
• Knowledge of IT support Best Practices
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Availability to work flexible hours in a 24x7x365 environment

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 .