Help Desk Specialist

Veteran Firm Seeking Helpdesk Specialists for an Onsite Assignment in Washington, DC

My name is Stephen Hrutka, and I lead a Veteran-owned consulting firm in Washington, DC, focused on strategic sourcing, supply chain, and IT Staffing.

We want to fill Helpdesk Specialists for the OCTO – Office of the Chief Technology Officer in the DC Government.

The ideal candidate is a DMV resident with a minimum of 6 years of experience providing second-tier support to end users, servers, or mainframe applications and hardware, along with strong customer service skills and proven expertise in troubleshooting complex software issues.

If you're interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

Executive Summary:
HRUCKUS is seeking Helpdesk Specialists for OCTOHelps. OCTOHelps is looking to add to its DCPS Technical Support team.

Position Description:
The candidate should have 6-10 years of experience. They will respond to and diagnose problems through discussion with users. 100% Onsite and will need to be able to travel around DC.

Position
Responsibilities:

• Resolve technical issues and closing out assigned.
• Service/Incidents requests within the agency's Service Level Agreements.
• Adhere to all Enterprise-wide security policies related to security and integrity of District owned Resources.
• Provide assistance with installation, operation, and maintenance of District-owned desktop software, including operating systems (both
• Windows and Apple), off-the-shelf products (e.g. Microsoft Office, Project, Visio, Outlook) and endpoint management tools.
• Log and route service requests and incidents in an incident management system.
• Provide a high level of customer service to end users on a daily basis.
• Provide technical expertise related to Microsoft Products, such as Microsoft Office, Windows operating systems, as well as other related Microsoft applications.
• Troubleshoot issues related to agency specific applications and web applications.
• Provide technical support for mobile devices, such as iPads, iPhones, Android devices and tablets.
• Collaborate with the IT leadership team to test and implement cost effective technology for District.
• Maintain service level agreements related to Desk Side support Service/Incident requests.
• Work with other technical teams to coordinate multi-tiered technical support for outages, widespread security incidents.

Required Qualifications:

• Providing second-tier support to end users, server, or mainframe apps/hardware
• Strong Customer Service Skills
• Expertise in troubleshooting complex software related issues
• Can demonstrate experience making nontechnical users comfortable with complex technology concepts

Desired Qualifications:

• Expertise in supporting desktop operating systems (Windows 11 Mac OSX 10.10.X)
• Diagnosing and resolving end user computer/computer peripherals problems
• Documenting, tracking, and monitoring end user, server, or hardware problems

Minimum Education/ Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience

The target annual salary is $42,000 - $45,000.

Skills Matrix:

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience | Required | 10 years
• Providing second-tier support to end users, server, or mainframe apps/hardware | Required | 6 years
• Strong Customer Service Skills | Required | 6 years
• Expertise in troubleshooting complex software-related issues | Required | 6 years
• Can demonstrate experience making nontechnical users comfortable with complex technology concepts | Required | 6 years
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite | Required | 5 years
• Expertise in supporting desktop operating systems (Windows 11 Mac OSX 10.10.X) | Highly Desired | 5 years
• Diagnosing and resolving end-user computer/computer peripherals problems | Highly Desired | 5 years
• Documenting, tracking, and monitoring end user, server, or hardware problems | Highly Desired | 5 years