**Description** We are currently seeking an experienced, motivated, career and customer service oriented Desk Side Support Technician t to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career with SAIC. **Description:** + The qualified applicant will provide Tier II help desk support to users unable to resolve tech issues that exceed Tier 1 level support. + The candidate must provide creative solutions to customer problems to ensure customer satisfaction and productivity. Coordinate customer and support issues to ensure timely distribution of knowledge and productivity ensuring a positive impact on customer satisfaction. Acquire and maintain knowledge of relevant product offering, current support policies, and methods of support delivery, in order to provide technically accurate solutions to customers. + Consults with users to determine if existing hardware/software is in spec required to support functionality for system effectiveness given the existing network environment. + Recommends and oversees the installation of required hardware/software upgrades necessary to restore or enhance user system functionality. + Engages in testing and modification of user systems in support of eventual recommendation and implementation for hardware or software updates. + As necessary, simulates or recreates user problems to resolve operating difficulties + Creates documentation in support of the maintenance of a document library of completed deliverables. These will be maintained to track performance metrics and log actions taken to address user/interoperability issues that impact client operations. Responsible for updating documentation across the team and utilizing operationally derived knowledge from actual cases resolved. + Creates and maintains documentation specific to the analysis of user equipment configuration for the project; submits regular documentation covering required configurations and impact to network and user functionality due to lack thereof. + Consults with network services, software systems engineering, and/or applications development in the restoration of services or to identify and correct core problems. + Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks. **Qualifications** **Key Qualifications:** + Comprehensive knowledge in Information Technology service delivery. + A+ Certification or higher required HDI or ITIL certifications desired. + Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Network or Systems Engineering, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, from an accredited university. Additional experience considered in lieu of degree. + 0-2 years relevant experience required. + Must be able to obtain a Public Trust. + Must be a US Citizen. Target salary range: $40,001 - $80,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. REQNUMBER: 2600642 SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability