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USAF Service Desk NOC Lead

CFocus Softwareorporated

Job Location:

Anne Arundel County, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 7 October 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 4 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

cFocus Software seeks a Service Desk / Network Operations Center (NOC) Lead to join our program supporting the United States Air Force (USAF). This position is on-site in Linthicum Heights MD. This position requires an Active TS/SCI clearance.
Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI clearance
B.S. Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
Demonstrated ability to lead service desk or network operations personnel coordinate incident escalation and sustain support across multiple sites and time zones.
Experience with enterprise IT ticketing incident and service request management knowledge management troubleshooting procedures and service performance reporting.
Working knowledge of enterprise network infrastructure application availability physical and virtual servers cloud services and video or telecommunications support.
Ability to coordinate secure changes and releases maintain operational records and work with cybersecurity teams on incident response and compliance evidence.
Clear written and verbal communication skills for user support outage notifications technical documentation and Government status reporting.
Meet the security and access requirements applicable to the assigned systems and duties and participate in scheduled on-site coverage on-call support and approved travel as required.

Duties:

Lead daily service desk and NOC activities assign work coordinate coverage and handoffs and guide technicians supporting systems applications infrastructure and telecommunications.
Oversee Tier 0 Tier 1 and Tier 2 support. Retain ownership of escalated tickets through closure; route unresolved requests to the appropriate Tier 2 or Tier 3 teams and coordinate higher-tier support for systems under the programs lifecycle responsibility.
Ensure incidents and service requests are captured documented and tracked in the Government-approved ticketing system daily by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Monitor ticket quality prioritization routing and resolution progress.
Manage video and telecommunications requests and support requests involving applications networks infrastructure research and development and innovation. Coordinate user onboarding training and knowledge management.
Develop and maintain troubleshooting guides and standard operating procedures for Government review and approval by the last business day of each quarter.
Oversee continuous system and application monitoring maintain operational logs and coordinate response to degradation outages and security alerts under the approved Incident Response Plan.
Notify designated DC3 points of contact in writing within 30 minutes of Priority 1 incidents during regular business hours. Immediately report circumstances outside contractor control that may prevent meeting availability targets.
Coordinate approved releases production deployments network configuration changes server provisioning and authorized user access. Ensure work follows approved baselines testing change controls and DevSecOps procedures.
Coordinate network maintenance and restoration involving routers switches cabling servers storage and cloud or virtual infrastructure. Maintain external service provider contacts for rapid outage response.
Collect service desk metrics and report system performance security and availability by the last business day of each month. Provide utilization data capacity recommendations and infrastructure improvement recommendations.
Work with cybersecurity personnel on scanning alert escalation incident response approved security tools and technical evidence supporting Risk Management Framework and ATO/cATO requirements.
Support NOC/SOC stand-up including tool configuration sensor integration with AFCYBER and the Cybersecurity Service Provider and enterprise scanning deployment. Support IOC within 180 calendar days after transition-in and subsequent FOC sustainment.