Senior IT Help Desk Manager
Summary
A hands-on IT Help Desk Manager runs day-to-day IT operations for a key client: triaging tickets, personally troubleshooting issues, managing a ~150-device macOS/Windows fleet via Microsoft Intune and Microsoft 365/Entra ID, handling onboarding/offboarding for ~150 contractors, and leading a small support team. The role works U.S. business hours in a healthcare environment handling protected healt
Opportunity for impact
Newfire is seeking a IT Help Desk Manager
What's the Project?
We are looking for a hands-on IT Help Desk Manager to take ownership of day-to-day IT operations for one of our key clients. This is a hands-on, working-manager role: you will personally handle escalations and technical work while managing and developing a small support team.
- Frontline support operations. Oversee ticket intake, triage, resolution times, and escalation paths. Keep service quality high and response times predictable.
- Hands-on technical work. This is not a purely managerial role. You will be in the tools daily — troubleshooting, configuring, and resolving issues yourself.
- Device and identity management. Manage a mixed fleet of roughly 150 macOS and Windows machines through Microsoft Intune, including enrollment, policy management, and application deployment.
- Onboarding and offboarding. Support a large and fluid population that includes approximately 150 contractors alongside full-time staff. Volume is significant, so process discipline and automation matter.
- Team leadership. Manage, coach, and develop the support technician. Set standards, review work, and build the team as it grows.
- Client relationship. Serve as the primary IT operations contact for the client. Communicate clearly, manage expectations, and represent our organization well.
- Compliance awareness. Operate in an environment that handles protected health information. Follow and reinforce security and compliance practices in everything the team touches
- As a Senior team member, you will be expected to actively participate in our hiring processes by serving on interview panels for future roles across the company.
- Demonstrated experience managing a mixed macOS and Windows fleet, ideally through Microsoft Intune
- Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, particularly Entra ID
- Genuine hands-on technical ability — you can solve problems yourself, not just route them
- Fluent English, written and spoken, for daily work with a U.S.-based workforce
- Availability to work U.S. business hours
- A track record of reliability and ownership. You follow through, you close loops, and you do not need to be closely managed