2nd Line IT Technician (AW000208) Abingdon, England
| Salary: | GBP27000 - GBP34000 per annum |
Role: 2nd Line Engineer
Basis: Full Time
Salary/Package: £27-£34k
Hybrid working
Who is our client?
Our client specialises in IT security solutions and have won many awards for their excellence, including Sophos Partner of the year twice. Our philosophy is to work hard and play just as hard. We are a privately owned company who have been in business since 2003 and continue to grow year on year.
We really look after our employees and go above and beyond to ensure we remain an employer of choice. We believe in developing you and promote from within the business.
Primary Purpose
The Desktop team are tasked with supporting, investigating, and resolving our MSP client’s IT related systems and making sure all issues are dealt with in a timely fashion.
The role will involve the following.
- Providing support to our clients
- Help the Helpdesk Management Team with continued business improvements
- Provide support to the apprentice, and 1st Line, engineers
- Manage/Maintain all escalations from the apprentice, and 1st line, engineers
- Communicate daily to clients with open tickets
- Managing the client’s expectations with ongoing tickets
- Ensure all client related problems are logged correctly
- Inform the Desktop Team Lead of any tickets requiring escalations
- Working with client’s 3rd party suppliers and vendors when appropriate
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures
- Ensuring that all role related KPI’s are met
- Logging, managing, and resolving client IT issues
- Maintain desktop asset register and configurations
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as required to meet the needs of the business Key Responsibilities
- Being the first point of contact for all incoming support calls, emails, and sessions - when necessary
- Being an escalation point for all escalations coming from apprentice, and 1st line, engineers
- Ensuring all forms of support call are logged in the system and the client is kept updated
- Manage incident and request tickets ensuring established SLA’s are met
Person Specification
Minimum:
- Excellent knowledge in Windows 7/8/10 installation and configuration
- Good knowledge with MacOS installation and configuration
- Exposure to Email Management/Configuration – Exchange 2013/2016, Office365, etc
- 2+ years’ experience working with medium-large businesses
- Ability to learn on your feet
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
- Excellent client service
- Positive attitude to work
- Strive to continuous improvement
- Able to work independently under pressure
- Minimum of 2 years’ IT experience in a corporate or services environment
- Driving license and own transport
Desirable:
- Exposure to Microsoft Server OS – 2008/2012/2016
- Comptia A+
- Comptia N+
- Wireless management – Ubiquiti, Meraki, Netgear, etc
- Mimecast, Barracuda, Sophos Email Gateway
- Group policy management – deployment or management
What we offer you
Benefits
- 20+ Days Holiday and rising (plus bank holidays)
- Flexible working (WFH incentives)
- Private medical cover
- Discounted gym membership
- Epic Christmas Parties
- Car Parking
Our client is an equal opportunities employer and welcome all candidates to apply with the right to work in the UK.
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