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2nd Line Service Desk Engineer - Hybrid

vertex-it-solutions
Posted 4 days ago, valid for a month
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£44,000 - £55,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The 2nd Line Service Desk Engineer role involves providing high-level IT support to clients, both remotely and face-to-face.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 2 years of experience in IT support, preferably within a Managed Service Provider (MSP) environment.
  • Key responsibilities include diagnosing and resolving support tickets, maintaining communication with clients, and documenting technical guides.
  • The position requires knowledge of various technologies, including Windows Server, Active Directory, and cyber-security practices.
  • Salary details are not specified, but the role emphasizes the importance of customer service and ongoing professional development.
Role Overview

As a 2nd Line Service Desk Engineer, you will be an integral part of our dynamic Service Delivery Team, at the forefront of delivering the highest levels of service in face-to-face and remote IT support to our clients.

Key Responsibilities
  • Promptly respond to requests for technical assistance via phone, ticketing system and email
  • Diagnose and resolve 2nd line assigned and escalated support tickets within target resolution times
  • Diagnose and resolve NOC tickets (from the monitoring of clients’ systems) within target resolution times
  • Provide face-to-face technical support by attending pre-scheduled client site visits
  • Accurately classify and prioritise tickets, keeping detailed ticket notes throughout the lifecycle of a ticket
  • Regularly communicate to client end-users and their IT Officers progress towards resolution ensuring they are updated throughout the lifecycle of a ticket
  • Identify recurring IT issues affecting our clients where a permanent fix is required
  • Documenting useable technical and instructional guides and maintaining the IT Knowledge Management system
  • Provide excellent customer service and an excellent customer experience at all times
  • Conduct personal queue and ticket triage to prioritise and manage your workload, escalating as and when required using internal processes
  • Liaise with partners and third-party vendors to resolve customer issues
  • Supporting, mentoring, training and developing the team of 1st Line Analysts
  • Keep yourself updated, and share with your colleagues, the latest technological and cyber-security advancements and changes to technologies used by our clients
  • Obtain Microsoft & other related technical certifications
Key Requirements
  • Superb customer service, telephone and client facing skills
  • Minimum 2 years previous experience providing IT support across multiple technologies, ideally within an MSP environment
  • Previous experience of attending client locations and providing direct, face-to-face support • Knowledge of and experience troubleshooting and supporting the following technologies:

o Windows Server (On-premise and Azure)

o Administration of Active Directory (On-premise and Azure), Group Policy, Office 365 and SharePoint

o Microsoft Exchange platform

o Virtualisation technologies (Windows Virtual Desktop, Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Manager, V-Sphere)

o Backups

o Cyber-security technologies and issues (Incident response, EDR, MFA, AV)

o Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, RDS, Group Policy, LAN, WAN, Wireless, Switches, Routers)

o Windows OS, MAC OSX & Microsoft Office issues oExperience in configuring and supporting mobile devices

o The ability to configure, administer and support Windows and MAC devices (laptops, desktops etc)

  • A strong understanding of security products and the cyber threat landscape
  • The ability to think ahead to anticipate problems and issues, and provide solutions to them
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and the ability to communicate with others to determine their needs and explain complex issues to differing skill levels
  • Being able to demonstrate a passion and commitment to learning new technologies either by ongoing certifications or personal interest projects
  • Excellent team player but with the capacity to be strongly self-motivated
  • Ability to deal with difficult or demanding situations in a calm and professional manner
  • UK driving license

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.