Network Support Lead
Data Careers Ltd
Worcester, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 75KJob location
Worcester, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Cloud Computing
Network Support
Cisco networks
Microservices
Job description
- Lead and support the Service Desk team in day-to-day network and technical operations.
- Act as first point of escalation for complex technical issues, including Major Incidents and Priority 1 tickets.
- Oversee ticket resolution, monitoring alerts, and ensuring proactive service management.
- Schedule and coordinate onsite visits where technical expertise is required.
- Produce service reports and participate in client service review meetings.
- Develop and refine team processes and best practices to improve efficiency and service quality.
Technologies:
- Cloud
- Cisco
- Support
- ITIL
- ITSM
- LAN
- Network
- microservices
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Cisco networking technologies; CCNA minimum, CCNP preferred.
- Proven experience in a technical support or service desk environment, ideally in a senior or team lead capacity.
- Strong leadership skills, able to coach, mentor, and motivate technical staff.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting abilities.
- Solid understanding of enterprise networking, infrastructure, and common IT technologies.
- Experience with ITSM or ticketing platforms (incident, request, change management).
- Strong communication skills, both written and customer-facing.
- Proactive, customer-focused mindset with strong ownership and accountability.
- Valid driving licence for client visits.
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools to support proactive incident management (desirable).
- Experience with event-driven and microservices architectures or cloud networking (desirable).
- Exposure to ITIL framework and best practice processes (desirable).
Benefits & conditions
We are a leading technology consultancy known for our deep technical expertise and outstanding customer service. Based in Worcester, we specialize in LAN, Wi-Fi, Collaboration, and WAN technologies, supporting our customers with innovative and secure IT solutions. Our team is dedicated to providing excellent service, and we offer competitive benefits including a salary of £65,000 to £75,000 plus bonus, as well as opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative environment.