Group Technology Support Engineer
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Job description
When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you'll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts. About the role In your role as Group Technology Support Engineer, you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset. This role will provide a great opportunity to deliver proactive and reactive technological support across USSL and USSIM, covering both Liverpool and London offices and supporting remote/home-based colleagues.
You will be responsible for daily health checks of key office technology, ensuring systems are optimised and secure, and providing exceptional customer service to enable the organisation through technology.
You will act as a bridge between the wider Technology Services technical teams, and business users, ensuring technology empowers productivity and business outcomes. Providing first and second line assistance, the role requires a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues before they impact users, continuous improvement of support processes, and a commitment to enabling a seamless technology experience for all staff, regardless of location. What you will be doing As a trusted part of the IT team you will:
- Deliver outstanding customer service with a proactive focus on customer satisfaction and technology enablement, taking ownership for customer issues under resolution, clear communication and feedback, and identifying areas to improve the customer experience.
- Perform daily health checks and monitoring of key office technology (meeting rooms, AV, network, printers, collaboration tools, etc.) to ensure optimal performance and availability.
- Provide first and second line support for technical queries and incidents via multiple channels (phone, walk-up, ITSM portal, remote tools).
- Support and enable remote/home-based colleagues, ensuring secure and reliable access to corporate systems and resources.
- Log, analyse, update, and resolve technical calls, escalating and assigning incidents as needed.
- Collaborate with technical teams and third-party suppliers to resolve incidents and fulfil requests.
- Manage the full lifecycle of incidents and requests, with a focus on proactive resolution and continuous improvement.
- Maintain accurate records of user requests, contact details, actions taken, and outcomes.
- Provide technical support for hardware (laptops, desktops, mobile devices, AV equipment), software (Windows, Office 365, Teams), and understand how a corporate infrastructure works (for more senior appointments).
- Support mobile device management (MDM/BYOD), unified communications platform, and remote access solutions.
- Assist with onboarding/offboarding processes, ensuring technology is provisioned and decommissioned securely and efficiently in collaboration with the Configuration Management Team.
- Contribute to technology resilience by identifying risks, implementing preventive measures, and supporting business continuity planning.
- Deliver training and guidance to users on technology best practices, security, and new tools.
- Participate in supporting technology projects ensuring successful transition to BAU and communication to users, system upgrades, and service improvements as required.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, especially around process, data security and privacy.
- Strive to improve the customer experience and technology services continuously.
- Occasional travel between Liverpool and London offices and to data centre locations as required.
Requirements
- Experience in a customer-facing IT support role within a financial services or regulated environment with excellent customer service skills.
- Strong technical knowledge of Windows operating systems, Office 365 administration, Active Directory, networking concepts, and remote support tools.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and network issues quickly and effectively.
- Experience supporting users in both office and remote/home settings.
- Familiarity with monitoring tools and SIEM tools and their use in troubleshooting
- Unified communications platforms e.g. Teams, Webex.
- Understand ITIL processes and service management best practices.
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and organisational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
- Commitment to professional integrity, continuous improvement, and delivering successful outcomes.
- Willingness to travel between Liverpool and London offices and support remote/home-based colleagues as required
Benefits & conditions
- Great starting salary
- Generous annual leave package
- Access to a high quality pension scheme provided through Universities Superannuation Scheme
- Supportive people policies (including enhanced occupational sickness pay and family friendly pay)
- Financial contributions towards your personal development to help you maintain your physical and mental wellbeing
- Access to a range of health and wellbeing services i.e., private healthcare, discounted gym membership
- Learning and development opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and talent
- Employee Volunteer Day's to support the communities where you work and live Cycle to Work Scheme
Our culture and values Our people are what makes us different. We work together to create a diverse and inclusive culture that embraces individuality, where people are welcomed and feel comfortable in the knowledge that they can be themselves. Our purpose firmly states the importance of members, putting them 'front and centre' of what we do. This is embedded through our values:
- Integrity
- Collaboration Excellence