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# Desktop Support Engineer

- **Company:** Operations Resources Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £52,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, System Configuration, Microsoft Office, Software Troubleshooting
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/desktop-support-engineer/57273286

## About the Role

Looking for an experience IT Support professional to be the sole on site IT support person for around 50 users of a pharmaceutical company based on the Cambridge Science Park.

This role is to work for the MSP, it is 100% office based on their clients site, Mon - Fri 9-5:30.

You will do all the 1st line support, including deal with any hardware related issues and escalate more in-depth faults to the remote 2nd, 3rd line support teams.

Applicants for this role must have a customer facing attitude and be confrontable and enjoy doing face to face IT support.

Technically it's a MS Office, Windows environment.

Must be confident with hardware: setup, configuration, printer issues etc., * Office 365

 * AD
 * Active Directory
 * Hardware & Software Troubleshooting
 * Printer Installation & Configuration



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