1st Line Support Engineer

We are looking to develop our current team with the addition of a passionate 1st Line Technical Support Engineer who is keen to learn and grow with the business. As a 1st line technical support engineer, you will be responsible for providing remote support for IT infrastructure, cloud hosting & telecoms networks.

You will be working with over 150 different clients varying from SMB to SME sizes, to resolve or escalate their technical issues in a prompt and professional manner as well as building and repairing PC’s, laptops and printers and other workshop duties. It will be a role working between workshop and helpdesk. Full training and support will be provided.

If you have a passion for IT and looking to bring new ideas to the team this could be the role for you.

Key responsibilities will include:

· Answering the technical line to support our clients as the first point of contact.

· Provide remote and telephone support for client networks and applications.

· Responsible for handling support of ticket requests which relate to all technology including; workstations, servers, printers, networks, and vendor specific hardware and software.

· Updating the help desk ticketing system, ensuring the calls are logged and all notes, progress and actions have been added promptly and accurately.

· Prioritise tickets based on impact to keep efficient progress.

· Work to the contracted SLA’s and liaise with 3rd parties as required, escalating within the helpdesk team were necessary.

· Building PC’s

· Pre delivery setup of laptops

· Repairing PC’s, laptops and printers

· Dealing with third parties to arrange external repairs and tracking documentation

· Stock control of components and cables

· Pre delivery preparation of servers / infrastructure equipment

· Updating asset register for customers new equipment before delivery.

· Keeping up to date with any training and learning logs.

· Dealing with deliveries and receipting them into stock

· Dealing with software issues e.g. installation and upgrade

· 1-2 Years prior experience within a technical support focused role.

· Active Directory Administration

· Office 365 & Azure support and management.

· Windows 10,11 Operating systems.

· Microsoft Office 365 apps.

· Virtualisation (Hyper-V, VMware)

· Basic Routing and switching knowledge.

· Knowledge with backup vendor software such as Veeam, StorageCraft.

· Basic Telephony systems Knowledge.

· Current MS-10X or MD-10x certifications preferred but not essential.

• Good communication skills
• Proactive and eager to learn
• Good knowledge of IT Systems and Support
• Professional and Courteous
• Comfortable with all aspects of customer service (face to face, phone and email), * Technical support: 1 year (required)

Pulled from the full job description

• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Company pension
• Company events
• On-site parking, · Monday to Friday 8AM - 5PM

· 30 minutes of lunch daily

· 20 days holiday entitlement (plus bank holidays)

· Free onsite parking with EV charging points

· Air conditioned modern offices

· Training opportunities

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £28,089.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking