Senior On-site Engineer


Premium Job From IT Lab

Recruiter

IT Lab

Listed on

25th February 2019

Location

WC1N1LE

Salary/Rate

Competitive salary

Salary Notes

Competitive salary

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

This job has now expired please search on the home page to find live IT Jobs.

Company Background

IT Lab is a leading technology and managed services provider in the UK, ranked within the top five European and top 50 global managed services suppliers and operates out of offices in London, Manchester and Cape Town and, via its global partners, in 13 countries across the world. The award-winning company provides a range of services including 24/7 support, cloud services, ERP software implementation, technology transformation and change projects, strategic consulting and analytics. 

We are a dynamic and fast-growing company that truly values and is reliant upon our people, our culture and our commitment to excellence we call Service Obsession. Being the best means having the best people, and getting the best people means being the best place to work. 

A core part of our business is our Cape Town operations centre from which we provide 24/7 support to our predominantly UK based clients and their global operations via a 1st - 3rd line service desk, 365 days per year. This operation is planned to expand significantly in the coming years. This expansion is to not only accommodate growth in our service desk, but also an expanding remit to broaden our local service capability. 

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior On-site Support Engineer to join our Support Services team working at a client site in London, acting as the technical escalation point for complex support issues arising on our client sites. Relevant experience and the ability to learn quickly, communicate well at all levels, work with 100% commitment and contribute to the success of our existing team of dedicated professionals is vital. 

The Role

The key deliverables of a Senior On-site Engineer are to provide technical escalation for the relevant On-site team's technology focus, contributing to improving standards and knowledge enhancement of those within the team. This can include escalation tickets; Change requests or projects depending on the requirements of any of our customers. Manage, specify and undertake projects outside of PMO activities with small teams of On-site engineers. The senior engineer must possess excellent verbal communication skills as well as exceptional analytical and technical skills and continually look to improve on this. In addition, they need to collaborate with the entire Operations team with positive communication and sharing of knowledge and information. The On-site Support Services Engineer must can work on their own or as part of a small team representing the values and objectives of IT Lab.

 Generic Duties and Responsibilities:

Fully supporting, configuring and maintaining customer server environment

Take ownership of escalated and/or complex tickets allocated to them or their relevant Virtual team ("VTs") ticket queue and professionally manage them through to resolution or escalation

Respond appropriately and deal with queries or complaints in an effective manner (i.e. punctual; polite and with empathy)

Ask targeted questions to apply accurate troubleshooting

Deliver clear Change management.

Involvement in problem management to identify root cause analysis.

Contribute fully as an active team member and ensure personal and team objectives are achieved.

Maintain a professional relationship with clients and peers.

Utilise excellent customer service skills and exceed customers' expectations.

Report potential client facing risks.

Report customer feedback and potential product request.

Maintain your own personal development plan with support from your manager.

Collaborate with other teams to maintain standards and functionality.

Troubleshoot, maintain and support a wide range of systems.

Contribute to and improve internal knowledgebase and assets, mentoring and supporting the wider team

Provide support and technical information to the account team

Deliver assistance to Technical Specialists.

Ensure Service Level Agreements ("SLAs") are met.

Undertake any other tasks as assigned by management.

Required skills and capabilities

The ideal candidate will have/be:

Demonstrable previous experience providing support at a senior level in an IT environment

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 

Experience supporting or exposure to the following technologies:

Active Directory

Windows Server

Office 365

Citrix

Cloud

Microsoft

Productivity

Solution

VMWare

VOIP

Bitdefender

Egnyte

Exchange

Mimecast

Cisco Meraki

Switching - typically HP, Juniper

Firewalls - typically Cisco, ASA, Juniper, Palo Alto

Mobility Aerohive

WAN (MPLS, VPLS, Internet)

Formal IT qualification, VCP, CCNA/CCNP and ideally MCSE/MCITP or multiple MCPs advantageous.

Generic essential individual attributes:

Process-focused

Excellent technical ability in one or more key virtual team areas

Very good technical understanding of current leading technologies, suppliers and industry terminology

Able to prioritise under pressure and work to deadlines

Excellent Decision making, judgement, planning and organisation skills

Flexible, calm and approachable, ‘can do' attitude

Solid customer relations skills to understand client/client representatives concerns and requirements

Ability to work well within team, supporting other team members

Willingness to gain relevant qualifications and accreditation's

The Package

Working hours will be 40 hours a week during standard business hours (Monday - Friday, rotational shifts between 7am - 7pm UK time)

Offices and client sites located in London

Package dependent on experience

22 days' annual leave

Opportunity to be a part of a large group of experienced Support Engineers, for you to grow and develop your skills and experience

Continual professional development plans

 

Good luck and please bear in mind we receive a very high number of applications; we will endeavour to get back to all applicants, however, we thank you for understanding this is not always possible for unsuccessful applicants.

IT Lab is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to attracting and retaining the best talent.

You are currently using an outdated browser.

Please consider using a modern browser such as one listed below: