2nd Line Support Engineer


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Recruiter

Galliard Homes

Listed on

23rd July 2021

Location

Loughton

Salary/Rate

Competitive + Benefits

Salary Notes

Competitive + Benefits

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Who We Are

Founded in 1992 and with over 350 staff, Galliard is a property development, hospitality and management group overseeing mixed-use, residential, hotel and commercial projects across London, Home Counties, and the Midlands. Galliard has a £4.06 billion portfolio of over 5,300 homes, 153 hotel rooms, 726,000 square feet of commercial developments under construction and a further 5,200 units in planning.

With an impressive portfolio of award-winning developments, we are proud to be considered as London's leading property developer.

The Position

Due to growth, we have an excellent opportunity for an experienced 2nd Line Support Engineer to come and join a busy, experienced team. The successful candidate will report to our Senior Infrastructure Engineer and work closely with our IT manager.

Working within the IT support team you will provide high quality 2nd Line support across all IT infrastructure and services, responsible for solving a broad spectrum of IT support cases by telephone, remotely in the office or on-site.

The successful candidate needs to be a self-starter and to represent the IT team in a professional manner, while dealing with customers from different levels.

Duties include but not limited to:

This role holder is to be responsible for real time operations and in-life support of substantial infrastructure providing IT connectivity and services for Galliard

Handling and successfully progressing all 2nd line fault investigation and at times progressing 1st line faults and fixes

Acting as the lead liaison between 2nd and 3rd line investigation

Answer and clear IT support requests and helpdesk queues.

Set and implement key demonstrable measures that ensures all customers are fully supported with a full IT suite.

To work on technical projects for their managers or sponsors independently and with guidance. This may involve working alone or as part of a wider project team, managing specific tasks. 

To lead the development and implementation of policies and procedures.

To work with internal, external, and third-party suppliers.

The Person

Able to deal with customers from different levels and represent IT in professional manner

Previous experience in 2nd line role is essential

Relevant degree or industrial qualification in the appropriate field

Candidates must be flexible to work after hours and overtime (after successfully passing probation period)

Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)

Strong time management and organisational skills

Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

Working in a Citrix based environment is necessary

The ideal candidate will have knowledge / experience in:

Virtualisation - VMware, VSphere, ESXI

Previous experience in CITRIX - Xendesktop, XenApp, 

Server Technologies - Windows Server 2008 and 2012, Exchange 2013, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, File Server, 

Database - MS SQL experience

Web server - IIS, 

Networking - General understanding of LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, Routing, IP Addressing, Firewalls and Switching desirable

Has a comprehensive understanding of IT and uses development opportunities to maximise the potential of themselves and the wider Galliard team.

Windows 10 support, deployment, and troubleshooting

Due to travel to sites, it is essential that the candidate has a full manual driving license and is over 21 years old for insurance purposes as you will be using the company van for travel.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Competitive salary

Good in-house training platform and opportunity to develop professionally and learn a broad set of technologies

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