2nd line Field Engineer

2nd line Field Engineer Based: Field-based, predominantly in the London area Type: Full-time Salary: £34-38k Eligibility : You must be eligible to work in the UK

The 2nd Line engineer role is the front line of Smartdesc, you will represent the business through daily face to face communication with clients. You will develop and build strong trusted relationships with our client base by providing excellent IT support through regular communication and customer service.

You will be responsible for onsite service desk support and field engineer services to our Manchester area based clients:

• Resolving onsite IT malfunctions
• Managed service desk support onsite & remotely

Smartdesc places a strong emphasis on being proactive as well providing a high-quality service

• setting us apart from our competitors. To achieve this, you will work with your colleagues to help deliver IT improvements and recommendations throughout our clients.

Summary

The 2nd Line field engineer role is highly technical with a key requirement of good customer service skills. Engineers are expected to be able to take ownership of issues & requests and see it through to resolution or escalation if required. Strong communication skills are essential in keeping clients updated either through written or verbal updates.

The role will work closely with our IT Managers and Customer Experience Manager, as well as our Professional Services team who deliver projects and change, and our IT Security team, who focus on ensuring clients data and networks are secure.

The role is highly customer facing, engineers will have direct engagements with clients through onsite support, remote support, walk-ins, telephone and email. All issues and service requests are raised through a ticketing system and the engineer is responsible for managing and prioritizing their own tickets and workload, while also ensuring they are adhering to the SLA response and resolution deadlines.

Technical Skills:

The 2nd line field engineer must have strong technical skills with a good ability to fault find and problem solve under pressure, potentially on client sites.

• A minimum of two years’ experience in a similar role
• Strong working knowledge of Office 365 both on premise and cloud
• Previous experience and knowledge of ticketing systems (Preferably ITIL Framework)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure including Remote Desktop Services
• Working knowledge of Microsoft technologies
• Server / Exchange / Active Directory
• Knowledge of security technologies and toolsets such as monitoring & Mcafee EPO
• Knowledge of networking infrastructure
• LAN / WAN / DNS / Firewalls etc.
• Experience working as an onsite IT Field Engineer

Job Circumstances

• The role will involve travel to customer sites.
• Core hours are 8.00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required during go live / deployment windows, but this is the exception not the norm
• Smartdesc places a strong emphasis on work/life balance.

About Us

Academia Group is a leading UK IT solutions provider, specialising in technology for education, public sector and commercial clients.

Following recent growth and the acquisition of Smartdesc into the group, we are now entering a new phase focused on operational excellence, scalability and culture.

With a turnover of over £140m, 300+ staff and a target EBITDA of £6m+, we are building a unified, values-driven organisation that empowers people to perform at their best.

Benefits

• Gym membership contribution
• Health Cash Plan
• Increased annual leave with length of service
• Free annual leave on your birthday
• Length of service bonus
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Free Will Writing service
• Life Insurance
• And much more!