IT Support Engineer with 1st and 2nd Level Support

Jas Gujral; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial institution located in Mayfair, London is seeking an experienced IT Support Engineer for a 12-month FTC role. The ideal candidate will deliver 1st and 2nd Line IT Support and be involved in IT operations, ensuring compliance with high standards. Salary negotiable between £30K and £40K, with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years experience in 1st and 2nd Line IT Support.
• High-level troubleshooting and Microsoft Windows experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide desktop and mobile support for a user base of 150+.
• Involved in various streams of IT work alongside different teams.
• Ensure all key IT data is maintained for auditing principles.

Skills

Troubleshooting

User Support

Active Directory

Networking

Microsoft Windows

Citrix XenApps

PowerShell

VPN Support

Job description

Overview

IT Support Engineer with 1st and 2nd Level Support

Our Client is a very successful bank with offices across Europe and the Middle East.

The Client is looking to recruit a 1st & 2nd Line IT Support Engineer for the Bank’s Mayfair London office.

You will have at least 3 to 5 years experience of 1st and 2nd Level Support as an Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Covering a range of various duties from Desktop and Mobile support, to supporting our 150+ User base with 5-days a week onsite support with very limited to zero working from home, AV Support and other IT side-desk tasks.
• Your role will also allow you to work and learn from our Infrastructure, Communications, iSeries and Development Teams – semi-involved with various streams of IT work for 2024 (new imaging process – new ITSM tool – and many more projects coming in 2024).
• Onsite IT Support – Monday to Friday between our business hours of 08:00am -> 17:30pm (UK).
• Ad-hoc out of hours support on Bank Holidays/Weekends which is rota based between the engineers in the team (due to coordination with our parent company in the Middle East and European Branches).
• 1st and 2nd Line Troubleshooting / Root-Cause Analysis, Documentation write ups for Knowledge Base Articles.
• Be an integral part of the Support team in delivering all aspects of services and full range of client support including, but not limited to: Workstation Imaging, Hardware Configurations, Deployment of Software and Hardware, AD Management, Asset Management, Ticket Queuing Management and general overall efficiency to deliver the best service to our Users.
• Be the face and central point of all incoming IT queries and issues, with following ITIL best practice to ensure high standards of operations.
• Liaise with colleagues in London, Europe and Jordan (Middle East) and external support / 3rd party to deliver resolutions for complex matters as IT migration projects from legacy to new and lifecycle projects.
• Ensure all key data for the Bank's IT is up-to-date, relevant and maintained to a high level, to comply with the Bank’s auditing principles and processes.
• Ensure the Support Team achieves SLA targets outlined by the business and contributes to a proficient and proactive Support Unit.
• Ability to educate and support user bases of varied IT knowledge levels.
• High standard support for VIPs (C‑Level and Heads of Departments).

Technical Skills Required

• Exposure to Market Data, Bloomberg, Trader Support (bonus).
• Microsoft Windows (all versions) experience to a high level (troubleshoot and effectively resolve issues by research/using knowledge bases).
• Active Directory to a medium-high level - security groups, administration/deployment, LDAP, ADSI.
• Know-how of Citrix XenApps – Administration, Maintenance and Support of existing Citrix XenApps server farm.
• Windows Server Environment 2012/2016 - design, deployment, maintenance and support.
• Networking - design/troubleshoot/installation (DNS – DHCP – VLAN – Proxy Understanding - TCP/IP and OSI) to a moderate to advanced level.
• PowerShell to a moderate level.
• VPN troubleshooting and support understanding necessary.
• Router maintenance - wireless configuration, installation and setups.

This is a 12 month FTC position.

The salary will be negotiable in the range £30K - £40K.

Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and notice period/availability.