IT Support Lead

Oxbury Bank Plc; Chester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Oxbury Bonus scheme

Free Personal Training sessions

Private Medical Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Chester is seeking an experienced IT professional to lead their Service Desk function. This hands-on leadership role requires expertise in Azure and AWS, along with a proven ability to manage a team in a high-pressure environment. Ideal candidates will have at least 5 years of relevant experience, strong knowledge of ITIL processes, and a degree in a technical field. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance and wellness programs.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in IT, Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Proven success operating in a customer-focused service management environment.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar technical support or cloud operations role.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and mentor a team of Service Desk Analysts.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of support requests.
• Identify and escalate critical issues to management.
• Monitor Service Desk KPIs and SLA performance.
• Provide technical leadership and 3rd line support for incidents.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Hands-on experience with AWS

Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure

Knowledge of ITIL operational processes

Experience in customer-focused service management

Cloud operations experience

Education

Degree in IT, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

We are looking for a highly capable and technically proficient IT professional to lead our Service Desk function and provide expert support across our Azure, AWS and wider cloud-hosted infrastructure estate. This is a hands‑on leadership role suited to an engineer‑manager who combines strong architecture knowledge with operational excellence and the ability to drive a high performing service support capability.

Reporting to the Head of IT Operations, you will take ownership of the day‑to‑day ownership of the Service Desk, ensuring robust incident management, operational stability and compliant delivery of services across Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS and third-party SaaS platforms. You will act as an escalation point for complex technical issues, contribute to cloud strategy and governance, and ensure our service support model aligns with best practice operational frameworks.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and mentor a small team of Service Desk Analysts, ensuring a high quality, SLA driven support service that aligns with ITIL and cloud operations best practices.
• Oversee the end‑to‑end lifecycle of support requests, including triage, prioritisation, escalation and closure, ensuring accurate ticket data, strong adherence to SLAs and the prompt handling of high severity incidents.
• Identify and escalate critical issues to the Head of IT Operations or Banking Platform Technology Lead, ensuring clear communication and timely resolution for high‑impact service disruptions.
• Monitor Service Desk KPIs and SLA performance, producing monthly operational reporting for the IT Steering Committee and driving continuous service improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and 3rd line support for escalated incidents, complex problem investigations and cloud infrastructure issues across Azure AD, Microsoft 365, Azure IaaS/PaaS, AWS workloads and associated networking issues and identity components.
• Own and maintain Service Desk documentation, runbooks, technical procedures and knowledge base articles to ensure repeatability, resilience and consistency of service delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to IT service strategy.
• Provide support for 3rd party applications/services operated within the Company.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform, infrastructure and application issues involving identity services, endpoint management, cloud networking, endpoint security and backup/recovery tools.
• Collaborate with other IT teams on cloud migrations, infrastructure updates, service transitions and resilience improvements.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap for IT services, helping evolve the organisation’s cloud operating model, service architecture and support maturity.

Required Skills / Experience

• Degree or equivalent experience in IT, Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Excellent communication skills and proven success operating in a customer‑focused service management environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with experience resolving complex cloud and infrastructure issues.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with AWS & Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 administration, including identity, security, governance, conditional access and platform operations.
• Experience working under pressure in fast paced environments, balancing operational demands with incident resolution.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar technical support or cloud operations role, ideally including Service Desk leadership.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL based operational processes, incident/problem/change management and service reporting.
• Experience working within Agile or DevOps aligned cloud environments, supporting CI/CD, automation and cloud native architectures.
• Proactive, positive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Experience working with banking platforms, loan management systems or regulated financial environments.
• Previous involvement with audits, compliance assessments or operational controls (ISO27001, FCA, SOC2 etc).
• Hands‑on experience supporting or administering Google Cloud Platform.

Alongside this we can offer you:

• A very competitive salary with an excellent benefits package.
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday (this increases with service).
• Oxbury Bonus scheme.
• Free Personal Training session every week.
• Private Medical Healthcare.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life Insurance.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.

Please note that we do not offer sponsorship with this role.