Technical Services Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Technical Services Engineer in Milton Keynes. This role involves responding to IT incidents across various technologies, ensuring customer satisfaction through proactive support. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving skills and relevant technical knowledge in VMware and Microsoft systems.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of VMware/Horizon/VDI or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Microsoft technologies: Desktop OS, Server OS, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Exchange.
• Experience in a Managed Services environment desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and categorize incoming tickets.
• Manage daily schedule and prioritize tickets.
• Perform initial triage on Network, Compute, Storage and DR infrastructure.

Skills

Customer focused

Excellent interpersonal skills

Proactive problem solving

Education

CCNA, VCP, NCDA certifications

Tools

VMware

Microsoft 365

AWS

Azure

Job description

Job Description

Technical Services Engineer

Up to £43,000 plus shift allowance, annual bonus and excellent benefits

Milton Keynes, office based.

Shifts are 4 on 4 off: 7am-7pm and 7pm-7am. (Pattern of days, days, nights)

You will be part of our clients UK Technical Services Team and will be responding to a variety of IT incidents and service requests across Infrastructure, Storage, Network, Virtualisation, Backup, DR and Microsoft technologies.

We are looking for individuals who take ownership of their work and are committed to providing service to customers. Your ability to go above and beyond, keeping the customer at the heart of everything you do, will be crucial in making them feel like they are in safe hands. We value proactive problem solvers who can anticipate client needs and deliver solutions that exceed expectations.

A true IT Generalist role, this will predominantly be 2nd line activities, however, is still very much a client facing role, responding to system events, availability and capacity issues in addition to troubleshooting and problem solving of incidents raised by external customers.

As Technical Services Engineer, some of your duties will include:

• Monitor, Categorise, set priority of incoming tickets (incident, problem, request)




• Manage your daily schedule by working through service dashboards and prioritising tickets




• Event Monitoring and perform initial triage on Network, Compute, Storage, VMware, Backup & DR infrastructure




• Communication with customers as required; keeping them informed




• Identify trending and patterns to initiate Problem Management




• Support of Internal IT onboarding

What are we looking for?

• Customer focused with excellent interpersonal skills




• Willingness to go above and beyond and take ownership




• Good knowledge of VMware/Horizon/VDI or equivalent




• Familiar with all Microsoft technologies - Desktop OS, Server OS, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Exchange Background in Cloud technologies - Azure, Microsoft 365, AWS




• Experience of working within a Managed Services environment or a similarly structured (ITIL) based organisation is desirable but not essential




• One of CCNA, VCP, NCDA is desirable.




• Can do attitude and willingness to collaborate, team player mindset.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

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