Senior IT Support Technician

  • Heavens Recruitment Ltd
  • Sep 23, 2022
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Contract term: Permanent, Full Time

Salary offered: £35,000 per annum (non-negotiable)

Working hours: Monday to Friday; 09:00 - 17:30

This role offers a hybrid working model: 2 days from office and 3 days from home

Benefits:

- Up to 10% annual bonus subject to company and personal performance

- Annual salary increases/reviews

- Holidays: 20 days (increases after each year of service, max 25 days after 5 years of service) + bank holidays

- Private health insurance

- Company pension contribution: 5%

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve software and hardware incidents

• Analyse and evaluate computer network design, operating systems and/or business requirements

• Prepare reports, correspondence and other documents

• Carry out in-depth research to reveal new and better methods of handling functions within the department

• Install and configure new IT equipment; resolve incidents and upgrade different types of software and hardware

• Take ownership of issues by carrying out problem analysis to implement temporary or permanent fixes with the aim of restoring service as soon as possible

• Perform regular IT audits to discover areas of weaknesses and reinforce them

• Assist all users with any IT related incident as require; supervise repair and maintenance of all IT gadgets

• Lead or participate in projects as required

Experience

• Minimum 4 years previous experience in IT support

• Good understanding of IT client infrastructure operations

• Practical knowledge of IP networks, subnets and VLANs

• Knowledge of internal and perimeter (firewall) security configuration and practices

• Knowledge of general IT security practices and willingness to constantly update knowledge

• Ability to troubleshoot issues quickly and find solutions to solving them independently in a timely manner