2nd Line Support Desk Engineer

  • Alexander Mae (Bristol) Ltd
  • Bristol, Somerset
  • 29/10/2025
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

The Job:

We're delighted to be assisting our client with their need for a 2nd Line Support Desk Engineer to join their growing IT team. This is to help support and maintain their existing managed IT Support client base.

The role will consist mainly of traditional desktop support, remotely supported, with telephone contact. A broad skill set is required for the service desk, everything from AD administration to desktop support and some server support.

They support a wide variety of Azure of Office 365 services, the role will be varied and interesting and will include:

  • Acting as a key component to the service desk as one of their engineers
  • Work with their Projects team to assist build and install IT systems ranging from Cloud deployments, On Premise & Cloud servers ,Azure PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS

The Person:

For this role, our client is seeking someone with the following skills and experience.

  • Strong technical experience of Microsoft desktop operating systems, Microsoft core applications, such as Windows 11 / Office 2016
  • Experience supporting Microsoft Active Directory & Group Policy
  • Experience supporting network related technologies and equipment
  • Experience diagnosing & resolving client application, connectivity, and hardware-based incidents
  • Understanding of backup and restore technologies
  • Have own transport and driving license
  • Operational knowledge of Active Directory
  • Understanding of NTFS permissions, hierarchy and folder permissions

Ideally you would also have experience with some of the following (however not essential)

Previous experience held in an MSP environment and experience in Azure and Microsoft 365

The Salary:

£26-31,000 depending on experience

The Hours:

Monday - Friday 9am - 5.30pm

The Location:

Bristol - Hybrid working (3 days in the office)

The Benefits:

Free Microsoft training and certifications with ongoing professional development, 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays which increase with experience, Car Parking, Pension