Job Title: Desktop Support Engineer
Location: Richmond, City of London
Salary: Competitive depending on experience
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Ekco is a global innovator in cloud solutions. We specialise in enabling companies to progress along the path of cloud maturity, managing transformation, and driving better outcomes from our customers’ existing technology investments.
In a few words, we take businesses to the cloud and back!
We have over 330 (and counting) colleagues across a number of regional offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Our team members enjoy collaboration in family-friendly working environments that support personal autonomy, development & goal-centered ambition, and an overall shared commitment to deliver market-leading cloud services.
About the role:
At Ekco our people and culture come first! We have grown at a fast pace over the past year, and due to our continued expansion in 2021, we are now searching for a talented Desktop Support Engineer to join our London-based team.
Main Responsibilities:
Customer Support
Ekco provides managed cloud services, and our ability to provide responsive, agile, and above-all intelligent support is why our customers choose us above larger, slower-moving competitors. As a Desktop Support Engineer (2nd / 3rd Line) one of your primary responsibilities is to respond to customer support inquiries, tickets, and change requests.
About you:
- The ideal candidate will be truly passionate about IT and have at least 2-4 years of experience in an IT technical role (ideally remote hosted desktop support).
- You will be happy liaising with customers, mainly on the phone as most of our support and consultancy is provided remotely.
- You should be able to explain technical issues in easily understood terms.
- You will need to be able to work in a team and meet SLAs.
- You should have the ability to work under tight deadlines and be able to prioritise under pressure as you will be working on multiple projects at the same time.
- You will be able to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- You will be responsible for managing your own time.
- You will be expected to learn quickly and work with a variety of new and different technologies.
- You will be expected to join the on-call, out-of-hours rota, and work outside of standard M-F office hours on occasion for planned maintenance activities.
Essential Skills / Experience:
- Service Now
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012-2019
- Microsoft Desktop OS Windows 7, 8, 10
- Microsoft Active Directory / Hybrid AD
- Microsoft Group Policy
- Microsoft Exchange Online
- Microsoft 365 Administration (Intune & Teams)
- Microsoft Office Problem solving
- UK Driving License
Bonus points if you have experience with:
- ITIL
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Networking & Firewalls
- PowerShell Experience
- Microsoft Azure exposure and console admin
Why Ekco?
- We are one of the fastest-growing cloud solution providers in Europe
- Our company culture is exceptional and comes from a shared vision of delivering marketing leading cloud services in an unbeatable work environment
- Flexible working with a family-friendly focus are at the core of our company values
- We have beautiful office locations across the UK, Benelux, and Ireland, with highly talented and supportive colleagues
- VMware & Veeam top partner status
- Feel like having some zen time? You’ll love our company subscription to Headspace
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application at the Company’s careers page.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: IT Helpdesk Analyst, IT Service Desk Analyst, Desktop Analyst, IT Support Engineer, IT Desktop Support, 2nd Line Support Engineer, 3rd Line Support Engineer, IT Helpdesk Support, Network Support Analyst, Infrastructure Support, and Hardware Support may also be considered for this role.
