2nd Line Support Operator (Inside IR35)

Montash Associates ,
London, Greater London
Salary: £300 per day

Overview

Montash have been engaged by a leading Consultancy to source a 2nd Line Support Engineer. The end client is a government client and they are looking for someone to 6 months to provide L2 Support across MS365 Key responsibilities 2nd Line point of contact regarding support for c25,000 members of staff, located nationally who use eJudiciary and other IT products/services. Capture, record and resolve incidents in accordance with agreed protocols/SLA’s. Support the escalation of live service issues, delivery of services and investigation/delivery of new requirements. Manage customer expectations when dealing with an incident/new work request and show reasoning and analysis when providing options and recommendations to resolve/deliver; Maintain 'ServiceNow’ log of all incidents raised and resolve incidents in accordance with office standards and the SLA. Follow (major) incident, change and problem management operating procedures. Contribute to maintaining them and suggesting improvements. Proactively monitor call trends, using this knowledge to provide suggestions to stakeholders on improvements to the service. To provide input into wider team’s initiatives. The post-holder will be expected to actively contribute to the team’s operational objectives and provide input into how the team can improve and meet its targets; Produce/maintain clear and concise documentation (office protocols, team guides, user guides, communications to user, etc). Identify and procure hardware/software and assist with financial management and invoice payment, following departmental guidelines. Assess the impact of any changes to MS365 and to identify how this may impact the customer/support team. Assess the impact of change and provide recommendations to stakeholders. As required represent the office/directorate/department in meetings with customers, business representatives and internal/external suppliers. Ensure specialist knowledge of MS365 and related administrative tools is up to date and maintained. Follow a build process to build and dispatch laptops to the judiciary. Maintain asset list using standard asset management procedures. Maintain knowledge of the O365 product set and ensure new leases are monitored, understood and assessed in relation of user impact. To understand the different types of customers and respond to them appropriately. Understand the urgency and skill levels of customer and use discretion when communicating; Ensure complex IT issues can be explained in plain English. Dealing with telephone/e-mail queries from customers outside of eJudiciary. Contacting and liaising with departmental IT suppliers and representing our interests. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate Recognised IT Qualification/Degree relevant to position. Knowledge and experience of administering MS365 (at 2nd line level). The post-holder is required to have specialist knowledge of MS365 environment - Exchange online (e.g. message tracing, managing malware incidents), SharePoint (e.g. create a team site), Powershell (create and execute scripts), Azure (Dynamic Security Groups) and Skype for Business; Advanced knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint (as described by most external courses); Knowledge of the different operating systems/devices highly desirable, however Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and iOS is essential. Experience of dealing with senior stakeholders. This role will involve dealing with the senior stakeholders; Experience of dealing with incident, problem and change management processes. Being able to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders clearly and concisely (e.g. explaining a complex incident in plain English). Experience of working in a 2nd Line team within an IT support environment. Production of support documentation and training materials for both internal support teams and customers. Being able to deliver training to colleagues and customers; Experience of a call logging systems (Service Now highly desirable). Security Clearance The successful candidate will be required to obtain security clearance (SC) level clearance before taking up post. Please note that individuals should normally have been resident in the UK for 5 years preceding their application for SC clearance.