Technical Support Analyst – Leeds
Job Location: Based in Leeds with occasional travel to other sites - must have driver's license
Reports to: IT Manager
Hours of Work: 7.5 hours between 09:00 – 17:30 Monday to Friday with 1 hour for lunch. Flexibility is required according to workloads.
Salary: Up to £25,000
Responsibilities
- Provision of 1st and 2nd line hardware and software support, including diagnosing and resolving technical issues for users of our core and peripheral systems to a high level of quality and within agreed timescales.
- In conjunction with the IT Manager, continually deliver improvements to the service through the identification of process and infrastructure improvements and incident management and analysis.
Principal Accountabilities
- Support the business by providing 1st and 2nd line technical support.
- Provide support for existing IT hardware and systems software.
- Administration of accounts in Active Directory and Office 365.
- Liaise and work with external and internal technical contacts on incident resolution.
- Support the Root Cause Analysis process for significant issues.
- Proactively investigate trends in incidents.
- Document known errors and fixes.
Scope of the Role
- The role is highly dynamic with frequent changes in workloads and priorities.
- The role will require flexibility with working hours as and when necessary.
Person Specification
- Highly motivated, proactive with a “can do” attitude.
- Having a true passion for IT and willingness to learn and immerse themselves in IT systems and processes.
- Service focused, having the ability to understand the requirements of customers, clients, and internal colleagues.
- Logical and methodical approach to problem solving.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and can communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.
- Ability to prioritise and respond to queries within realistic timescales.
- Be accountable for quality, accuracy, and security.
Skills & Qualifications
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Windows desktop operating systems (Windows 7/10).
- Experience of Active Directory (including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy) and email administration (Office 365).
- Experience in supporting desktops, laptops, and printers.
- Broad understanding of Microsoft Office applications (Office 2013/2016).
- Good understanding of networking including remote access.
Desirable
- Professional services sector (Accountancy) experience.
- Experience in using Finance or Practice Management Systems (Sage, Quick Books, Free Agent, Xero, or CCH).
- Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Server operating systems.
- Knowledge of cloud-based telephony and server infrastructures.