Technical Consultant - London, United Kingdom - Wanstor

Wanstor

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Summary

As a consequence of a promotion within our team, we now have an exciting opportunity for a career minded individual seeking to progress within the IT sector with an award winning managed service provider.

You will already have honed your skills within a service desk environment and be ready to dive into the more complex incidents.

You will also have had some experience dealing with project based work (migrations, roll outs and upgrades / patching) using a variety of automation tools.

The Technical Consultant role includes ensuring the smooth running of IT operations at customer sites to which you have been assigned.

You will need to take ownership of and manage all requests, owning the process through to successful completion, whilst ensuring a consistently high level of customer service at all times.

Technical Consultants demonstrate an in-depth understanding of operational IT and the requirements to support it. This includes understanding the security requirements of Cyber Essentials and ensuring that these are maintained.

As a key part of a growing team of skilled technical consultants, you will need to mentor and provide advice to our service desk analysts, undertake in-depth technical fault resolution and liaise with Senior Technical Consultants where required.

Key Responsibilities:

Escalated Service Desk technical support and Client Liaison for complex faults & Services
Handling Incidents, Service Requests, and Changes
Managing services to company security standards
Working at Client sites on Projects, site openings, Migrations and Support
Planning work with internal Wanstor teams

Responsibilities

User management including group creation and management under Active Directory and Azure AD, managing multifactor authentication and VPN connectivity
Setup and configuration of Windows PCs and laptops. Using a range of services including MDM systems and Windows Intune to simplify the deployment of equipment and software
Configuring and troubleshooting network connections in LAN, WAN, WIFI and DSL (Inc FTTC & FTTP, DIA & MPLS) Environments
Monitoring and maintaining scheduled backups in VMware and Windows networks, implementing these in both test and live restores
Monitoring customer infrastructure using Wanstor's monitoring tools based on SNMP & WMI
Maintaining good customer relations along with site visits in the greater London area
Microsoft Office 365 integration
Managing assets and inventories through software tools
Migrating customer sites and users to new infrastructure
Producing documentation for deployments and changes
Customer projects including migration to Office 365 and Cloud services, building and managing virtual servers and orchestrating office and new site openings
Customer infrastructure reviews covering IT service recommendations
With sufficient experience and knowledge, Technical Consultants typically transition into 3rd line roles and take on areas of specialisation

About You:

Skills

Previous experience in IT support and projects at 1st/2nd line level
Supporting Windows 10 within a Microsoft domain environment
Deploying/troubleshooting/maintaining hardware (Auto-Pilot & MDM)
Networking and network troubleshooting (LAN, WAN,WIFI VPN, DSL routers). This will be to CCNA (or COMPTIA A+) standard
A good understanding of the 7layer model
Experience with Microsoft server operating systems and technologies
Foundational and Expert Microsoft technical qualifications
Knowledge of ITIL, incident, problem and change management
Able to understand and operate to the standards of Cyber Essentials for IT Security

Our Benefits:

Wanstor is a sociable organisation and want to make sure everyone feels part of the team.

Below are some of the perks we offer you:

24 days annual leave, rising by 1 day each year to a maximum of 28 days + Bank Holidays
We have regular lunch and learns from staff and external speakers
We offer everyone 5 days a year to learn something new
We provide 2 days to volunteer
We are a friendly team and have several team events throughout the year organised by our social team
We have a lovely office based in Borough, hosting a great coffee machine and a rooftop terrace
Vitality health, to make sure you are at your best

About Wanstor:

Wanstor is an award-winning IT Solutions Company celebrating its 22nd year in business. The company has grown year on year and now has a team of over 240 staff.

With IT Support Offices in central London and regional field-based IT Support, we are well placed to meet our customers' needs for a quick response.

Wanstor's clients provide a wide variety of fascinating opportunities for motivated technical staff. We employ service-oriented technical experts to work within our service team delivering a variety of hosted and deployed solutions.

We are a growing company with dedicated teams managing networks, storage and colocatio