Technical 1st line Service Desk Analyst

Would you like to work in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?

Join our Service Desk Team

The Service Desk and Support team are a proficient, fast-paced and exciting team who are committed to providing excellent customer service. We support a multitude of technologies such as Cisco, Check Point and Microsoft, which means you will work alongside engineers with a variety of skills and knowledge, giving you the opportunity to always learn something new.

Success. The Softcat Way.

Softcat is a £1billion+ pa turnover technology solutions business and trusted partner to names like Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Offering a growing portfolio of services including software licensing, cyber security and IT infrastructure, we give our technical teams the tools and support to make exciting things happen. This is where to achieve more for your career.

Are you passionate about overseeing all operational activities across your shift team to ensure excellent customer service is provided and SLAs/KPIs are met?

In this role, you will be primarily responsible for investigating support cases and proactive system monitoring. You will get involved in exciting technologies such as Networking & Security, Microsoft, Checkpoint and Storage & Virtualisation.

As expected on any support desk it can be challenging but is also extremely rewarding when you see the issue through to resolution.

As a Service Desk Analyst you'll be responsible for:

• Log all incidents, service requests, changes and problems that are raised to the Service Desk
• Proactively manage ticket updates to all customers, 3rd parties and Vendors through to resolution
• Working alongside a Shift lead to complete any objectives and tasks assigned to you.
• Consistently meet Service Desk Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as set by the Service Desk Team Leader
• Maintain high levels of incident ownership through the incident lifecycle to a satisfactory customer resolution
• When required, attend the Change Advisory Board (CAB) and Problem Review meetings

We'd love you to have

• Worked in a similar environment – Managed Services Support Desk
• Ability to work across a breadth of Microsoft Solutions such as, Windows OS, Server OS, Windows Networking, Active Directory and Virtualised environment (VMware/Hyper V)
• Basic Networking & Security Skillst

Please note, you'll be put through SC clearance upon hire, so you'll need to possess either an existing SC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo the vetting for such clearance.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working –2-3 days in the office and 2-3days working from home
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

Join us

To become part of the success story, please apply now

As part of our commitment to supporting, attracting and retaining the best diverse talent, Softcat is proud to partner with organisations like WORK180, My G Work and Black Young Professionals. Work 180 endorse employers that demonstrate on-going support for women at work, including offering benefits and policies that best support female employees. My G Work support us in our aim of attracting more LGBTQ+ talent. The BYP network support us in diversifying our talent pool by tapping into the black professional community.