IT Support Analyst - 1st/2nd Line, AD/GP, O365 c.30k

IT Support Analyst/Helpdesk Support Analyst - 1st & 2nd Line Support, Win10/Win11, MS Office, Windows Server AD/GPo/AD Connect/Entra, MS Office 365/MS Exchange, InTune/Endpoint Manager, LAN/Wireless/VPN, Permanent, Maidstone, Kent, £30k - £32k +Benefits.

Well established Managed Services Provider (MSP) and Datacentre Ops company seeks IT Support Analyst/Helpdesk Support Analyst to join the team and play a key role in the management of incidents, tickets and processes on the desk supporting clients across the UK.

You will provide user and technical support over the phone, remotely and at the desktop providing high quality customer service at all times. You will work within a small team of IT Helpdesk Engineers and take a lead role where appropriate. As such you will gain a great deal of ownership and technological exposure, retaining input when escalating issues so as to develop technological expertise.

Working within this professional services environment the IT Support Analyst/Helpdesk Support Analyst will respond to users' calls and emails providing 1st & 2nd line support across laptops, PC's, running Win10/Win11, MS O365, iPhone and Android mobile devices printers management with InTune/Endpoint Manager, printer networks and other desktop tools and technologies including MS Teams Video Conferencing facilities. You will provide user support for technical issues such as network connections (LAN/VPN/Wireless/Remote Access), VoIP phone systems (basic support) as well as MS Office and other applications utilised by clients. Secondly, you will be responsible for managing the user profiles within Windows Server and MS Azure Active Directory/Group Policy, creating new user profiles and email accounts in MS O365. Troubleshooting issues with Active Directory/Group Policies will also be required.

We are searching for an IT Support Analyst/Helpdesk Analyst/Desktop Support Engineer/1st & 2nd Line Support Engineer who has gained experience in both telephone and desktop support and is capable of providing 2nd line support across a range of desktop and some server technologies. Additionally you will need to be comfortable troubleshooting issues with additional software systems, connections and server comms issues, and be able to create users' accounts in Windows Server Active Directory & MS Office 365 and manage both LAN and VPN connections; it is essential that you have previous experience of Active Directory as well as Office 365 experience and can demonstrate this at interview stage.

You may have been working as a 1st or 2nd line desktop Support Engineer in any professional office based environment such as a marketing agency, accountancy practice, construction firm, engineering consultancy, manufacturing company or other IT Managed Service Provider, or similar technical services environment. You will be looking for an opportunity to mix your support work with project work and gain further experience of a range of cutting endge Wintel technologies. Strong verbal and written communication skills are pre-requisite.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established company within a role which offers career progression and substantial hands-on exposure to a number of cutting edge technologies within the Microsoft stack.

The offices are based in Maidstone but you will ideally be able to attend client sites locally and as such a Driving License and Car would be beneficial. Location easily commutable from Tonbridge/Tunbridge Wells, Ashford, Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Sittingbourne etc.