IT Service Desk & Field Engineer Support Apprentice

  • Company Name: Silver Cloud Technologies
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Sector: IT
  • Application Deadline Date: 14/10/2019
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Location: London, W1T 4TQ
  • Salary:
  • Ref: VAC-04161
  • Start Date: 14/10/2019
  • Working Week: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Brief Description

Remit Group are recruiting on the behalf of Silver Cloud Technologies, who provide first class telephone, remote and onsite IT Support Services for Businesses in the area! Due to continued expansion; they're seeking a technical individual to join the team!

Vacancy Detail

This is a brilliant opportunity to join an honest, competent and reliable team. Created by the Managing Director, a Microsoft and Apple certified support analyst with experience in several fields; Silver Cloud Technologies has steadily built up several relationships with both small businesses and individuals.

The main priority of this Apprenticeship will involve the Apprentice providing first line support to Silver Clouds customers. You'll need to have an aptitude for working with applications/systems to undertake analysis, diagnosis if possible or failing this, learning how to deal with the escalation of incidents, which may range from straightforward issues to more complicated technical issues. You'll also be required to help provide support in order to build PCs, as well as install Apple Mac?s and Office 365 software.

You will also provide Technical Support as a Field Engineer, supporting the Managing Director or Field Engineer on Silver Clouds clients? sites across London with a primary focus on hands on installing, configuring software, networking and infrastructure.

Summary of Apprentice's different Duties:

Service Desk Duties:

Learn to act as a single point of contact for phone calls, emails and onsite visits from Silver Clouds customers regarding IT issues and queries
Receiving, logging and managing calls via telephone, email, self- service portal and onsite visits
Ensuring calls are acknowledged and fixed within agreed SLAs
Helping to monitor the Service Desk; whilst ensuring tickets and voicemails are responded to in a timely manner
Learn more about 1st line support - Have the chance to troubleshoot IT related incidents from bespoke/ standard software to hardware and networking
Have the chance to take ownership of user incidents. Follow up the status of any incidents on behalf of the user and communicate progress in a timely manner
Basic administration: Creating user accounts, reset passwords etc.

Field Engineer Duties:

Providing hands on support and technical assistance for network infrastructure, desktop/server repairs and installations.
Resolving queries and dealing with general problem solving
Develop and learn how to maintain ICT equipment; including the installation and configuring hardware
Learning how best to resolve faults; such as upgrading or replacement of equipment as needed
Become fully conversant with Health and Safety best practices

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Qualifications Required

Good customer service skills handling customer problems and requests on the phone and face-to-face
High degree of professionalism.
Strong English and Written Skills
Interest working with PC based hardware, software and networking components is preferable.
Understanding of Microsoft and Apple products, hard/software
Very customer facing and with a ?can do? attitude.
A proactive attitude to learning and developing own skills and knowledge of the key technologies in use.
Able to work as part of a team but problem solve using own initiative.
Passionate about Technology, Software and Application Development
Time management skills
Able to prioritize workload
Ability to work to deadlines

Personal Qualities

Methodical and logical approach to problem diagnosis and resolution
Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with customers at all levels, by telephone, face to face and in writing
Awareness of the essential role of IT within business and a good standard of written and verbal English
To maintain a high degree of customer service for all support queries
To take ownership of user problems and be proactive when dealing with user issues
The ability to work on one?s own initiative as well as part of a team to resolve all client?s issues to the highest of standards
Hard working
Driven/hungry to succeed
Must demonstrate a 'can do attitude'
Committed to both work and learning
Reliable/Honest
Good team player
Mature attitude/approach

Skills Required

Good customer service skills handling customer problems and requests on the phone and face-to-face
High degree of professionalism.
Strong English and Written Skills
Interest working with PC based hardware, software and networking components is preferable.
Understanding of Microsoft and Apple products, hard/software
Very customer facing and with a ?can do? attitude.
A proactive attitude to learning and developing own skills and knowledge of the key technologies in use.
Able to work as part of a team but problem solve using own initiative.
Passionate about Technology, Software and Application Development
Time management skills
Able to prioritize workload
Ability to work to deadlines

Future Prospects

As well as the chance to receive full on the job training throughout, by the end of the apprenticeship you?ll have gained nationally accredited qualifications as well as English & maths functional skills at level 2.

There will be future employment for the successful apprentice if a suitable position is available within the organisation after completion of the Level 3 apprenticeship.

Other Information

Ideally a minimum 5 GCSE?s grade A/C or 9/4 including Maths, English and ICT (or equivalent qualifications).

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