Escalation Engineer, Enterprise Service Desk
ABACUS
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Posted
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Responsibilities
long-term technical improvement
- Act as the senior escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Service Desk administrators for assigned clients.
- Respond to calls/emails/messages from technical POC’s from assigned clients in a timely and efficient manner.
- Collaborate with SME engineering teams to uphold operational and architectural standards.
- Promote documentation, knowledge sharing, and service continuity.
- Take full ownership of complex or business-critical incidents through permanent resolution.
- Lead incident bridges and coordinate internal and external stakeholders during major outages for assigned clients.
- Liaise with assigned clients CXM on a regular basis to discuss ongoing issues, trends, and technical road map.
- Provide clear status communication and expectation management throughout incident lifecycles.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative remediation.
- Maintain regular updates for active incidents and projects in ServiceNow.
- Identify systemic risks and drive proactive remediation across client environments.
- Translate business requirements into technical recommendations and improvement roadmaps.
- Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and advocate for client outcomes.
- Participate in a rotating out-of-hours escalation schedule.
- Work shifts between 7:00am and 6:00pm, including coverage during team absences.
- Occasionally perform planned maintenance and project work during evenings and weekends
Skills
- Advanced Windows domain administration and troubleshooting.
- Microsoft 365, including Teams, Exchange, Intune, SharePoint, Azure Cloud, and Azure AD.
- Storage Area Networks (Nimble, Pure Storage).
- Public cloud platforms (Azure and AWS).
- Multi-factor authentication solutions (Microsoft Authenticator, DUO).
- Backup and recovery solutions (Veeam, MSP360, AWS).
- Core networking concepts including TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, DHCP, DNS, routing, switching, and firewalls.
- Citrix XenApp administration.
- Identity and access management (Okta).
- Windows Server and Linux Server OS management.
- Virtualisation platforms (VMware, OpenShift).
- Secure Email Gateway / Email Security Gateway solutions (Proofpoint, Mimecast).
- PowerShell scripting.
- Endpoint protection / Anti-Virus software (SentinelOne).
- VoIP systems and platforms (Cisco, Microsoft Teams)
ATTRIBUTES THAT WILL DRIVE SUCCESS
- Clients view the engineer as a trusted resource.
- Major incidents become less frequent and shorter in duration.
- Client environments continuously improve under active stewardship.
- Escalations decrease due to preventative engineering and knowledge transfer.
- -he engineer raises the technical maturity of both the client and the service desk
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in professional experience
- Microsoft Certified (MCSE) a plus
- AZ104, MSCE, Windows server admin
VMWare Certified (VCP VCA)
Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a tier 3 support of simialr.
The benefits package consists of
- Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
- Gym discount
Life insurance
- Comprehensive travel insurance for you and your family in line with scheme rules
- Confidential well-being and counselling support
Competitive Compensation
- Contributory pension scheme
- Company events
Private Medical and Dental Insurance
If you feel you have the necessary experience to go forward for this role, please apply now. We'd love to see your CV.
