2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer

Technology. Award-winning customer service. Bleeding-edge dataability.

Simply Business is a new type of insurance company, using all of the above  to create the best possible insurance experience for small businesses and self-employed people.

We love working here, and have even taken the number one spot in the  Sunday Times Best Company To Work For 2015 and 16 lists; we’ve stopped  entering now to focus on a few bigger projects, but you get theidea.

It’s a great place towork.

There are currently over 500,000 active Simply Business insurance policies in the UK alone. And we have offices in London, Northampton and Boston,USA.

Talking of offices, ours are bright, airy and geared up for really smart  working. We’re flexible, with plenty of remote workers coming in and out,  and we believe work and life should be hand in hand, rather than a juggling  act. So no need to worry about school pick-ups, or a horrible commute.

Our people are our most important asset, so we focus on building a working  life that helps us thrive, not stick. Join us and you’ll be part of our journey  to creating something even better, for our customers and ourselves.

We need a 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer to join us in our Northampton office.

We are responsible for:

Managing and maintaining an international multi-site IT infrastructure

Providing day-to-day IT support for all Simply Business employees

Investing in and implementing new technologies to improve the experience, reliability and security of our IT services

As a BizOps Support Engineer you will:

• Be working in a team of Helpdesk engineers supporting Simply Business employees with day-to-day IT queries, enabling them to do their jobs effectively
• Have the ability and willingness to help the BizOps team reach new heights, being ready to contribute to major culture change using techniques such as test-driven infrastructure and the desire to automate.
• Give hands-on support to our user base across our London office as well as remote support for our Northampton office. This will included on-boarding and off-boarding of staff (account creation and machine provisioning).
• Be experienced in face-to-face desktop support with a logical approach to problem solving.
• Help drive self-service and empowerment across the business.

Responsibilities include:

• Dealing with incoming incidents and service requests in a professional and courteous manner via Slack, email and face to face.
• Correctly logging incidents and service requests, categorising and prioritising them in line with team process and procedures.
• Managing incidents and service requests through their entire lifecycle from the first point of contact through to resolution, keeping the customer informed of progress throughout.
• On-boarding and off-boarding of staff, including account and device provisioning and de-provisioning in line with company process.
• Assisting the BizOps Support Lead with current and future technical projects, such as new technology implementations and hardware refreshes.

What we are looking for (required skills and experience):

• Experience in the administration of GSuite (user accounts, groups and core apps).
• Experience in the administration of Microsoft Active Directory in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment.
• Experience deploying , supporting and managing Apple MacBooks running High Sierra.
• Experience deploying, supporting and managing Dell laptops running Windows 10.
• Experience using service management and project management tools (Zendesk, Trello)

Desired skills and experience:

• Hands-on experience with Jumpcloud identity management (LAAS - LDAP as a service)
• Hand-on experience deploying MacBooks using JAMF (SAAS Apple management software)
• Experience supporting meeting room AV equipment and Zoom video conferencing software.
• Experience of using Cisco Meraki management and administration.
• Experience deploying, supporting and managing Chromebooks and ChromeOS.
• Experience scripting Ruby/Python/PowerShell.

We want to meet you

At Simply Business, we pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce. Unfortunately, research has shown that some candidates, particularly women and people from other underrepresented groups, are put off applying for a job if they don’t fit every single one of the criteria.

But hiring at Simply Business isn’t a box ticking exercise – we’re much more interested in meeting people who’re excited to work with us. So if this job appeals to you and you think you’d be a good fit, send us your CV. With any luck we’ll be seeing you at interview soon.

What are the benefits?

There’s all the serious (but important) stuff we call ‘core benefits’. On top of that, you can pick and choose from the more exciting options we offer – whether it’s a full gym membership or gym subsidy, comprehensive private health cover, extra holiday, or a National Trust pass. 

The ‘core’ stuff

Some of these will kick in once you’re confirmed in post, but here’s the summary:

• a salary that reflects your experience, our pay policy and the market we’re in from your first day, generous annual leave

• life assurance (financial cover for your family, should the worst happen)

• a cash plan to reimburse your everyday medical expenses

• an extra day off if you get married or move house

• an automatic enrollment pension (employer-matched at 5%) 

The fun stuff

Passed probation? Time to pick and mix from things like:

• a full gym membership

• private medical insurance

• extra days annual leave

• shopping vouchers

• dental insurance

• travel insurance

But there’s so much more to Simply Business than insurance and memberships. We also commit to flexible working options, smart working (our offices are kitted out for you to work when and how you choose), cycle to work, eye test vouchers, and season ticket loan schemes, and we have a handy online form to put in any training or conference requests.

Best of all, though, are the groups, clubs, and adventures that come with the Simply Business territory. Forget a simple Give As You Earn scheme (although we’ve got that too) – we trek the Sahara for charity, take you on weekends away, throw epic summer parties, and meet up for book groups, public speaking coaching, yoga, manicures, beer brewing, and lots, lots more.

Our values

Everything we do comes down to these five values – empowerment, authenticity, simplicity, learning and pioneering.

In practice, these will mean something unique to every  person at Simply Business, but if you’re considering working here, give them some thought. They’re at the heart of our story.

Empowerment

We believe in our people and the positive impact they can have so we enable everyone to stretchthemselves

Authenticity

We celebrate diversity, avoid jargon and genuinely care about helping small businesses thrive

Simplicity

We attempt to simplify complex solutions to save our customerstime andeffort

Learning

We’re never done learning about new possibilities and act to explore them

Pioneering

We’re obsessed with finding new ways to create even better  experiences