Job Description

NTT is a leading global IT solutions and services organisation that brings together people, data and things to create a better and more sustainable future. In today\xe2\x80\x99s \xe2\x80\x98iNTTerconnected\xe2\x80\x99 world, connections matter more now than ever. By bringing together talented people, world-class technology partners and emerging innovators, we help our clients solve some of the world\xe2\x80\x99s most significant technological, business and societal challenges. With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters.
Want to be a part of our team? MS Engineer (L2) is responsible for providing a managed service to clients to ensure that their IT infrastructure and systems remain operational. Through the proactive monitoring, identifying, investigating and resolving of technical incidents and problems, the MS Engineer (L2) are able to restore service to clients. Their primary objective is to proactively review client requests or tickets and apply technical/process knowledge to resolve them without breaching service level agreement (SLA). The MS Engineer (L2) focuses on second line support for incidents and requests with medium level of complexity.

Radford reference:

"Performs IT functions such as design, analysis, evaluation, testing, debugging and implementation of applications programs supporting the company infrastructure business processes and operations and/or network-based (cloud) product systems. Analyzes, installs, acquires, modifies and supports operating systems, database or utilities software. Plans, conducts and directs the analysis of business problems with automated systems solutions. Analyzes, designs, acquires and implements projects for LAN and/or WAN systems. Plans, designs, acquires and implements telecommunications voice/wire systems. At higher job levels, may contribute to the development, testing, evaluation or design of system or infrastructure architecture used throughout the IT solution set." Working at NTT Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Proactively monitors the work queues.
Perform operational tasks to resolve all incidents / requests in a timely manner and within agreed SLA.
Update tickets with resolution tasks performed
Identify, Investigate, analyse issues and errors prior to or when they occur and log all such incidents in a timely manner. Capture all required and relevant information for immediate resolution
Provide second level support to all incidents, requests and identify the root cause of incidents and problems
Communicate with other teams and clients for extending support
Execute changes with clear identification of risks and mitigation plans to be captured into the change record
Follow the shift hand over process highlighting any key tickets to be focussed along with a handover of upcoming critical tasks to be carried out in the next shift
Escalate all tickets to seek right focus from CoE and other teams, if needed continue the escalations to management
Work with automation teams for effort optimization and automating routine tasks
Coach Service Desk and L1 teams for technical and behavioural skills
Establish monitoring for client infrastructure
Identify problems and errors before they impact a client\xe2\x80\x99s service
Lead and manages all initial client escalation for operational issues.
Contribute to the change management process by logging all change requests with complete details for standard and non-standard including patching and any other changes to Configuration Items. Ensures all changes are carried out with proper change approvals
Plan and execute approved maintenance activities
Audit and analyse incident and request tickets for quality and recommends improvements with updates to knowledge articles.
Produce trend analysis reports for identifying tasks for automation, leading to reduction in tickets and optimization of effort

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:
Ability to communicate and work across different cultures and social groups
Ability to plans activities and projects well in advance, and takes into account possible changing circumstances
Ability to maintain a positive outlook at work
Ability to work well in a pressurised environment
Ability to work hard and put in longer hours when it is necessary
Ability to apply active listening techniques such as paraphrasing the message to confirm understanding, probing for further relevant information and refraining from interrupting
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances
Ability to place client at the forefront of all interactions, understanding their requirements and creating a positive client experience throughout the total client journey

Academic Qualifications:
Diploma, degree or relevant qualification in IT/Computing (or demonstrated equivalent work experience)

Advantageous Certifications:
Up to date and relevant ITIL certification
At least one mid-Level certification relevant to CoE - Ex \xe2\x80\x93 CCNP for networks, MSCE for Windows Server Data Center CoE (Add MCS and MCSfM certs in this section)
Good to have scripting knowledge such as Python, PERL
Good to have cross technology skills Ex Windows server L2 along with UNIX or Storage skills.
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Routing and Switching (CCNA-R/S)
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Wireless (CCNA-WL)
Riverbed Certified Solutions Associate - WAN Optimization (RCSA-W)
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Security (CCNA-SEC)
Juniper Certifications
Meraki Certifications
MCSA, MCSE, RHEL, VCP
MS-IIS Server
Citrix Metaframe
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Data Center (CCNA-DC)
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Video (CCNA-VID)
Cisco Certified Network Associate - Voice (CCNA-V)

Any of the above certifications is a plus. The MS \xe2\x80\x93 Services Engineer (L2) is expected to gain certifications relevant to services supported. Certifications carry additional weightage on candidate\xe2\x80\x99s qualification for the role.

Required Experience:
Moderate years of relevant managed services experience
Moderate level knowledge in ticketing tools preferably Service Now

#ownyourfuture What will make you a good fit for the role?
Standard career level descriptor for job level:

• Seasoned and experienced professional
• Has full understanding of specialisation area
• Resolves wide range of issues in creative ways
• Fully qualified, career level, career journey-orientated
• Uses good judgement in selecting tools and methods to solve problems
• Networks with senior internal and external people in own area of expertise
• Receives little instruction on day-to-day work, receives general instructions on new assignments
• Typically requires demonstrable related experience with a Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s or equivalent degree; or moderate level experience and a Master\xe2\x80\x99s or equivalent degree; or a PhD or equivalent degree without experience; or equivalent work experience

Main Duties: Participating in a Global Service Desk Team working on a 4x4 working pattern, your duties will include:

• Delivering exceptional operational support to a global customer base using Company\xe2\x80\x99s ITIL framework
• Impact assessment, analysis and resolution or escalation of events generated from multiple monitoring platforms.
• Fulfilling standard service requests
• Manage events and alerts generated by SCOM.
• Complete standard service requests within agreed SLA
• Champion continual service improvement initiatives (including technical support processes) throughout Service Operations.
• Resolving technical incidents and problems
• Performing change. Implement standard changes and plan, write and implement complex changes.
• Support and promotion of a knowledge sharing culture. Effectively communicate details of complex incidents to internal and external stakeholders using both written and verbal communication
• Follow the shift hand over process highlighting any key tickets to be focussed along with a handover of upcoming critical tasks to be carried out in the next shift
• Adhering to Company\xe2\x80\x99s information security framework
• Resolving Incidents and Requests raised by our customers within agreed SLA\xe2\x80\x99s
• Handling telephone calls from customers, vendors and other 3rd parties
• Assisting the Incident Management team by owning all priority tickets through to resolution, performing communications to internal and external stake holders, chasing suppliers and escalating as appropriate
• Generating and analysing SfB & Teams Media quality reports
• Follow documented processes to provision and modify user accounts, SfB & Teams Application functionality and services
• Supporting and performing Change activities
• Performing server and application maintenance activities, including patching using SCCM
• Managing Server Certificate renewals
• Escalating Hardware issue to our suppliers and co-ordinate supplier access to our datacentres around the globe
• Supporting 3rd line engineers with our core services \xe2\x80\x93 MS Teams. Lync 2013, SfB, Exchange and SharePoint

Skills and Attributes : Ideal background to the resource \xe2\x80\x93 You will be passionate about IT, committed to growing their skills and you will possess good knowledge of ITIL best practice, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Server and enterprise applications, SAN technologies, VOIP solutions and Information security best practices. You will bring to the role the following traits: Essential

• Administering and troubleshooting Skype for Business Enterprise Voice
• Administering and troubleshooting Teams Direct Routing and Teams Managed Services
• Administering and troubleshooting VMM, Hyper-V and VMWare
• Troubleshooting SCOM rules, monitors and creating overrides
• Troubleshooting failed Backups and restoring data using enterprise backup solutions
• Troubleshooting SQL server high availability and performance
• Troubleshooting user directories and forest topologies
• Troubleshooting Windows Server environment\xe2\x80\x99s performance (CPU, RAM, Disk)
• Troubleshooting AudioCodes gateways
• Excellent written and verbal English language proficiency, able to work across different cultures
• Delivering results in high pressure work environments
• Demonstrable service culture focus
• Supported UC technologies including Lync / SfB
• Proven management of support requests and incidents using the ITIL framework
• Complex Problem solving and troubleshooting skills and experience
• Willingness to cross skill in different technologies and platforms
• Ability to prepare quality written correspondence, and internal and external-facing documentation

Desirable

• MTA/MCSA Certification
• ITIL Certification
• Experience using virtualisation platforms including Hyper-V and VMWare
• Supported UC technologies including Lync and SfB
• Management of alerts generated by Microsoft SCOM
• Moderate level knowledge in ticketing tools preferably Cherwell
• Computing Degree
• Strong background in technical support with a focus on Microsoft products including Windows Server
• Familiar with SQL Management Studio
• Experience using Microsoft SCCM for deploying patches
• Microsoft SharePoint administration
• Exchange on premise and O365 administration
• Experience in supporting successful projects
• Good external-facing and presentation skills
• Experience using Cherwell ticket Management software

Capability index :

• Customer Orientation
• Respect for Others
• Communicating and Influencing
• Understanding Others
• Achievement Drive
• Analysis and Judgement
• Screening process

Successful Candidates will be subject to satisfactory clearances these include:

• Identity check
• Employment History
• Nationality and Immigration Status
• Criminal Record check
• Financial Record check

Shift working hours Shift start: 05:30am MYT Shift end: 17:30pm MYT When UK enters a daylight saving period annually from the last Sunday of March until the last Sunday of October. This would mean that the shift start and end times would have to alter by an hour during these months to maintain a handover overlap between the teams. During UK daylight saving period Shift start: 04:30am MYT Shift end: 16:30pm MYT
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