Job Description

Join the Access Family and see how we make software ideas become a reality! Our core value of \xe2\x80\x98Love Work, Love Life, Be You\xe2\x80\x99 has been central to our success and so we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for people to join us who share our passion for making things better every day and help us continue to grow.

We are the number one UK headquartered software provider in the UK and are forecasted to grow to a global population of over 12,000 employees by 2026.

What are we all about?

At Access, we love software and how technology never stays the same. It\'s this obsession that drives us to work closely across sectors to understand the business needs of our customers - from the Hospitality sector, to Manufacturing industry, to Not for Profit\xe2\x80\x99s to Construction, and many more.

We\'re passionate about helping our customers stay one step ahead of the challenges facing their industry and business, currently helping over 60,000 customers to have the freedom to do more.

Day to day

• Responsibility for the operational maintenance, performance and improvement of the MSP platforms and associated services.
• With responsibility for 1st Line and 2nd Line teams you will work seamlessly with counterparts in the UK to be clear on roles and responsibilities.
• Ensure proactive monitoring, alerting and real time service health is managed and drive preventative action to protect customer services.
• Build and deliver an estates view of the MSP services, with clear focus on supportability, capacity and asset management.
• Line management of the local team to include hiring, development and career planning, shift planning and our Employee Success Plans.
• Ensure the team are available to deliver the required 24x7 working patterns in alignment with the UK team.
• Define and deliver operational run books / play books for core services and ensure upskilling and knowledge sharing is in place.
• Play a key role in defining, governing and delivering the forward schedule of change at a customer and a platform wide level.
• Responsible for driving SLA and associated KPI performance alongside individual and departmental goals.
• Identify key trends and service impacting events to enhance our problem management capability.
• Take ownership for specific projects and departmental priorities as part of the extended leadership team.
• Where necessary, directly engage with customers in response to incidents and urgent requests.
• Ensure a major incident process is adhered to and executed outside of UK hours.

Skills and Experience

• Leading a technical operations team in a 24x7 environment.
• In depth knowledge of service basics and IT platforms, applications and underlying infrastructure.
• Whilst not necessarily hands on, a strong level of technical skill is required:
• MS Active Directory and MS365 (Essential)
• Windows Desktop OS (Essential)
• Windows Server Operating Systems (Essential)
• Citrix Environments (Essential)
• Application support of applications from major vendors such as Microsoft, Cisco, Citrix, VMWare, VEEAM etc (Desirable)
• Enterprise monitoring such as Solarwinds (Desirable)
• Hardware troubleshooting of both desktop and server hardware. (Desirable)
• Proven Customer service skills with direct customer contact.
• Knowledge of supporting VDI environments (Desirable)
• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English, with English first language required for customer contact.
• Understanding of the ITIL framework and knowledge of the various associated disciplines is desirable
• Experience of working to SLAs and KPIs and to be able to accurately describe their importance.

What does Access offer you?

We are a growing software company, and we deliver on what we say we do! We take the development of our people very seriously and we will work with you to carve out your success plan and an opportunity to accelerate your career and make a real difference.

On top of a competitive salary, our wellbeing days taking you to 25 days leave a year (rules apply) and a health contribution you\xe2\x80\x99ll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that gives back so you\xe2\x80\x99ll also have 3 charity days you can take to support something that matters to you.

At Access we\xe2\x80\x99re all about helping everyone Love Work and Love Life. Why? Because we believe people can only be their best when they can be themselves. So, if you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn\xe2\x80\x99t match perfectly, we\xe2\x80\x99d still love to hear from you. You might just be whom we are looking for.

We love the fact that we\xe2\x80\x99re all different. We believe by having more diverse perspectives at work improves how we run our business, helps us to better support our customers, and when you think about it, it\xe2\x80\x99s just more fun!

What\xe2\x80\x99s holding you back? Come and be part of our Amazing Access Family!

Love Work. Love Life. Be You.

The Access Group