Technical Apprentice

Natilik is a Global Technology Solutions Partner.

Our mission continues to be two-fold; growing a brand that is seen as the industrys Confident Guide sat between the vendors who make technology and our clients who want to use it to help deliver the outcomes most important to them. We offer products services platforms applications and expertise to help. We also want to continue to build a business that we can be proud of with a focus on five stakeholders: clients people partners communities and shareholders; putting our people at the heart of everything we do. From the small and simple to the large and complex we want a life-long partnership a company our clients and employees can rely on.

There has never been a more exciting time to take a step into the world of digital transformation and were looking for individuals to confidently guide our clients on their journey.
ROLE:

As Technical Apprentice you will bethe first point of contact for our clients and ensure that they achieve maximum utilisation of their technologies by offering unrivalled levels of technical expertise through an understanding of the business environment in which they work. The primary value of this role is to facilitate all aspects of remote and on-site solution support advice and consultation from fault resolution to system enhancements. As the first point of contact the role necessitates a professional manner and technical talent to reassure the client whilst demonstrating an uncompromising level of commitment to resolving the issues within the timeframe of the Service Level Agreement. Delivery is key to the support role and should be an obsession for both internal and external clients.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

• Ensuring all ticket meta data is captured and entered accurately in the ticketing system to reflect the actual nature of the issue.

• Delivering exceptional service in response to requests and queries of all issues impacting our clients business

• Responding to all client e-mails web portal requests and phone calls in a timely and professional manner ensuring regular updates are provided

• Ticket queue management ensuring all relevant information is captured to determine correct priority and allow smooth progression of cases

• Reacting to monitoring alerts to determine if genuine or false. Engaging with clients to investigate as appropriate.

• Reviewing scheduled maintenance windows from third parties and ensuring relevant clients and team are updated accordingly.

• Engaging with third parties and vendors to raise chase and monitor cases.

• Maintaining ownership of assigned requests through to resolution escalating either internally or externally as appropriate.

• Working as a team to ensure the shared queue is managed and assisting the other TAs with their tasks when required.

• Ensuring best practice is demonstrated throughout the team

• Ensuring all SLAs are consistently met; prioritise requests to ensure client satisfaction in line with expectations.

• Advising clients on technical requirements

• Ensuring accuracy and quality of work and encouraging innovative action.

• The Technical Apprenticeshould be escalating to Senior Engineers and Support Leaders when required.

QUALITIES:

• Demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with clients

• Having the ability to work under pressure outside of comfort zone with a can-do attitude

• Demonstrate time management expectation setting and organisational skills

• Demonstrate flexibility resilience and initiative

• Having the ability to approach problem-solving in a clear and concise manner

• Having a positive approach to teamwork with a willingness to learn and share knowledge

• Having the ability to use your initiative when necessary but also able to seek assistance especially when starting off. As you develop through this tier you should become more confident in handling queries independently.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Demonstrating the understanding of Cisco technologies used by our clients and be capable of supporting these

• Developing and progressing technical knowledge and skill in line with our chosen technologies and support of these solutions to our clients

• Being able to understand the dynamics of the support business and the need to achieve consistent SLA targets

• Being able to understand and articulate the technologies we implement and support in our portfolio

EXPERIENCE:

• Basic networking skills based around CCNA R&S.

• During your time as Technical Apprenticeyou should be familiarising yourself with all technologies and using this time to consider which area(s) you want to focus on as a specialism.

• Being able to handle basic MACs

• Performing 1st level checks for monitoring alerts

• Managing Provider high severity incidents

• Alerts Management

• Scheduled Maintenance alerts as per defined process

• Familiarity with Cisco and partner support tools and portals that are used to support client solutions

BENEFITS:

• Quarterly Awards and Bonuses

• Flexible Working

• Industry-leading home working and mobility technology

• Private Healthcare

• Competitive Pension Scheme

• Discounted Gym Membership