Service Desk Engineer

Service Desk Engineer (Applications Support)

Salary 35663 - 44570 Benefits Profit Share Bonus

Office-based at the HX Campus in Newingreen Kent

We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If youd prefer to work full- time part-time or as a job-share well facilitate this wherever we can - whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance.

Closing date: 24th November

About

At Holiday Extras were creating a workplace where everyone can thrive build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 were proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well-being. By joining our team youll feel supported and rewarded every day.

Were looking for 2x Service Desk Engineers who can deliver exceptional technical and application support across Holiday Extras helping our teams stay productive and our customers enjoy a seamless travel experience.

This is a new role within our new IT Operations function working alongside our Service Desk Manager. Youll play a key role in building a modern efficient Service Desk that supports the technology powering our products and business systems. Youll contribute to resolving incidents fulfilling requests and identifying opportunities to improve service delivery and automation.

Our teams mission is to make travel technology simpler faster and more reliable - enabling our people and customers to focus on what really matters: making holidays memorable and hassle-free. This role supports our wider company strategy to deliver world-class digital experiences through stable secure and continuously improving systems.

The Role

By joining our team youll:

• Act as the first point of contact for technical incidents and service requests supporting both IT and application systems used across Holiday Extras.
• Investigate and resolve issues ranging from user access and configuration errors to data or integration problems helping keep our business running smoothly.
• Work with ITSM tools such as Jira Service Management to log prioritise and resolve incidents efficiently and accurately.
• Work with a broad technical stack including macOS Google Workspace GitHub cloud-based tools and web applications that power our internal and customer platforms.
• Use your curiosity and problem-solving skills to analyse logs dashboards and APIs escalating complex cases with clear diagnostics to Product or Engineering teams.
• Collaborate closely with Developers Delivery Managers and Platform Engineers to diagnose complex issues reproduce bugs and contribute to the continuous improvement of our products and systems.
• Make a real impact on the customer experience by ensuring that the tools and systems behind our travel technology remain stable responsive and reliable.
• Gain exposure to a wide range of technologies and service management practices (including ITIL automation and monitoring tools).
• Take part in a 1:2 on-call rota as required providing out-of-hours support for urgent incidents and escalations.
• Contribute to knowledge base articles SOPs and runbooks that help the team work smarter and improve first-time fix rates.
• Contribute to small projects and improvement initiatives helping to streamline support processes enhance monitoring and deliver better service outcomes.
• Join a collaborative supportive team that values knowledge sharing learning and having fun while delivering great service - all within a people-first culture where youre encouraged to grow and bring your ideas to life.

What you can bring to our team:

• Proven experience working in a Service Desk or Application Support environment ideally within a technology-driven business.
• A solid understanding of ITIL principles including Incident Request Problem and Change Management.
• Strong troubleshooting analytical and communication skills - able to translate technical detail into clear actionable information for users and colleagues.
• Awareness of how web-based applications work - from front-end interfaces to back-end services APIs and data flow.
• A proactive customer-focused mindset: calm under pressure positive in approach and driven to deliver a great service experience.
• Clear communication under pressure managing expectations and maintaining professionalism.
• Naturally curious and collaborative mindset - youre eager to learn new systems and technologies.

Its a bonus if you also bring:

• An ITIL Foundation qualification or similar.
• Scripting SQL or automation skills to help drive process improvement.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools or cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure.

Everyones career path is individual and different so this is just a guide. If your experience doesnt precisely match this youre encouraged to apply so that we can discover your unique talents!

How we hire for this role

We know your time is precious so we keep our recruitment process as quick and easy as possible. If we believe you might be a match for a job youve applied for youll enter our hiring process as follows:

• Pre-Screen Call: Meet the hiring team and learn more about the role
• Face-to-Face Interview: A more in-depth conversation about your skills knowledge and experience

Cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture is paramount for us.

Recognising we are all different if for whatever reason you need us to adapt the process please get in touch via .

Why choose Holiday Extras

We believe that holidays are the most precious time of all so we create products tech and services that make travel and holidays memorable and fun. Were on a mission to be the only place to go for your holiday extras offering unparalleled choice value and service turning our customers ordinary trips into extraordinarily good times.

At Holiday Extras were creating a workplace where everyone can thrive build their careers and reach their limitless potential. As a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 were proud to offer a world of benefits designed to enhance your lifestyle and well-being. By joining our team youll feel supported and rewarded every day. Learn more about our culture and benefits.

• Time is precious: 25 days annual leave (BHs) extra holidays through Holiday Buy Birthday Day Off and Sabbaticals at each milestone.
• Parental Leave: Enhanced parental leave - Up to 1 year off including 13 weeks at 100% pay 13 weeks at 50% pay
• Road to well-being: Access to Gym Discounts Private Dental Insurance and Private Medical Insurance (after 4 years)
• Celebrate success together: Enjoy a Profit Share Bonus and a pension scheme with Aviva.
• Good for the soul: Join our Social Club for 25% off any ticket or event in the UK Discounts on the latest tech or give back to your community with our Volunteering Scheme.
• Plan ahead: Income protection Critical illness cover and Life assurance