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Job title: 2nd Line Support Consultant  Reports to: Operations Manager  Location: Northern Ireland based with occasional travel to client sites Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week  Salary: Up to £35k + BCN benefits   About BCN:   At BCN we unite people and technology to enable organisations to fly.     We believe people and organisations can achieve anything using technology to it’s full potential. Our role is to help them understand what is possible, implement in the right way and utilise their technology to achieve their ambitions. Which is why we put people front and centre – building client relationships for life and fostering a culture where our people thrive.    We are a leading managed IT services provider and technology consultant, specialising in delivering transformative technology solutions with industry-leading client experience across business, public sector and not for profit organisations. From cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data management to power app development, we are dedicated to pioneering technology with Microsoft innovation.    Guided by our 3 values of building relationships, customer success and passion and dedication , we are on a mission to make BCN the most trusted tech partner in the UK today . The kind of company clients want to work with, and people want to work for.    We are delighted you are on this journey with us!    Focus of the role:   BCN Group have an opportunity for an experienced 2nd Line Support Consultant to join our service desk team.  The role will act as an escalation point for 1st line engineers, you will be responsible for providing email and telephone based technical support to our vast client base, resolving a wide range of technical customer issues and escalating support requests where necessary to ensure that queries are resolved in line with agreed SLAs.     Our ideal person will be an experienced Support Consultant ideally from a Managed Service Provider background. You will assist in developing the support team’s technical knowledge and be able to communicate clearly and regularly with both the customer and the account manager on progress made on issues raised. A passion for IT and providing outstanding customer service is essential.    Responsibilities:   Providing 2nd line technical support for hardware and software issues.  Ensuring all calls are logged into the helpdesk system and having ownership that all progress notes are added to all calls.  Managing the timely resolution of open calls and call actions across all customers.  Take ownership of incidents assigned to you and manage them through to resolution.  Ensure that any technical or operational issues on a service ticket are escalated efficiently.  Ability to research ideas and concepts in order to source suitable technical solutions or resolve problems  ‘Hands-on’ problem-solving approach; solving problems within strict SLA timeframes  Provide on-site support for customers as and when required  Delivering exceptional customer service and demonstrating the ability and desire to go ‘above and beyond’ for our customers.      Person, Skills & Experience:   Microsoft Windows server (2016 and 2019, 2022, and 2025)   O365 and its complimentary addons (OneDrive, Teams, Flow, Planner etc)   Strong troubleshooting experience with one or more of the following:  Azure  Hyper-V/VMware   Intune/MDM  Exchange  SQL Server  SharePoint  Storage (SANs & NAS)  Antivirus (particularly Defender, Webroot & Sophos)  Firewall fundamentals (Fortinet/SonicWall)   Networking fundamentals (managed switching, VLAN’s)  Exce