Senior Desktop Specialist

Job Reference: 102

Date: 2nd April 2018

Position Type: Permanent

Location: London / South East

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum + Benefits

Job description: An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Windows Desktop technical specialist to join a well-known organisation in the Finance industry, based in London.

My client is seeking an experienced Desktop Specialist with a minimum of 8 years’ software experience dealing with critical business systems.

Budget - £70,000

If you are someone that has an in-depth knowledge of Windows Desktop builds and design, configuration and integration then this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Essential requirements for a Windows Desktop Specialist;

• Experience working in finance industry, investment banking

• 5 years software experience dealing with critical business systems

• Deskside support technical experience operating within a complex environment with demonstrable experience in providing third level technical support within a team

• Deep technical understanding of Windows desktop x64operating systems

• A good understanding of how a modern browser works from a desktop and network perspective

• Knowledge of software packaging tools (e.g. InstallShield,App-V, Wise)

• Knowledge of third party tools used to manage and support largeenvironments (Appsense, Splunk)

• Experience in engineering large scale deployments and migrations of Office 2010 and 2013

• Broad Knowledge of undertaking projects in Finance Industry

• Experience of configuring and supporting Microsoft Outlook in an Exchange environment

• Knowledge of a Windows network infrastructure including ActiveDirectory, SCCM, GPO

• Strong troubleshooting mindset and understanding parsing eventlogs, sysinternals tools and memory dumps

• Experience of large scale desktop deployment tools and techniques in a large distributed organization

• Scripting ability desirable (e.g. Powershell, WMI, VBscript)

• An excellent understanding of ITIL Service Support and Deliverydisciplines and methodologies

• Experience using a help desk call management system

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer care skills

• Strong Technical grasp of strategic platforms such as Microsoft, Networks and Security, WAN, LAN, Exchange 2010. MCSE qualification is desirable.

​For more information, please apply now for a confidential chat!