IT Support Analyst

Location: Hybrid with Bristol office base. You will be expected to occasionally travel to our other (Oxford) office as required.

Working hours: 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday, between the hours of 08.00 and 18.30

You may also be required to be on an on-call rota.

The role

We’re looking for an IT Support Analyst to be the front-door to technology services to the rest of the organisation. You will help to increase business productivity by taking a customer-focused, proactive and collaborative approach to anticipating and resolving technology issues. You will provide support and technical expertise to a range of requests relating to end-user (client and employee) questions, hardware, software, peripherals, applications, systems and services, and projects. You will also be involved in system administration, the management of technical vulnerabilities, asset management, onboarding/offboarding, access controls and reacting to information security events.

You will be working in the Service Desk team within the IT department which is headed up by the Head of IT. This is a full time, level 1/2 support role in a typical IT support infrastructure, with a business-focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Assist all staff with any computer or IT related enquiries

• Assist users over the phone, in-person, and remotely

• Administering cloud services (including Microsoft Entra, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Azure, and any other IT related cloud services)

• Configure, deploy, relocate and ongoing maintenance of IT systems (including patch/anti-virus management/technical vulnerability management)

• Manage user accounts, services and licenses across our various cloud platforms

• Assist with the generation of documentation (including reports, configuration standards, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and any other technical documentation)

• Monitor, identify, report, and respond to information security events

• Maintaining an up to date register of assets (systems, software, equipment)

• Liaising with external parties regarding IT matters (suppliers, clients, etc)

Required skills and experience

Our ideal candidate will have a broad range of personal and technical skills.

Personal skills:

• Must have a full UK driving licence and access to a car as there will be some  occasional travel between our Bristol and Oxford office locations 

• Excellent verbal and written communication

• Ability to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical persons

• Experience providing in-person as well as remote support via phone and remote-control applications

• Quick analytic response to resolve issues in any situation

• Self-motivated, willing to learn and determined to always find a solution

• Able to work in a fast pace environment

• Passion for technology and automation

• Keen interest in information security

Technical skills:

• Experience of service/help desk solutions (Freshservice, ServiceNow, etc.)

• Experience of MDM / MAM solutions (Microsoft Intune, etc)

• Experience of EDR/XDR solutions (Microsoft Defender, etc)

• Experience of working in cloud-first organisations (no physical infrastructure or data centres to support)

• Advanced level knowledge in the use of all Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc)

• Experience in the set-up, configuration, and use of computer hardware, software and networks

• Appreciation/awareness of cyber security principals and controls to protect company resources

• Experience of SIEM solutions (Sentinel, Splunk, etc)

• Basic understanding of cloud services (Microsoft Azure, etc)

• Experience of log management/monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Solarwinds, Splunk, etc)

• Knowledge of information security standards (Cyber Essentials, ISO 27001, etc)

• Experience in the insurance/reinsurance industry

• Experience of programming languages (PowerShell, T-SQL, C#, etc)

Educational requirements:

• A degree in information systems, computer science, information security, IT or any other related fields

• At least 3 A-Levels (or equivalent) and 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) A-C – 2 of which must be English and Maths

• Professional certifications through Microsoft

Imaginera culture and benefits

We believe in creating an environment where people can thrive and reach their potential. Our business is unique in the market it operates, which means you will learn commercially and technically - mentoring and coaching are an integral part of our business.

In addition to a welcoming and supportive culture, we offer:

• Competitive salary

• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Private Medical Insurance with the option to add family members

• Flexible Working Hours

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• A Wellbeing Team & Mental Health First Aiders

• Yearly paid time off allowance for medical appointments in addition to holiday

• Regular Team and Company Events

Who We Are

Here at Imaginera, we create solutions to meet our client challenges across a focused marketplace of Insurance, Reinsurance and Insurance Linked Securities. We set ourselves apart from our competition by being technically at the top of our game with the unique ability to also communicate directly with our clients, understanding their complex business requirements.

Having spent eight years creating bespoke solutions for our clients, we then diversified into a consultancy and product business. Our first product, Orca, went live in Autumn 2020 and has a busy roadmap ahead of it. We are a vibrant company with around 70 employees. Our journey so far has been an exciting and fast one – we don’t have any plans to slow down. So, if you’re excited by growth and opportunity and want to be a part of it, we would love to hear from you.