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Desktop Support Analyst
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Job Title: Desktop Support Analyst
📝 Engagement: Full-time, permanent
🌏 Location: Cheshire, onsite
⌚ Working hours: 0800 - 1700
💰 Salary: Up to £33,000
About the Role
As a Deskside Support Analyst, you will be part of the Service Operations team, providing face-to-face and on-site technical support to end users. You will act as a key point of contact for resolving hardware, software, and access-related issues, ensuring a high-quality user experience in a fast-paced, security-conscious environment.
This role requires strong technical capability, excellent interpersonal skills, and a proactive, customer-focused approach to problem resolution, operating in line with ITIL best practices.
What You’ll Do
- Provide deskside and on-site technical support to users, resolving incidents and service requests logged via ServiceNow or other approved channels
- Perform hands-on diagnosis, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues related to desktops, laptops, peripherals, mobile devices, and meeting room technology
- Support Microsoft operating systems, Active Directory / Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Cloud services (including Azure)
- Manage user account administration, including account creation, access provisioning, group membership, and password resets using Active Directory / Entra ID
- Install, configure, upgrade, and replace end-user hardware and software in accordance with standard operating procedures
- Escalate complex or unresolved issues to second- or third-line support teams while maintaining ownership and clear communication with the user
- Ensure all incidents and service requests are accurately logged, prioritised, and resolved within agreed service level agreements (SLAs)
- Follow documented technical procedures, security standards, and knowledge base articles to ensure consistent service delivery
- Support security and compliance requirements, including endpoint protection, patching, and secure device handling
- Collaborate with service desk, infrastructure, and security teams to support continuous service improvement
- Participate in shift-based or on-call rotations where required to support business operational needs
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What You’ll Bring
- Strong working knowledge of current and previous versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server
- Hands-on experience providing deskside or on-site end-user support in a corporate or enterprise environment
- Experience using ServiceNow or similar IT Service Management (ITSM) tools
- Solid understanding of Active Directory / Entra ID administration and troubleshooting
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications and end-user support
- Familiarity with Microsoft Cloud technologies, including Azure, is desirable
- Understanding of ITIL service management principles and best practices
- Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ability to engage confidently with users at all levels
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solution-driven mindset
- Experience working in a managed service provider
What We Offer
- 25 days leave + bank holidays
- Your birthday off
- Enhanced parental leave
- Company Pension
- Private medical
- Gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Endless learning opportunities
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Who We Are
Acora are a progressive full-stack full-service business technology services partner, built for the AI era. Combining the capabilities of a Managed Service Provider (MSP), Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), IT Consulting, Professional Services and Development company, Acora helps customers achieve breakthrough results - often quicker and at lower risk than they thought possible.
We believe in a better working world, where our customers are confident to fully embrace the AI opportunity and generate economic impact.
Our Values
#1 Be the best you can be
#2 We do what we say
#3 Together we win
Interested in becoming an Acoran? Check out the link to our website to read more about us - https://acora.com/
To be considered for this position, you must have full rights to work in the UK.
Equal Opportunities at Acora
Acora Group are an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal opportunities regardless of race or ethnic origin, gender identity, family situation, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age. We hire our people based on qualifications, merit, skills, and business need.
We are a Level 1 Disability Confident Committed Employer and will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request any reasonable adjustments.
Join us at Acora in creating a workplace where everyone can succeed and make an impact. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!
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