Support Technician (Onsite - London)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.
About the Role
The onsite Support Technician is a proactive and customer-focused IT professional responsible for delivering technical support across a range of IT infrastructure solutions.
This role primarily involves troubleshooting, maintaining, and supporting desktop environments, end-user devices, and core IT services. The Onsite Support Technician will ensure smooth IT operations by resolving incidents, assisting users, and maintaining key IT systems.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week with a 1 hour unpaid lunch break, worked between 8am and 6pm
Shifts: 3 rotating shifts: 8am to 4:30pm, 9am to 5:30pm and 9:30am to 6pm
Location: On client site in London, 5 days per week
Your Responsibilities
- Provide support for desktops, laptops, mobile devices, and core IT services
- Assist with server administration and advanced configuration tasks under supervision
- Support networking and wireless technologies, including troubleshooting connectivity issues
- Manage and resolve O365 security and administration issues, including user account management and access controls
- Assist in virtual machine technologies for provisioning and maintenance
- Provide face to face, desk-side support on site, delivering excellent customer service to all levels of staff and ensuring timely issue resolution
- Monitor and maintain IT systems using support tools aligned with ITIL best practices
- Contribute to incident management, logging and tracking issues within SLAs
- Support key business applications and ensure minimal disruption to users
- Assist with IT procurement, equipment configuration, and asset management
- Document resolutions, technical processes, and troubleshooting steps for internal knowledge sharing
- Embrace and develop the use of AI and digital tools to work more efficiently, reduce manual effort and improve the quality of work
Your Experience will include:
On-site support: Experience in a customer-facing, on-site or desk-side support role
Advanced technical knowledge: Expertise in diagnosing complex hardware and software issues, including server-level support
Networking skills: Proficiency in configuring switches, routers, and basic wireless network management
Systems integration: Ability to work on integrating different systems and understanding how they interconnect
Virtualisation: Familiarity with technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, or other virtual environments
Backup and recovery: Experience with backup software and data recovery processes
Vendor coordination: Managing warranties and liaising with third-party hardware and software vendors
Event support: Experience planning and delivering IT for events, meetings or presentations, including AV and meeting room technology
Organisation and planning: Ability to coordinate equipment, people and timings across several requirements and deadlines
Technical Product Knowledge
Other skills will include accreditation or experience in some of the following technical products:
Office 365
Licence administration
Creating new users & groups
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid
SharePoint
OneDrive
Teams
Azure
Conditional Access
MFA
Intune (MDM)
ADFS
You will bring the following behaviours:
Collaboration: Works closely with senior IT teams and leadership to align support practices with organisational goals
Customer focus: Demonstrates empathy, patience, and attentiveness in all environments. Presents a professional, approachable and confident manner when supporting customers in person
Communication skills: Translates technical information into clear, non-technical language for customers. Actively listens to understand customer concerns before responding
Adaptability and flexibility: Stays calm under pressure and manages multiple customers' needs simultaneously
Composure in live situations: Stays calm and solution-focused when resolving issues in front of customers or during live events
Time management and prioritisation: Balances a workload of technical tasks while ensuring that critical issues are addressed first. Keeps track of multiple tasks to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and customer expectations
Ownership and accountability: Takes responsibility for resolving customer issues from start to finish. Follows up after issue resolution to ensure customer satisfaction
Continuous learning: Stays updated on technical advancements and adopts a proactive approach to skill development, seeking out learning opportunities