App Support Engineer - 2nd Line
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Job Overview
The App Support Second Line Engineer role is required to provide second line support internally, provide an escalation point for the analysts within their function and work closely with the other members of the app support team, the Head of Practice and delivery consultants.
The day-to-day responsibility includes a mix of responding to calls or emails from clients, logging queries, following them through to resolution under the contracted Service Level Agreements, building customer relationships via regular service review calls as well as working with the PPM Team Lead and Head of Practice, and team to onboard new customers and report on their function’s KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
The successful candidate will require an aptitude for working with applications/systems to analyse, diagnose and resolve client problems, ranging from straightforward questions to more complicated technical problems, and a strong drive for delivering outstanding customer service. This role requires the individual to prioritise work in real-time to ensure that tickets and tasks progress within expectations.
- The role will include working as part of an internal CPS team or a mix of client and CPS professionals on engagements that require strong interpersonal skills to complement your technical and delivery experience. The role reports into the PPM Team Lead and is under the purview of the PPM Head of Practice.
Requirements
- Customer Support
- Understands business requirements, designs solutions, and can articulate the designed solution our customers
- Conduct and schedule regular service review meetings with customers to aid in identifying potential opportunities or issues (remotely and face to face)
- Using our service management tools, produce regular reports for customers on KPIs and SLAs to ensure any issues are highlighted and any trends identified
- Understanding and managing complex clients and difficult situations with the support of the Service Management team
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the App Support function by sharing knowledge, experience and expertise with other team leaders, including with first line / customer experience team
- Identify further opportunities for the business through additional project work or expansion of services delivered
- Liaise with customers regarding post-sales requirements and delivery, and will have input into ongoing service reviews
- Recognise opportunities for improvements to procedures by pro-actively offering ideas and solutions
Internal Roles:
- Ownership of selected support deliverables within their function
- SLAs are within tolerance levels
- Initial response SLAs
- Rolling Response SLAs
- Cross-skilling is maintained through the function
- Skills matrix is reviewed and updated every 3-6 months
- Support Team Leads in the creation of professional development plans for analysts within their function
- Support process and standards development
- Support Process/SOP Documentation creation/maintenance
- Supporting internal handovers for new customers
- Mentoring of new support staff and skills sharing
- Escalating long-standing unresolved calls to Team Leads and Head of Practice
- Attending and leading the following meetings both on and offsite supporting service management:
- External Service Reviews
- Internal Account Reviews
2 Personal
Desirable Personal Attributes
- Personable, and a quick builder of relationships
- Good interpersonal & customer care skills
- Good writing & oral communication skills
- Imaginative problem solver
- Ability to work as part of a team of specialists
- Appreciation of a quality approach
- Sensitive to commercial opportunity
- Confidence in personal abilities
- Fast assimilator of information
- Resilient, appropriately persistent
- Strong drive for excellent customer service
Professional Experience:
- Minimum 3 years in application support, with at least 2 years in a second or third-line support role in a customer-facing technical environment
- Demonstrable experience in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving complex technical issues across multiple enterprise applications (e.g., Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure, SharePoint, SQL).
Technical Experience
Required:
Considered a Subject Matter Expert in:
- Power Apps (model driven)
- Power Automate
- Power BI / Fabric
Root cause analysis and process/technology recommendations
Desirable:
- Planner and Planner Premium
- Power Apps (canvas)
- Copilot Studio
- SharePoint Online
- Azure DevOps
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- o Customer Engagement
- o Marketing
- o Project Operations
Nice to have:
Basic understanding of supporting technologies in:
- Azure IaaS
- Windows Active Directory
Desirable Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Functional Consultant Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
- ITIL® 4 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification
- ITIL® 3 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification
CPS Benefits
Current at the time of writing. Subject to change.
- 9 Day Fortnight (compression of 10 working days into 9 to be able to not work every other Friday)
- PMI with Vitality Health
- Medical Cash Plan with Medicash
- Life Assurance (Death in Service) with YuLife
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 25 days holiday (plus all Public Holidays) – increasing to 26 days after 1 year, to 27 days after 2 years and to 28 days after 5 years
- Workplace Pension https://www.nestpensions.org.uk/schemeweb/nest/about-pensions/why-save-with-a-workplace-pension.html
- Employer contribution is currently 5.5% of qualifying salary (above legislated minimum and will increase if we achieve certain business targets)
- Employee contribution is 4% of qualifying salary (legislated minimum but you can elect to increase)
- EV Car Schemes
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle Schemes
- Home & Tech discounts for IKEA and Curry PC World
- Holiday Exchange Scheme: buy up to 10 additional day per year and sell up to 5.
In addition, these are just some of our cultural benefits
- Quarterly and annual star performer awards – voted for by your peers and colleagues
- Spot Awards of £25 and up, to instantly recognise excellence in you and your colleagues
- Annual professional and personal training budget to support your PDP
- Career Development Frameworks
- Reward schemes that are designed to thank you for your hard work and make life a little more affordable.