Anne Corder Recruitment is working with a leading client to recruit a Technical Support Engineer to join their team.
The organisation operates the largest purpose-built alarm receiving centre and remote monitoring station in Europe, delivering critical security and monitoring services to clients across the UK.
This is not a traditional helpdesk role. You will act as a key bridge between IT, data, and customers, taking ownership of application support, ensuring system stability, and delivering a high-quality user experience.
Key Responsibilities
As a Technical Support Engineer, you will:
- Provide 2nd line technical and application support to internal users and external customers
- Take ownership of escalated issues and manage them through to resolution
- Identify root causes of recurring issues and implement long-term fixes
- Support system upgrades, testing, and deployment of new features
- Maintain and improve internal documentation and support processes
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify risks or vulnerabilities
Customer Success & Support:
- Act as a technical point of contact for key customer accounts
- Deliver onboarding, user training, and best-practice guidance
- Monitor customer usage and engagement to reduce churn
- Translate customer feedback into actionable improvements
Database & Data (Desirable):
- Support SQL-based databases, ensuring performance and integrity
- Write and optimise SQL queries for reporting and issue resolution
- Investigate data discrepancies and support data migrations
About You
- 3+ years’ experience in IT, application or systems support
- Strong troubleshooting mindset with experience resolving application-level issues
- Working knowledge of Windows Server and networking fundamentals
- Experience working with ticketing systems and service management processes
- Confident communicating with customers and managing stakeholder relationships
- Ability to prioritise workload and work independently
Desirable:
- SQL experience (queries, reporting, data integrity)
- Experience supporting business-critical applications
Role: 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
Salary: £30,000–£35,000 (DOE)
Location: Cambridgeshire (On-site)
Anne Corder Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying you will be registered as a candidate with Anne Corder Recruitment Ltd, your personal data may be added to our database as part of the application process. Our privacy policy is available on our website and explains how we will use your data. Your details will be reviewed by one of our Recruitment Partners and we will contact you again within 5 working days if your application is to be progressed further.
Please note that we are not able to provide support with visa sponsorships and all applicants must be based in the UK and hold the valid right to work in the UK
Keywords: Technical Support, 2nd Line Support, Application Support, SQL, Windows Server, Networking, Customer Success, IT Support
INDEEDCOMM
Salary
30,000 - 34,000 per annum
Location
Peterborough
Contract Type
Permanent
Category
IT
Recruiter
Sam Payne
Head of Technology Recruitment