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Graduate IT Support Engineer

About Frontier

Frontier is an established, market leading independent developer and publisher of videogames for PC and consoles. Founded in 1994, we are based in the world-leading technology cluster and historic city of Cambridge, England.

With a growing team of over 700 talented people, we are passionate about creating innovative genre-leading games and authentic worlds for our communities of players.

We have achieved serial successes across a wide variety of titles including Elite Dangerous , Planet Coaster , Jurassic World Evolution and Planet Zoo .

We are continuing to grow our team to support our existing portfolio and an exciting and ambitious future roadmap, which includes the development of both own-IP titles and licensed-IP titles. Our IP-license partners include Universal (Jurassic World), Formula 1 and Games Workshop (Warhammer).

We are also growing our team to continue the expansion of Frontier Foundry, our publishing label for games developed by carefully selected partner studios.

Purpose of the role

We have a new opening for a Graduate IT Support Engineer to join our IT Support team. The role is a very hands-on, responsible for providing enterprise-level support to our internal teams. We are looking for a friendly, approachable individual who has a keen interest in computers, happy working on their own or in a team.

Key responsibilities

• Handling issues reported by in-house team members and seeing problems through from initial diagnosis to resolution
• Research and identify solutions to software and hardware issues as required
• Use internal documentation or external resources to provide accurate technical solutions
• Ensure all issues are properly logged
• Prioritise and manage several open issues at one time
• Provide prompt and accurate feedback to the requests
• Follow up with team members to ensure their issues have been resolved appropriately
• Follow standard procedures for proper escalation of unresolved issues to the appropriate internal teams
• Documenting process and procedures using internal CMS systems
• Completing internal user moves including patching of network and phones
• Conduct electrical safety checks on computer equipment to company requirements.

About you

• Good understanding of computer systems, mobile devices and associated peripherals
• Excellent analytical problem solving skills
• Good listening and questioning skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Be a self-starter with a can-do attitude with the ability to multi-task
• There will be a requirement for lifting IT equipment such as PCs, printers, monitors and other associated hardware.

Qualifications, skills & experience

• Essential Skills:
• Proven experience of working in a IT supporting role, whether in a commercial or personal capacity
• Solid experience and knowledge of working within a Windows environment (Windows 7-10, Windows Server 2008R-2016)
• Practical knowledge of PC hardware and associated peripherals to component level
• Good all round experience of PC hardware maintenance and repairs
• Good understanding of computer networking including wireless
• Exposure to Windows Server Active Directory Administration Tools.
• Desirable:
• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Exposure to software packages such as Autodesk 3D Studio Max, Autodesk Maya, Adobe Creative Suite and Visual Studio
• Experience of Linux Ubuntu/CentOS environments
• Exposure to and understanding Software deployment and patch management
• Knowledge and experience of using and supporting Windows Server
• Exposure to games development consoles (PS4, Xbox) and associated equipment
• Experience of working in a game or other development environment

Given the nature of this role, the successful candidate will need to be studio based and we are unable to offer any remote working. We can however provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer.

What we can offer you

We offer the chance to work with talented and passionate people, developing and publishing sophisticated and enduring games in a creative and collaborative environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our player communities. Frontier rewards this passion and determination by sharing in the company’s success and by supporting our teams to keep doing what they love.

Well-being is a big focus at Frontier and we are continually evolving how we can support our staff. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and host a range of well-being activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We welcome and encourage applications from qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.