2nd Tier Analyst / Systems Administrator

Advance Your Career as a 2nd Tier Analyst / Systems Administrator!

Join a dynamic and collaborative team where you'll play a key role in supporting and optimising critical systems and infrastructure. This hybrid role is based in Cambridge or home-based with occasional travel, offering a competitive salary of £32,000–£40,000 DOE.

About Arcus:

Arcus is a fast growing and successful GovTech company. We are dynamic and forward thinking, with great ambition.  At Arcus, you will have the chance to share your knowledge and make your presence felt. With our people at the core of everything we do, we don’t want people to ‘fit in’, diversity and difference are essential to creativity. We want people to thrive in our open and collaborative environment and be an integral part of our close knit team.

So, if you are looking for something more than ‘just a job’, you are in the right place. We have big company benefits, including Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance and Pension, as well as Volunteering Days, Health & Wellbeing benefits and social activities.

If this all appeals and you have the ambition to match ours, then read on!

The Job Role 

As a 2nd Tier Analyst / Systems Administrator at Arcus Global you will work directly with customers, third parties and internal teams to support customers using Arcus products built on the Salesforce platform.

The 2nd Tier Support Analyst / Systems Administrator will be responsible for picking up support tickets escalated from 1st line support, identifying the root cause, making necessary adjustments and providing clear communication to the customer at all stages of the ticket lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing prompt resolution to inbound support tickets or assigning to an appropriate resources / queue where necessary.
• In collaboration with the wider team, coordinate and execute proactive maintenance for Arcus systems.
• Coach other members of the team and produce training materials/diagrams where appropriate.
• Make adjustments to system configuration, security models and document templates as required by our customers.
• Assisting with product instals, upgrades, patches and testing. Promoting well documented changes from a non-production environment into production.
• Work with the internal project team to develop project documentation and configuration templates. Ensure that your work is well documented so others within the team can make use of it on appropriate projects.
• Look for new ways to improve our processes and products by analysing information gathered from customers and presenting well thought out solutions and ideas back to internal seniors and leads in our R&D department. You may see your work and suggestions added to our products, helping you show your customers that you are working for them. 

Is this You?

Requirements:

• Experience of configuring or developing business (web) applications.
• A good understanding of concepts such as data models, security models, and workflows.
• A working knowledge of ticketing systems such as Salesforce Case / Jira / Trello and key workflows / lifecycles for support tickets.
• Understand the principles of application architecture and have experience with the design process.
• Excellent level of customer service (our team’s customers are external, but your experience working with internal stakeholders is also valued) and helping them work through challenges to achieve a positive outcome.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Highly organised and not easily fazed by unexpected changes or issues.
• You must be a self-starter, as comfortable working outside of the box as in it, happy to learn any technology or tool and become the expert on it within the company. You should not be afraid to step up and lead if appropriate.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Hands on experience with data analysis and/or migration work.
• Salesforce experience - We build mainly on the Force.com platform so existing knowledge and experience with Salesforce is desirable. You should be able to turn your hand to both the declarative and programmatic aspects of the platform.
• Experience working with and configuring cloud services (AWS, Azure, etc).
• Knowledge of how the UK public sector is structured and the different roles and purposes of the organisations that comprise it. This will help you understand who our customers are and the pressures they face.
• Commercial awareness - Understanding when a request falls outside the standard support offering and may be classed as a chargeable piece of work.

How to Apply

If interested, please click on the link provided and you will be redirected to the company’s website to complete your application.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Arcus is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We expect every member of the team to enable  and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone  is treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. We appoint, train, develop and promote on the basis of merit and ability. We examine our unconscious biases and take responsibility for always striving to create and uphold an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued.