IT Support Officer

Information Technology
General IT
Entry Level

As an IT Support Officer, you bring a process-savvy approach to delivering services and supporting teams to meet their goals. You'll partner with security stakeholders, vendors to keep work moving and ensure key incident notes are accurate and up to date. You'll balance quality and pace, using judgement to triage requests and escalate risks at the right time. Success looks like timely follow-through, strong communication and confident use of tools such as Azure/AWS.

What you’ll do day to day

  • Assist with patching, updates and preventative maintenance to improve reliability
  • Coordinate with vendors for troubleshooting and service requests as needed
  • Contribute to security hygiene such as MFA, endpoint protection and basic audits
  • Support basic network and application troubleshooting for end users
  • Monitor systems and alerts, escalating incidents according to runbooks
  • Respond to support requests, diagnosing issues and documenting outcomes in the ticketing system
  • Maintain documentation, FAQs and knowledge base articles for common issues

Skills and tools to learn

Core skills: security mindset, prioritisation, customer support, troubleshooting, documentation

Software/Platforms: ServiceNow/Jira, endpoint/security tools, Microsoft 365, Azure/AWS basics

Methods/Knowledge: ITIL basics, access management, incident response runbooks

What you can earn

Annual Avg.
$63,600–$86,100
Weekly Avg.
$1,440
Hourly Avg. (Per Hour)
$40

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