Escalation Engineer, Enterprise Service Desk
Listed on 2026-10-16
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IT/Tech
IT Support, Systems Engineer, Windows Server, Systems Administrator
The Escalation Engineer is a senior Tier 3 engineering role within the Service
Delivery organization, acting as the primary technical owner and escalation authority for aportfolio of high-visibility, high-touch clients.
Beyondresolving complex incidents,the roleisresponsibleforpreventing them,driving stability, operational maturity, and long-term technical improvement
Operating at the intersection of infrastructure engineering, service operations, and client advisory, the Technical Account Manager delivers proactive technical leadership across client environments and the shared multi-tenant platform.
Unlike traditional escalation support, this position functions as a trusted technical partner to both the client and internal teams.
The Technical Account Managermaintainsdeep familiarity with assigned environments and provides white-glove service, ensuring consistent standards, effective troubleshooting, and durable resolutions.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Act as the senior escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Service Desk administrators for assigned clients
- Respond to calls/emails/messages from technical POC’s from assigned clients in a timely and efficient manner
- Collaborate with SME engineering teams to uphold operational and architectural standards
- Promote documentation, knowledge sharing, and service continuity
- Take full ownership of complex or business-critical incidents through permanent resolution
- Lead incident bridges and coordinate internal and external stakeholders during major outages for assigned clients
- Liaise with assigned clients CXM on a regular basis to discuss ongoing issues, trends, and technical road map
- Provide clear status communication and expectation management throughout incident life cycles
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative remediation
- Maintain regular updates for active incidents and projects in Service Now
- Identify systemic risks and drive proactive remediation across client environments
- Translate business requirements into technical recommendations and improvement roadmaps
- Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and advocate for client outcomes
- Participate in a rotating out-of-hours escalation schedule
- Work shifts between 7:00am and 6:00pm, including coverage during team absences
- Occasionally perform planned maintenance and project work during evenings and weekends
Qualifications and Experience
Education
From an accredited college or university in the related field of:
Required/Preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Related
- Preferred
In the field of:
Required/Preferred
- 3-5 Years
- Tier 3 Support
- Required
- 0-2 Years
- MSP
- Preferred
Professional Association
Required/Preferred
- AZ104
- Microsoft
- Preferred
- MSCE
- Microsoft
- Preferred
- Windows Server Admin
- Microsoft
- Preferred
- Advanced Windows domain administration and troubleshooting
- Microsoft 365, including Teams, Exchange, Intune, SharePoint, Azure Cloud, and Azure AD
- Storage Area Networks (Nimble, Pure Storage)
- Public cloud platforms (Azure and AWS)
- Multi‑factor authentication solutions (Microsoft Authenticator, DUO)
- Backup and recovery solutions (Veeam, MSP
360, AWS) - Core networking concepts including TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, DHCP, DNS, routing, switching, and firewalls
- Citrix Xen App administration
- Identity and access management (Okta)
- Windows Server and Linux Server OS management
- Virtualisation platforms (VMware, Proxmox)
- Secure Email Gateway / Email Security Gateway solutions (Proofpoint, Mimecast)
- Power Shell scripting
- Endpoint protection / Anti-Virus software (Sentinel One)
- VoIP systems and platforms (Cisco, Microsoft Teams)
- The engineer raises the technical maturity of both the client and the service desk
- Clients view the engineer as a trusted resource
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