Package Description
On Offer:
- Relocation allowance: including a one-way flight ticket, transportation from the airport to a temporary hotel, and one month of paid accommodation while securing permanent housing.
- 3-4 days in the office and one day remote.
- 30% subvention on Deutschland ticket.
- Gym membership discount.
- Private pension scheme.
- Corporate Benefits discounts.
- 30 days of holiday.
Relocation:
- Darmstadt, Germany, offers a central location in Europe, making it an ideal base for travel and business within the EU. Major cities are well-connected by road, rail, and air, with Frankfurt Airport being one of Europe's busiest and most well-connected airports, facilitating easy international travel.
- Serco Services GMBH offers relocation support for all candidates eligible to work in EU that are planning to relocate to Germany and work for Serco Services GmbH.
Job Introduction
Serco Services GmbH has established itself as a strong service provider in the German market, delivering high-quality engineering, technical, and management services across a variety of sectors. From its strategic position in Darmstadt, Serco supports critical operations for space, satellite, and technology projects, providing expertise in ground systems management, data processing, and mission logistics. Serco’s comprehensive service portfolio, backed by decades of experience, ensures operational excellence and efficiency, making it a trusted partner for both commercial and governmental clients in Germany. This strong foundation allows Serco Services GmbH to drive innovation and deliver value across the industry.
We’re looking for a Senior ICT Technical Specialist, to reinforce the team in our Germany office!
We look forward to meeting you!
Main Responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
- Manage all IT equipment in Serco Germany office; provide regular/ad-hoc support to other offices.
- Provide 2nd/3rd line support, own incidents/requests until resolution, escalate to
- Serco DDaT or 3rd-party vendors, and coordinate until closure.
- Oversee Server/Technical room and network equipment (uplink, Wi-Fi APs, UPS, cabling) to ensure business-critical operations.
- Apply predefined access policies for server room; escalate issues when required.
- Maintain and update technical documentation, processes, procedures, and guides in internal knowledgebase.
- Collaborate with business and support teams to agree on functional/non-functional expectations.
- Support service level targets by addressing issues, resolving problems, and improving performance with internal teams and partners.
- Analyse requirements for new services, recommend technical solutions, coordinate deliverables and schedules.
- Oversee Asset Lifecycle Management: purchase HW/SW/accessories, track deliveries, inspect items, conduct annual inventories, dispose of EOL equipment per policies.
- Manage supplier contracts: monitor costs, anticipate changes, handle renewals.
- Coordinate vendor support calls to ensure SLA compliance; maintain supplier databases.
- Procure IT equipment/accessories: obtain quotes, process purchases, register assets per policy.
- Support ICT projects in design, transition, and operational phases.
- Suggest and implement process/system improvements.
- Report to Head of IT Space: highlight improvement areas, contract/equipment renewals or retirements, recommend project initiatives.
- Coach junior team members.
- Maintain technical expertise via market research, training, networking, and professional activities.
Successful Candidate
Technical Scope
- Office IT: beamers, printers, VOIP servers/phones.
- Server/technical room: operational continuity of critical equipment.
- NW equipment: internet uplink, Wi-Fi APs, UPS, cabling.
Skills & Requirements
- Minimum 5 years at Senior Technician level; ideally with a Computer Science degree.
- Legal right to work in EU.
- Broad IT knowledge with expertise in mission critical services. (Azure Cloud, MS Exchange, MS365, SharePoint)
- Strong people, partner management, and communication skills for cross-functional and customer interactions.
- Experience in working with 3rd party vendors.
- Customer-focused, problem-solver, detail-oriented, decisive, adaptable, team player, proactive.
- Good communication skills in both English & German: B2 level or higher.
About the Company
Why should you join Serco ?
At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.
Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.
A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression
Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work. We are a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
We are diverse and inclusive organisation
At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to supporting the needs of all our colleagues. It’s a mix of people from different backgrounds, experiences and opinion that keeps our culture strong and vibrant.
We believe in equity so we strongly encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their abilities in an interview. We also welcome a conversation about any adjustments that would make the interview process more accessible for you. Wherever possible we are open to discussions around flexible working and we operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas.
In the UK we are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader in the government’s scheme and hold the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard; in Belgium we are partner of Diversicom and member of Charter der Vielfalt in Germany.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to The Serco Europe Recruitment Team
Important
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