Microsoft Platform Support Engineer| Stevenage, UK

Role – L2/L3 Support Engineer, Microsoft PlatformTechnology – ITIL, ITSM/ticketing tools, CMDB practicesLocation – Stevenage, UKBusiness Unit – MFGADMCompensation – Competitive (including bonus)Job SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled L2/L3 Support Engineer to provide advanced application and platform support across enterprise IT systems and business-critical applications. The role is responsible for incident resolution, service improvement, platform administration, and technical troubleshooting while ensuring high availability, performance, and user satisfaction.The successful candidate will act as an escalation point for complex technical issues, working closely with business stakeholders, vendors, infrastructure teams, and application owners to maintain and enhance operational support services. The role requires strong knowledge of ITIL/ITSM processes, CMDB management, application administration, and reporting platforms, with a focus on delivering reliable and efficient support within SLA commitments.Location & Security RequirementsCandidates who have previously held Security Check (SC) Clearance or are eligible to obtain SC Clearance will be preferred.Should be based within reasonable commuting distance of Stevenage, United Kingdom, or be willing to travel regularly to the Stevenage office/customer site as required.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide L2/L3 AMS support across multiple COTS and enterprise applications, ensuring service continuity, SLA adherence and high-quality resolution outcomes.Triage, diagnose and resolve incidents; provide workarounds where permanent fixes require change, and maintain clear communication with users and stakeholders throughout the ticket lifecycle.Perform root cause analysis for recurring/major incidents, document findings, maintain known error records and implement preventive actions through problem management.Support service requests covering access, configuration, data updates, application housekeeping and catalogue-driven fulfilment.Coordinate change and release activities including impact assessment, RFC creation, CAB support, deployment validation, back-out planning and post-implementation checks.Maintain operational documentation including SOPs, runbooks, knowledge articles, support models, configuration records and handover artefacts.Work closely with product vendors, third-party suppliers, Service Desk, infrastructure, security and business teams to manage dependencies and restoration paths.Support monitoring, health checks, certificate/service account tracking, vulnerability remediation, patching coordination and license/renewal reporting where applicable.Contribute to service improvement through trend analysis, automation opportunities, backlog reduction, knowledge reuse and operational reporting.Required Skills/Experience:Application Management Services (AMS) experience in a managed services or enterprise support environment.Understanding of ITIL-aligned incident, problem, change, release, service request, configuration and knowledge management processes.relevant IT experience, including hands-on AMS/application support for enterprise applications.Experience supporting multiple COTS/business applications; exposure to multiple tools such as SharePoint, SharpCloud, Visiativ, Pro-Sapien, Power BI or similar is preferred.Microsoft Administration and Power BI Administration are preferredBasic SQL and user access management knowledge is good to haveStrong troubleshooting skills across application, interface, data, access, configuration and environment issues.Working knowledge of ITSM/ticketing tools, CMDB practices, SLA/KPI reporting, dashboarding and operational governance.Ability to analyse logs, coordinate with infrastructure/database/security teams and manage dependencies with product vendors.Good understanding of patching, vulnerability remediation, application maintenance, certificate tracking and service account governance.Basic SQL/database understanding and awareness of integrations, APIs, job scheduling, file transfers and application interfaces.Experience working with onsite, offshore and third-party teams in a structured support model.Preferred Experience:Aerospace, defence, manufacturing or regulated-industry experience is desirable.Personal SkillsBesides the professional qualifications, we respect and place equal importance to the candidate’s personality which facilitates success in customer environments. Few traits we look for are:High analytical skillsA high degree of initiative, flexibility and adaptabilityHigh customer orientationGood team engaging skillsQuality awarenessGood verbal and written communication skillsTransparency and IntegrityAbout InfosysInfosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation.With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in 59 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.All aspects of employment at Infosys are based on merit, competence and performance. We are committed to embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Infosys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer