Systems Support Specialist

ICON

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON’s global expertise.

As the world’s largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Systems Support Specialist at ICON, you will contribute to our client services function, working collaboratively to deliver high-quality outcomes across our clinical programmes.

What You Will Do:

You will take responsibility for scientific operations deliverables, applying your skills to ensure quality and efficiency.

Key responsibilities include:

• User Support: Provide technical assistance and support to end-users, offering prompt solutions to hardware and software issues while maintaining a positive customer service experience.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues by researching and utilizing appropriate resources, tools, and processes.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date system documentation, ensuring that all processes are well-documented for optimal IT functionality.
• System Monitoring: Regularly monitor systems to detect and resolve operational problems, aiming to prevent service disruptions.
• Training: Assist in training end-users on various IT systems and applications to enhance their proficiency.
• Recommendations: Collaborate with the IT team to identify areas for improvement, propose recommendations for system enhancements, and support system upgrades and deployments.

Your Profile:

You will bring relevant scientific operations experience, along with the following qualifications and skills.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience in IT support, troubleshooting, and system maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of hardware and software components, network configuration, and IT security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical information effectively.
• Detail-oriented and committed to providing top-notch customer service.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+) are a plus.

What ICON can offer you: Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.