Tier 2 Support Lead

RTX RTX · Aerospace · warminster, Wiltshire, United Kingdom · Engineering

RTX is seeking a Tier 2 Support Lead for their OMNIA® Training team in Warminster, UK. This hybrid role involves managing the Second Line support team, ensuring timely resolution of incidents and service requests, overseeing ITIL processes, system monitoring, and technical liaison. The role requires experience in advanced technical support, ITIL practices, and managing escalated incidents, with a strong emphasis on SC clearance and experience in defence or regulated environments being desirable.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage the Second Line Team both Operational and Functionally.
  2. Lead the Tier 2 support function, ensuring timely resolution of incidents, service requests, and technical issues escalated from Tier 1 support.
  3. Oversee incident, problem, and change management activities in accordance with ITIL best practices.
  4. System monitoring, Event management and performance reporting
  5. Liaison with 1st and 3rd line teams ensuring a seamless flow of information across the organization, including sub-contractor SMEs and customer Resolver groups

Skills

Required

  • Proven experience in Tier 2 or advanced technical support within enterprise IT or operational environments.
  • Experience with ServiceDesk Plus or similar Service Management tools.
  • Experience supporting cloud-based environments (e.g. Azure, AWS) or hybrid infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of ITIL4 service management practices including incident, problem, and change management.
  • Experience managing escalated incidents and coordinating resolution across multiple technical teams.
  • Ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex technical issues across infrastructure, systems, or applications.
  • Experience monitoring system performance and identifying operational service risks.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise multiple incidents and service requests.
  • Experience producing incident reports, root cause analysis, and operational documentation.
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills for managing escalations and service updates.
  • ITIL certification (Foundation or higher).
  • Holds or is eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC).

Nice to have

  • Experience working within defence, government, or regulated engineering programmes.
  • Experience of knowledge is application containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Experience with system monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Kabana).
  • Experience with Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Familiarity with enterprise service management platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Jira Service Management).
  • Experience supporting applications within complex system or platform environments.
  • Understanding of DevOps or DevSecOps environments and support practices.

What the JD emphasized

  • SC clearance
  • SC clearance