Technical Service Engineer

Motion Recruitment
Mountain View, CA

Our client, an automotive software company, is looking for someone to join their team as a Technical Service Engineer. This role is onsite in Mountain View, CA.


*This is an ongoing W2 contract with benefits offered*


This role serves as a senior escalation point for complex technical issues and plays a key part in end-user support, office network reliability, and IT asset lifecycle management.


What You Will Be Doing

Help Desk & End-User Services

  • Lead daily Help Desk operations and support escalations
  • Manage onboarding/offboarding, access provisioning, and compliance tasks
  • Monitor SLAs, KPIs, and service performance metrics
  • Maintain documentation, SOPs, and knowledge base resources
  • Mentor junior administrators and support continuous process improvement
  • Support Windows, macOS, iOS, and Ubuntu environments
  • Manage digital workplace tools and collaboration platform efficiency
  • Participate in incident, change, and problem management activities

Network & Infrastructure Support

  • Provide second-line support for network and end-user connectivity issues
  • Assist with infrastructure upgrades, deployments, and migrations
  • Support implementation of network and AV hardware
  • Help maintain DNS, DHCP, VPN, wireless, and firewall environments
  • Contribute to security, audit, and compliance initiatives

IT Asset Lifecycle Management

  • Maintain hardware and software inventory accuracy
  • Track assets from procurement through retirement
  • Monitor licensing compliance and usage trends
  • Support hardware/software purchasing decisions
  • Generate reporting for internal governance and audits


Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of IT support / Help Desk experience
  • 2+ years in a senior or escalation support role
  • Strong troubleshooting experience across Windows, macOS, iOS, Ubuntu
  • Experience with ticketing systems (e.g., Jira Service Management)
  • Working knowledge of switches, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and wireless technologies
  • Experience with asset lifecycle and ITSM processes (e.g., ITIL)


Preferred Qualifications

Experience with identity platforms such as:

  • Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
  • SailPoint
  • Zscaler

Certifications such as:

  • CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+
  • Microsoft Modern Desktop Administrator
  • Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP)
  • CCNA
  • ITIL Foundation
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