Central Services Engineer
About Ekco
🚀 Founded in 2016, Ekco has quickly become one of Europe’s fastest-growing cloud solution providers and your trusted security-first Managed Service Provider.
IT leaders choose Ekco to drive operational efficiency, scale smarter and stay ahead of risk – powered by local expertise, delivered at European scale.
We specialise in helping organisations advance their cloud maturity guiding transformation, strengthening security, and maximising the value of their technology investments.
☁️ In simple terms: we help organisations modernise with confidence securing their systems, optimising their cloud, and keeping them resilient in a rapidly changing world.
🌍 Today, we’re a thriving team of 1,000+ talented and supportive colleagues across the UK, Ireland, Benelux, South Africa, and Malaysia—and we’re continuing to grow.
At Ekco, how we work matters as much as what we deliver. Our people live by four core values that shape everything we do:
On It: We take ownership, follow through, and get things done.
All In : We collaborate, support each other, and commit fully to shared goals.
Connected: We build trusted relationships with colleagues, clients, and partners.
Hungry to Grow: We stay curious, keep learning, and push ourselves to the next level.
🏠If these values resonate with you, you’ll feel right at home here.
The Role
This candidate for this position will need to have the knowledge and ability to maintain and configure Ekco MSP’s backup solutions for clients, have proficiency when using ConnectWise Manage and N Able N-Central RMM, and have vast knowledge of Ekco MSP client environments and Ekco MSP solutions.
Responsibilities:
• Work as part of a team shift to deliver 24/7 services to our customers.
• Manage and report on client backups. • Ensure new customers are correctly onboarded into Central Services.
• Ensure existing customers are correctly offboarded by Central Services.
• Create and manage automations generated within N-Able N-Central.
• Create and manage monitors generated within N-Able N-Central.
• Handle any internal requests/issues relating to ConnectWise Manage and N-Central.
• Liaise with deployments, projects, sales and service departments when required.
• Manage patching for all clients for both servers, endpoints and firewalls.
• Triage alerts from third-party SOC & SIEM providers • Cover helpdesk support during an emergency on request
Requirements:
Minimum of 2+ years’ experience as a Level 2 Service Desk Engineer.
Proven knowledge of a ticketing system and RMM system.
Experience working with Microsoft 365, Azure and Active Directory.
Proven experience with Windows and Mac desktop and server operating systems.
Experience in backup solutions.
Experience working with networks and networking hardware.
Engineers should be at least a Tier 2 skill Set.
Knowledge of networking hardware: switches, wireless access points, network firewalls and routers.
Knowledge of networking principles, administration of firewalls and other networking equipment.
Administration of Windows Server OS’ and virtualisation
IT industry certifications are preferred, specifically CompTIA A+ and Network +. Microsoft 355 and Azure certifications also.
Benefits / Perks
• ☀️ Time Off: 25 days annual leave + public holidays
• 🎂 Birthday Leave: One extra day off to celebrate
• 💰 Company Pension Scheme
• 📞 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support
• 🏃♀️ EkcOlympics: Global team activity challenges
• 📚 Unlimited access to Pluralsight for continuous development
• 🌱 Real opportunities to grow, including international progression
Why Ekco
🏅 Company of the year 2026 Tech Excellence Awards
⭐️ Microsoft’s 2023 Rising Star Security Partner of the Year
🚀 First Irish Microsoft MSP to achieve all four Microsoft Security Specializations
🌈 A culture rooted in diversity, equality, inclusion & belonging
🎉 A commitment to internal mobility and career progression
✨ Flexible, family-friendly working at the heart of our culture
🔐 Proud to be your trusted security-first Managed Service Provider chosen by IT leaders to drive operational efficiency, scale smarter and stay ahead of risk.
- Department
- Technical Delivery
- Locations
- Cape Town - South Africa