IT Service Desk Engineer Apprentice
Qa Limited · Leeds · posted 7 September 2026
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- Adopt ITIL best practice, to handle incoming incidents or requests to the Service Desk via: telephone, email or end-user portal to ensure courteous, timely and effective resolution of end user issues
- Escalate incidents where required to 2nd and 3rd line teams
- Display excellent customer service and maintain outstanding customer satisfaction levels
- Record end user identification information
- Record incident details with a high level of accuracy
- Carry out initial analysis on incidents and requests to assess appropriate next steps
- Prioritise, schedule and escalate incidents as and when required
Your training
Why choose our Azure Cloud Support Specialist apprenticeship?
The new Microsoft Azure Cloud Support Specialist Level 3 programme has been designed in partnership with Microsoft to build Azure cloud capabilities in your organisation.
This new Microsoft apprenticeship is part of QA's drive to support Microsoft’s Get On 2021 campaign, a five-year initiative to help 1.5 million people build careers in technology and help 300,000 connect to tech job opportunities.
QA’s Azure Cloud Support Specialist Level 3 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:
- Learn on-premise and cloud-enabled technologies and services
- Learn technical content that aligns to and is relevant to employers and the market
- Gain an Azure Fundamentals qualification and a Microsoft 365 fundamentals qualification
- Get an introduction to Windows, Linux and PowerShell
Tools and technologies learned: Learners will learn to use Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Windows 10, AWS, Linux, PowerShell.
Where it leads
90% of QA apprentices secure permanent employment after completing: this is 20% higher than the national average.
About Qa Limited
We are QA. We shape the next generation of technologists, leaders and innovators. By powering potential – the potential of over a quarter of a million learners a year. We empower them to push boundaries and thrive in the workplace.
Why we do learning:
For over 30 years, we’ve worked in technology – where the impact of great learning is changing the world.
A bold statement, but hear us out. We are right at the centre of a technological revolution. Devices are not just connecting people, cities and countries – they are connecting to each other, collecting data and using it to learn and make themselves better. Soon we will have cars that can drive themselves, fridges that make sure we never run out of milk and computers that can learn from their own mistakes.
Driving this revolution? People.
And this is where we come in.
People advancing their knowledge in technology – to enrich society – build a new culture – better how we live our lives, and how we work together.
People are learning to use technology to drive phenomenal change. This is our passion – powering their potential.
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE 3 of any subject (grade 4+ (A* - C)) — essential
- GCSE Maths & English (grade 3+ (D or above)) — essential
Where you'll work
- Islington House, Brown Lane West, Leeds, LS12 6BD
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