End user computing engineer
Find out what an end user computing engineer in government does and the skills you need to do the role at each level.
Last updated 30 August 2024 — See all updates
Contents
- — What an end user computing engineer does
- — End user computing engineer role levels
- — 1. Associate end user computing engineer
- — 2. End user computing engineer
- — 3. Senior end user computing engineer
- — 4. Lead end user computing engineer
- — 5. Principal end user computing engineer
- — Roles that share end user computing engineer skills
What an end user computing engineer does
An end user computing engineer is responsible for managing the product life cycle of all service-raised incidents (incident control) and all service requests (request control), requiring the use of knowledge management. In this role, you will also be responsible for informing customers on progress and advising on workarounds where necessary, as well as the support and maintenance of end user services.
End user computing engineer role levels
There are 5 end user computing engineer role levels, from associate end user computing engineer to principal end user computing engineer.
The typical responsibilities and skills for each role level are described in the sections below. You can use this to identify the skills you need to progress in your career, or simply to learn more about each role in the Government Digital and Data profession.
1. Associate end user computing engineer
As a trainee, you will work in an established team and support end user computing engineers in their daily work, under their direction.
This role level is often performed at the Civil Service job grade of:
- AO (Administrative Officer)
- EO (Executive Officer)
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Level: awareness Awareness is the first of 4 ascending skill levels |
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2. End user computing engineer
An end user computing engineer works on-site, maintaining hardware and fixing technical problems as quickly as possible.
At this role level, you will:
- provide first-time resolution by troubleshooting and diagnosing or escalating faults (or both) to service desk managers, incident managers and problem managers to investigate and resolve
- coach associates and share knowledge with team colleagues
This role level is often performed at the Civil Service job grade of:
- EO (Executive Officer)
- HEO (Higher Executive Officer)
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Asset and configuration management Level: working Working is the second of 4 ascending skill levels |
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Service management framework knowledge Level: awareness Awareness is the first of 4 ascending skill levels |
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3. Senior end user computing engineer
A senior end user computing engineer is responsible for managing the team but also gets involved in solving technical problems.
At this role level, you will:
- manage, co-ordinate and prioritise tasks to resolve technical incidents as quickly as possible
- work closely with infrastructure, capacity managers and availability managers to fix technical problems and identify and escalate repeat issues to the lead end user computing engineer, the incident or problem manager and software developers
This role level is often performed at the Civil Service job grade of:
- HEO (Higher Executive Officer)
- SEO (Senior Executive Officer)
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Asset and configuration management Level: working Working is the second of 4 ascending skill levels |
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4. Lead end user computing engineer
A lead end user computing engineer has expert technical understanding and is accountable for vendor and supplier management. At this level, you will work with relevant IT operations and other functions, such as technical architecture, to understand lower level productivity, development and feasibility.
This role level is often performed at the Civil Service job grade of:
- SEO (Senior Executive Officer)
- G7 (Grade 7)
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Asset and configuration management Level: working Working is the second of 4 ascending skill levels |
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Level: practitioner Practitioner is the third of 4 ascending skill levels |
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5. Principal end user computing engineer
A principal end user computing engineer owns the strategy roadmap and leads on resourcing, learning and development for their team. At this level, you look at the bigger picture and understand trends in the business.
This role level is often performed at the Civil Service job grade of:
- G7 (Grade 7)
- G6 (Grade 6)
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Asset and configuration management Level: practitioner Practitioner is the third of 4 ascending skill levels |
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Level: expert Expert is the fourth of 4 ascending skill levels |
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Roles that share end user computing engineer skills
Updates
Published 7 January 2020
Last updated 30 August 2024
30 August 2024
- The skill level descriptions for 'change management' have been updated to improve clarity and ensure consistency across the framework. No change was made to the meaning of skill level descriptions.
31 May 2024
- The indicative job grades for the 'associate end user computing engineer' role level have been updated from 'EO and HEO' to 'AO and EO'. This change is based on the latest data on the most common grades for these role levels across government.
7 January 2020
- First published.