Application Support Analyst

Whats in it for you

This role offers the unique opportunity to work with a diverse range of 20 APIs within a vast and dynamic technical estate. The environment is constantly evolving providing exposure to a wide variety of experiences and challenges that keep things engaging and fastpaced. The team itself is incredibly closeknit fostering a supportive atmosphere where collaboration and communication are key.

We are currently completing our transition to a new cloud native and event driven architecture utilising future proofing capabilities including microservices and APIs providing an amazing opportunity for you to employ and optimise your skills in a recognised market leader in financial services.

The team

You will be a part of a team of 10 people: 2 focus on managing finance applications while 7 oversee IT applications. This role will specifically involve managing IT applications.

What Youll Do:

• Provide daily support of production applications resolving issues promptly and efficiently.
• Continuously monitor application performance and system health implementing improvements where necessary.
• Manage major incidents ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on business operations with SLA.
• Diagnose and resolve technical issues related to application performance connectivity and functionality.
• Maintain detailed documentation of support activities including incident reports troubleshooting steps and user guides.
• Identify and record underlying problems from recurring incidents and major incidents.
• Managing customers expectation by providing updates for resolution of problems or delivery of requirements
• Assist endusers with technical application queries and provide training as needed.
• Work closely with engineering Product Managers IT infrastructure and other stakeholders to improve continuous integrations support and communication.
• Ensure all support activities comply with industry regulations and company policies

Qualifications :

Who You Are:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in application support
• Technical Skills:
  • Knowledge in Microsoft Azure AWS Microsoft Dynamics PostMan APIs Cloud services Confluence.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL  TSQL and Microsoft SQL Server
  • Experience with PowerShell Python for scripting and automation
  • Familiarity with HTML and XML for webbased applications and data exchange
  • ITIL & ITSM framework experience
  • Thorough understanding of Product & Software lifecycle
  • Experience using a service ticket applications e.g JIRA ServiceNow FreshDesk
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and fix complex technical issues. A passion for customer experience and a commitment to exceeding expectations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical users. Create technical knowhow documentation for the team.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with crossfunctional teams. Enjoy working in a friendly collaborative fastpaced team and are comfortable talking to people at all levels of business and technology.
• Appreciation of how functional fit and technical stability of applications underpin business efficiency.
• Are  a champion of operational risk reduction in a technology environment.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail to solve support queries

Additional Information :

What we offer

A competitive salary bonus pension and share incentive plan 
Untracked holiday 
Hybrid working   minimum 3 days a week in the office
Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud Digital GP & more 
Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender 
Life insurance critical illness cover and income protection 
Private medical insurance for you and your family 
Electric vehicle leasing 
The option to work overseas up to a month per year 

Our Values 
At our core we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. Thats why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders employees customers communities environment and shareholders are considered in every decision we make. 

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development we embrace and celebrate all races genders religions sexual orientations ages disabilities and socioeconomic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

Were proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability including neurodiversity and mental health conditions throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to optin to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process well be happy to accommodate where possible.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime