Senior Technical Application Specialist

End Date Tuesday 28 October 2025 Salary Range £70,929 - £78,810 Flexible Working Options Job Share Job Description Summary - Job Description Job Title : Senior Technical Application Specialist Salary : £70,929 - £78,810 Location: Chester Hours: Full Time Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days per week) in our Chester office.Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. About this opportunity Exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Application Specialist to join our Financial Wellbeing Platform. You'll be an experienced specialist capable of handling complex projects and mentoring junior team members. What you'll do Accountable for the design, build and implementation of Front and Back end changes with a focus on operational stability, robustness, resilience and quality. Ensuring this is in collaboration with Architecture and Engineering principles. Provide Domain Expert input into systems development, integrations and architecture. Collaborate with a broad set of technical specialists and engineers across Financial Wellbeing and other value streams to solve challenges and deliver valuable solutions to our customers. Lead complex technical projects within the specialist area Develop and implement best practices and standards Mentor junior specialists and team members Evaluate and recommend new technologies and methodologies Conduct root cause analysis for critical issues Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot projects Contribute to the development of technical strategies Oversee the implementation of complex technical solutions Contribute to thought leadership through articles, presentations, or whitepapers What you'll need: Skilled at aligning application configurations with business requirements to optimize supporting customers in financial difficulties. Proficient in using ETL tools such as Pentaho Data Integration for designing, testing and deploying data transformation workflows. Skilled at extracting, transforming and loading data across various source ensuring accuracy and efficiency in data pipelines. Strong knowledge of database optimisation, indexing and performance tuning to support reliable operations. Experience in SQL Server for database administration, SQL statements, complex stored procedures, dynamic SQL queries, functions, scripts and using SQL to query, analyse and manipulate data. Adjusting application settings, creating custom fields and modifying user interfaces to enhance functionality and user experience. Strong adoption of version control and source code management. And any experience of these would be really useful: Release management knowledge Collections and Recoveries process knowledge Experience in designing and implementing Batch Processing Architectures About working for us Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in/all its forms.We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes: A generous pension contribution of up to 15%. An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance. Share schemes including free shares. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping. 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top. A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies. Apply today and find out more! At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.