Senior Application/Platform Engineer

Senior Application/Platform Engineer £55,000 - £70,000 (Negotiable on experience)Leeds/Hybrid 2x per week

Your New Role
Our client is looking for a Senior Application Support Engineer on a permanent basis. This role will partner with business product owners and is expected to become the Technical SME for a collection of the organisations Back Office systems providing techno-functional support and product delivery services for those systems.

What you will be doing

• Be the technical owner for key Back Office systems and tools. Provide application techno-functional support for a range of enterprise-level Back Office systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, working closely with vendor support teams as needed to ensure high system reliability and performance
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams, including project managers, business analysts, and IT partners, to ensure seamless product delivery and support of systems in scope.
• Where applicable, review, update/comment and approve the relevant documentation (eg strategy documents, technical/functional solution designs, configuration workbooks, test plan etc.) produced by software vendors in your area of responsibility, ensuring it is in line with Bank standards, policies and procedures.
• Share technical expertise during workshops and training sessions with relevant stakeholders to educate on best practices, functionalities, and capabilities of the applications in scope.
• Support data and system integration efforts between the systems in scope and other systems, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
• Assist in the migration of existing Legacy solutions to more modern infrastructure (or to the Cloud, where applicable) or to other existing systems, providing guidance on data migration and validation
  processes.
• Develop custom reports, dashboards, and data visualizations to meet reporting requirements.

What you will need

• Having a good level of experience in a wide variety of Back Office systems, you will maintain, troubleshoot and enhance a broad range of systems that keep day-to-day operations running smoothly.
• Extensive application product delivery and support experience with Back Office systems
• Demonstrable knowledge, skills and experience of the management, support, configuration, upgrade, and enhancements of Enterprise Applications
• Good Scripting experience (eg Python, Javascript or Shell) to support small automations and data tasks
• Ability to analyse and resolve problems unassisted and to perform all development and changes with minimum guidance

Essential Criteria We are interested in hearing from candidates who have the following capabilities:

• A strong working knowledge of different (relational) database management systems (eg MS SQL Server, Oracle) and proven competency of querying using PL/SQL or SQL Developer
• Working knowledge administering multiple DBMS/BI tools.
• Demonstrable experience with implementing and supporting SaaS solutions, working with external suppliers to integrate with internal systems (ie SSO)
• IT consulting and/or support background (ITIL, working knowledge of SDLC and of IT infrastructure like server and database management) as well as in depth business processes experience.

What you get in return In return, you'll receive a competitive salary of £55,000 - £70,000, on a permanent basis. You'll also benefit from an excellent package that includes private medical insurance, fantastic annual leave and a generous pension scheme, making this a highly attractive opportunity.

What you need to do now

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