Application Support

Knutsford, United Kingdom

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Date live: 11/10/2022

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Technology

Reference Code: 90280987

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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Application Support Specialist
Radbroke

As a Barclays Application Support Specialist you will use your skills and experience to provide incident and problem management across the BPF (Barclays Partner Finance) servicing and onboarding applications, meeting the Banks SLA for incident management, joining MIM calls and supporting 24 x 7 x 365 systems. You will be part of a global team, who work in follow-the-sun mode, of technology specialist accountable for production support.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

This opportunity is open to dynamic working arrangements. Such as working from home, flexible or compressed hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please apply and discuss this with us during the hiring process.

What will you be doing?
• Taking responsibility for technical solution to incidents and problems, reacting quickly and as necessary to live software errors to limit downtime and resolve issues
• Taking accountability for ownership and execution of all application related activities related to the day to day operations of the Banks production applications
• Prioritising individual Incidents and ensuring the delivery of solutions in line with the Service Level agreements and Operational Level Agreements
• Supporting the handover of new or enhanced software into business-as-usual (BAU) operation, absorbing and assimilating the information
• Delivering documentation to agreed standards, on time and error free
• Providing 24/7 cover and support, providing expertise and specialised system knowledge to allow resolution of key incidents outside of business hours
• Identifying proactive remedial strategies to prevent future software problems and to improve the quality of delivered software

What we’re looking for:
• Solid experience of IT software support and working within an ITIL Environment
• Previous experience in large-scale blue-chip organisations such as Barclays
• Flexible approach and ability to work under pressure and sound time management and organisational skills
• Good written and oral communications skills and ability to provide On call support, 24*7

Skills that will help you in the role:
• Previous second line application support experience is preferred
• Graduate engineering degree or technical degree would be beneficial
• Knowledge of ITIL processes would be ideal

Where will you be working?
You will be based in Radbroke, Knutsford. The Barclays Technology Campus just outside Manchester is our tech command centre and a vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. The campus is set in a 64 acre self-contained site, in a beautiful green environment and it offers unrivalled facilities for work and for play. We have an onsite gym, as well as outdoor tennis, football and cricket areas, as well as onsite restaurant and coffee shops.

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