1st Line Application Support Analyst

Salary: up to £23,000 per annum



Our client is a supplier of clinical software solutions to the NHS and have seen growth over the last 30 years – an excellent time to be joining their software / application support team.

 

The Application Support Analyst will play an integral part of the support process, working and assisting senior members of the team and supporting our core software across all customers. You will be the first point of call for all software application IT issues that come via the service desk system.

 

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible, with a keen focus on quality and have excellent interpersonal skills. This is an excellent opportunity to develop system skills and work as part of a technical team.

 

Technical Skills:

 

·         Hands-on application support or training courses undertaken with any of the following will be advantageous:

o Bespoke Software Solutions

o SQL

o ITIL

o PowerBI

o JIRA/ Confluence

o Microsoft teams

o Azure/cloud exposure

·         Previous experience in a support or helpdesk role is desirable

·         Higher education/degree in a technical field is desirable

·         Good understanding of IT systems and databases

·         Good/Advanced Excel skills

·         A broad overview of IT issues, both software and hardware

 

Personal Skills:

 

·         Confidence to communicate with customers in a professional manner, remotely or over the phone

·         Must be able to work as part of a team but also independently where appropriate

·         Must be able to prioritise work with the ability to adapt to a fluid and varied workload

·         Natural desire to investigate and diagnose issues and document processes as and when required

·         Able to work in a logical and systematic fashion

·         Demonstrate problem solving and troubleshooting skills

·         Exhibit a flexible, can-do attitude to problem solving using own initiative.

·         Be reliable and motivated with the ability to stay focused when working from home

·         Demonstrate an attention to detail

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

·         Provide 1st line support for company software applications using JIRA

·         To triage, diagnose, investigate, and resolve service desk calls in accordance with SLAs (Service Level Agreements)

·         To escalate issues appropriately and work with senior members of the team in a timely fashion

·         Liaise with 3rd party suppliers to resolve customer issues

·         To review customer environments daily to ensure integrity of the system, this will include checking incoming data feeds and data loads across all sites, monitor alerts, checking for any errors in functionality and reporting back to customers where required

·         Access management: To review and grant access to our Cloud Access Security (CAS). This includes reviewing and maintaining all customer CAS boards

·         To maintain the documentation library (knowledge base on Confluence)

·         To assist the technical teams to ensure that systems are in the same state pre and post patching

·         Additional tasks as required to support the Operations team



1^st Line Application Support Analyst

Hybrid role with working in Milton Keynes office 2/3 times a month

Up to £23,000 per annum

Permanent

LH10550



Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Agency for this role.