Application Support Engineer

Position: Application Support Engineer
Location: Stockport, Cheshire
Salary: £ Excellent

We have a number of exciting opportunities within our Applications Support team for candidates with significant knowledge of creating and supporting multiple server environments, gained in a commercial environment (ideally an Application Service Provider – ASP).

The successful candidate will be self-motivated, proactive and innovative in resolving technical issues.

Scope Of Job
•Environment Set Up and Support – Creation, monitoring and support of the multi-tier environments (development, live, test, UAT) used internally in CDL and hosted for external customers
•Application Deployment – Build the “in house” developed application and deploy into the development and client environments
•Research and Development – Help define technical strategy and direction
•Staff Development – Assist with the development of technical skills within the team
•Commercial – Maintain an awareness of client and organisational requirements
•Communication – Provide timely communication to colleagues and internal/external clients

Qualifications
•Educated to A level standard in a vocational qualification in an IT related subject

Experience
•1 – 2 years technical/support experience
•Working knowledge of operating systems, preferably Linux or Microsoft Server
•Proven and demonstrable ability of scripting for automating repetitive tasks (e.g. Jython, Unix shell script and/or Windows scripting)
•Knowledge of enterprise java (JEE and EJB) application servers, preferably Weblogic, Websphere and/or JBoss is desirable
•Knowledge of software configuration, build and deployment tools, preferably Hudson, Git and/or Jenkins is desirable
•Knowledge of relational database systems is desirable, preferably Oracle
•Knowledge of server hardware, networking and security is desirable
•Communication up to management level with external and internal clients
•Providing technical advice to colleagues and non-technical people

We can only accept applications from candidates who are entitled to live and work in the UK.

Please Note: Due to the nature of our business all successful candidates will be subject to Criminal Records and Credit Reference checks.

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