Application Support Developer
Posted 1 day ago by Network IT Recruitment
£45,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Birmingham, UK
Summary: The Application Support Developer role involves joining a Birmingham-based organization to lead application support for critical services. The position requires a blend of application support and software development skills, with a focus on maintaining high performance standards. This is an 18-month fixed-term opportunity, requiring on-site presence once a week. Experience with library management systems is highly desirable but not mandatory.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead application support for a specific subset of applications and systems.
- Ensure the environment performs to high standards.
- Involve in system implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of systems.
Key Skills:
- Commercial application support experience.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of ITIL.
- Problem, Change, and Incident management.
- Application testing life cycle.
- Proven technical/development skills in Linux, Python, XML, Perl or similar scripting language, and JavaScript.
Salary (Rate): £55,000 yearly
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Role: Application Support Developer
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid - 1 Days A Week In-Office)
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (Up to £55,000 with Library Systems Experience)
Benefits: Competitive Pension and Annual Leave
Employment Status: Fixed-Term (18 Months Initially)
Network IT are looking for an Application Support Developer, someone who will join a leading Birmingham-based organisation to support a dynamic application support function. You will lead a specific subset of applications and systems for a critical service, ensuring the environment continues to perform to high standards.
This role is initially an 18-Month Fixed-Term opportunity and will require you to be on-site in Birmingham once a week, please ensure you are OK with both criteria before applying.
Role Overview
In leading against the systems and applications of this specific function, you will be involved in application support for their users, alongside broader environment projects such as system implementations, upgrades, and integrations.
Due to the technical nature of the environment, support of their systems will require you to have some level of software development skills so you can ensure said systems remain performative, and you can contribute to continuous improvement.
Additionally, if you have any experience managing library management systems, this is highly desirable, but not mandatory.
Experience Required
- Commercial application support experience.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- A knowledge of ITIL.
- Problem, Change and Incident management.
- Application testing life cycle.
- Proven technical/development skills:
- Linux, Python and XML.
- Perl or similar Scripting language.
- JavaScript.