Lexstra Plc
Liverpool, Lancashire
Oct 04, 2021
Applications Analyst required by a large financial services firm to provide support, maintenance, development and security of portfolio investment and accounting systems. You will be required to provide 2nd and 3rd line technical support while also contributing to strategic development and maintenance. You will act as a Subject Matter Expert & Single Point of Contact for projects and minor enhancements, working on Technology and Change Projects, CSI initiatives and BAU. You will need to follow structured release management processes while implementing new software releases, minor enhancements or change introduced as part of project and BAU delivery. You will also be responsible for carrying out detailed root cause analysis, maintaining good third party vendor relationships and aiding in the progress of ongoing development work. You will be expected to maintain a good awareness of developing applications, with full life cycle applications support and management experience. The successful candidate must have strong skills and demonstrable experience in the following: Experience of supporting business applications. Experience using ITSM tool (preferably Service Now). Exposure to ITIL practices including Incident, Problem, Release, Request, Change and Risk Management. Experience supporting integrated applications. Software transition and release management. Vendor management. Experience of the following is desirable: Intersystems Caché/IRIS database. ITIL v4 qualified. Financial Services experience. ObjectScript. Object Oriented programming. Transact SQL. Data messaging formats such as JSON or XML. Supporting applications in Windows based environment (ideally Windows Server 2012+). Experience of application delivery through Citrix. Deployment of applications to a cloud infrastructure. Educated to degree level or relevant professional qualifications. ITIL accreditation. Experience of working with Finance applications such as Sun Accounting.