First Military Recruitment
Application Engineer
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GC148: Application Operations Engineer
Location: Exeter (12-month contract, 1 day per week on site)
Salary: £530 - £600 per day
Overview:
As an Applications Operations Engineer in the Support Team, you will be part of the team supporting a new platform as it gets developed and increases in use. Specifically, this role will focus on configuring and managing the data products that need to be set up to ensure that Operational Meteorologists can use the system.
Key Responsibilities:
- Configuring products on the Vortex platform
- Using languages such as Handlebars.js/Moustache.js (product template logic) and Typst (product output layouts)
- Supporting the onboarding journey of these products by collaborating with stakeholders including Product Managers and Service Delivery Managers
- Reconfiguring these products once they have been onboarded
- Working as part of the team
- Manage Changes, Incidents, and Problems using ServiceNow
- Being a member of a multi-disciplinary team as it matures to support the Vortex and its users
- Assisting with testing, verifying, and providing feedback on system functionality provided by Vortex development teams when required.
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General Skill Requirements:
Configuration Management
- Maintain secure configurations and accurate information.
Service Availability and Capacity Management
- Manage service components to ensure they meet business needs and KPIs.
Change Management
- Implement change requests.
- Apply change control procedures under supervision.
Continual Service Improvement
- Understand process efficiency improvement techniques and common optimization approaches.
- Support activities that improve development processes.
- Identify obvious process deficiencies.
Incident Management
- Identify and log incidents.
- Gather required information and route incidents through the correct channels.
Ownership and Initiative
- Take ownership of issues until they are resolved, mitigated, or transferred to a new owner.
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Problem Management
- Investigate problems affecting systems, processes, and services.
- Recognize whether problems are strategic, tactical, or operational.
- Contribute to implementing fixes and preventative measures.
Technical Specialism
- Support technical activities.
- Carry out routine maintenance and administration tasks.
Technical Understanding
- Ability to develop an awareness of relevant subject matter and a high-level understanding of key concepts.
Testing
- Execute test scripts correctly under supervision.
- Understand the purpose and role of testing.
User Focus
- Engage with users and stakeholders to gather evidence of user needs.
- Define and support research activities aligned with user requirements.
- Use qualitative and quantitative user data to drive outcomes.
Working Arrangements:
Working Pattern: 1 Day per Week on site
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