Applications Analyst

We're looking for someone with a solid foundation in application support and development who's ready to take the next step in their career. This role focuses on delivering functional expertise, supporting key business applications and helping to ensure they run smoothly, reliably and in line with agreed SLAs. You'll play an important part in configuring and maintaining application solutions, carrying out testing and supporting the delivery of enhancements that meet real business needs. What you'll be doing Working closely with sponsors and colleagues across IT, you'll help shape application requirements and contribute to developing practical, effective solutions. You'll take ownership of your assigned tasks, monitor progress and raise risks or issues when needed. Day-to-day, you'll configure or develop application components from clear design specifications, carry out unit and integration testing and support regular releases by turning business requests into delivered functionality. You'll also play a key role in third-line application support, helping investigate and resolve issues while ensuring new features or updates are smoothly transitioned into the production environment. Producing accurate documentation and sharing knowledge with operational teams will be an important part of how you support long-term stability. While you won't be expected to design complex integrations or lead architectural work, you'll be working with experienced colleagues and third parties to ensure solutions and support activity stay on track and aligned with wider IT standards. What you'll bring To thrive in this role, you'll bring experience in application development or configuration and a genuine interest in building your technical knowledge. Strong communication skills, good organisation and the ability to manage multiple workstreams will help you succeed in a busy environment. You'll be comfortable working with both technical teams and business stakeholders, approaching challenges with a practical, solutions-focused mindset. Experience in project delivery environments is beneficial, along with a willingness to learn, adapt and develop as part of a collaborative hybrid team. If you're looking for a role that offers hands-on experience, real responsibility and the chance to grow within a supportive IT function, we'd love to hear from you. What's in it for you

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As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to 'nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously. We're investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.