Technical Application Analyst

Our defence client is looking for an experienced Technical Application Analyst to provide technical leadership and architectural ownership for the Maxavera and Primavera P6 platforms supporting enterprise project and portfolio management capabilities. This role will act as the technical authority for the application stack, ensuring both platforms are designed, implemented, and maintained in line with enterprise architecture standards. The position plays a critical role in stabilising the current platform, addressing P6 obsolescence risks, and supporting the transition toward a strategic long-term solution for project scheduling and portfolio management. Working closely with product owners, solution architects, digital teams, and business stakeholders, the role will ensure the platforms remain secure, performant, and aligned with evolving business and technology requirements., Application Architecture & Platform Ownership -

• Act as the technical authority for the Maxavera and Primavera P6 platforms, providing architectural oversight across application, infrastructure, and integration layers.
• Ensure applications are implemented and configured according to approved architecture and design standards.
• Review and sign off as-built configurations, ensuring alignment with designed architecture and enterprise technology standards.
• Maintain ownership of application configuration management and technical platform integrity.

Platform Strategy & Modernisation -

• Support the development of tactical solutions addressing Primavera P6 platform obsolescence.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the strategic future-state architecture for the P6 platform.
• Evaluate opportunities to optimise or modernise the platform landscape supporting enterprise project controls.

Application Lifecycle Management -

• Lead technical oversight of the application lifecycle, including upgrades, patching, configuration management, and system enhancements.
• Ensure ongoing system maintenance aligns with enterprise architecture, security standards, and operational requirements.

Operational Stability & Service Management -

• Work collaboratively with business and digital teams to manage incidents, problems, and service requests, ensuring agreed service levels are met.
• Support root cause analysis and remediation of complex platform issues.

Governance, Compliance & Technical Documentation -

• Produce and maintain technical architecture and configuration documentation required for governance and Change Review Board (CRB) processes.
• Ensure platform changes follow agreed governance frameworks, architectural standards, and digital solution processes.

Agile Delivery & Cross-Team Collaboration -

• Work within Agile delivery teams, contributing to sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Provide technical guidance to delivery teams and collaborate closely with solution architects, product owners, and engineering teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across the platform and delivery processes.

Technical Skills & Experience: Primavera P6 & Maxavera -

• Strong technical expertise supporting Primavera P6 enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of P6 architecture, configuration, platform deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting Maxavera project and portfolio management solutions or similar enterprise portfolio management platforms., * Experience designing and supporting enterprise application architectures across application, database, and infrastructure layers.

• Knowledge of platform configuration management, system integration, and environment management.

Service & Delivery Frameworks -

• Experience supporting enterprise IT service management frameworks (incident, problem, change).
• Familiarity with technical governance, CRB processes, and architecture documentation.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Experience supporting enterprise project controls or scheduling platforms is highly desirable. Experience contributing to application modernisation or platform replacement programmes is advantageous.