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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Applications Support - **Company:** Experis - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £70,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Batch Processing, Business Software, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring of Systems, Release Management, Systems Integration, Scripting, Sql Optimization - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2961512285-2 ## About the Role Essential Experience * Strong application support or application engineering experience within financial services or another complex, highly regulated environment. * Experience supporting business-critical applications in production. * Excellent troubleshooting, diagnostic, and root cause analysis skills. * Strong understanding of Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management practices. * Experience working with third-party vendors and technology suppliers. * Advanced SQL and data analysis skills. * Experience supporting integrations, interfaces, and batch processing. * Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * A proactive mindset focused on service improvement, automation, and operational resilience. Desirable Experience * Experience supporting investment management, wealth management, trading, or financial platforms. * ITIL certification or strong ITIL working knowledge. * Experience with monitoring and observability tools. * Scripting or automation experience. * Knowledge of operational resilience, disaster recovery, and security controls. * Experience contributing to platform upgrades, migrations, and technology transformation initiatives. About You You'll be someone who: * Enjoys solving complex technical problems. * Takes ownership and sees issues through to resolution. * Thrives in environments where reliability and service quality are critical. * Builds strong relationships and communicates effectively with stakeholders. * Looks beyond day-to-day support to identify opportunities for improvement. * Is passionate about delivering stable, resilient, and efficient technology services. ## Description We are seeking an experienced and technically strong Application Engineer to join a specialist technology team responsible for supporting and enhancing a portfolio of business-critical investment applications. This is a hands-on role supporting front and back-office systems that are central to daily operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining service stability, driving operational excellence, supporting technology change, and ensuring highly resilient and reliable platforms. The role combines technical troubleshooting, stakeholder engagement, supplier management, and continuous service improvement. The Opportunity You'll join a collaborative team responsible for the operational support, maintenance, enhancement, and continuous improvement of critical business applications. Working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and third-party vendors, you'll help ensure services remain available, performant, secure, and fit for purpose while contributing to strategic projects and platform improvements. Key Responsibilities Service & Operational Support * Support and maintain business-critical applications across production environments. * Investigate, diagnose, and resolve incidents and service issues. * Perform monitoring, health checks, and operational support activities. * Ensure application availability, performance, and stability. * Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues. Incident, Problem & Change Management * Perform detailed troubleshooting and root cause analysis. * Drive problem management activities and identify opportunities to reduce recurring incidents. * Support change, release, and deployment activities. * Contribute to major incident reviews and resilience initiatives. Continuous Improvement & Engineering * Identify and implement opportunities for automation. * Improve monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling. * Support application enhancements, upgrades, migrations, and service transitions. * Deliver improvements that enhance reliability, efficiency, and user experience. 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