Applications Support Analyst – Central London

We are looking an Application Support Analyst with 3 to 5 years proven track of working in Test environment ensuring all applications are being fully supported in Test/ Non production mode.

5+ years of experience in Test/ Non production deployment management experience. This role is to support and execute deployments in non-prod environments

• Worked in complex , multi stream application environment
• To deploy builds into non production environments
• To Work closely with Development and Release Management to solve complex Build/Deployment process throughout all phases of the software
• To ensure all changes fall within application maintenance windows
• Ability to create builds (Hotfix and/or full EAR) using the information provided by development teams to then use for deployment across environments.
• To identify processes in need of automation or scripting
• To Build and maintain automatic deployment scripts
• To be able to coordinate with different teams – Configuration Management team, DBA’s, Customer Infra teams and Application Development teams as part of deployment execution
• Ability to understand various deployment release notes and also in creating handover release notes to production deployment teams.
• Manage configuration versions for different streams of development in versioning and revision control system
• Ability to troubleshoot deployment related issues and work with development, application and infrastructure teams to resolve any issues.
• Understanding of open /distributed systems and Agile framework
• Awareness of ITIL frame work
• Ability to deliver results under pressure
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Main Skills require are as follows:

• Good working knowledge of distributed technologies
• Experience of Application deployments in complex , multi stream application environments
• Experience in deploying to Java/J2EE based applications
• Experience in deploying into Middleware components such as IHS, IIS, webmethods and WAS
• Deployments of core applications and also middleware layer
• ITIL frame work (Good awareness or certification)
• Understanding of Oracle and MS-SQL DBs and experience of having created and run scripts for deployment, data extraction, data insertion.
• Strong Unix/linux OS knowledge.
• Proficient in deployment of applications in .net and java using Jenkins, Maven and SVN
• Good experience of middleware deployments like WAS, IBM HTTP Server (IHS),MQ and Web methods
• Good experience of running DB scripts (Oracle and MSSql)
• Tools: Jenkins, SVN, SNOW, Jira , Maven, Puppet, Ant
• Appreciation of Application Test life cycle

This a 6 to 12 month contract assignment – and may go on beyond this time frame.

#J-18808-Ljbffr…