Application Support Engineer

ACHE; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology service provider is seeking a DV-cleared Application Support Engineer to join their team in Cheltenham. You will support a managed service, focusing on site reliability engineering and operational excellence. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, and strong analytical skills. The role requires active DV clearance and offers a competitive daily rate.

Qualifications

• Experience in a managed service environment with strong service delivery focus.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Track service performance and availability.
• Provide 2nd/3rd line support.
• Automate tasks to reduce manual workload.
• Conduct OS health checks and support data centre operations.

Skills

Managed service environment experience

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Application development (Java or similar)

Problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent communication

Git version control

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines (Java, Maven, NPM)

Influx

Grafana

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Job description

We are seeking a DV-cleared Application Support Engineer to join our client's on-site team in the Cheltenham area. You will help maintain and support a managed cross-domain service, leveraging a broad range of technologies. The role focuses on site reliability engineering practices to ensure service resilience, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Location

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Area (on-site minimum 4 days per week)

Rate

£500 - £600 per day

Clearance

Active DV clearance required

Start

ASAP

Duration

6 months

Key Responsibilities

Build & Deploy

• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Java, Maven, and NPM.
• Configure and execute automated test suites with Maven and Cypress.
• Deploy and configure services using Terraform and Ansible across OpenShift, RHEL/CentOS, and Docker.
• Configure and integrate third‑party software and appliances.

Monitoring & Verification

• Track service performance and availability using Influx and Grafana.
• Configure alerts to detect issues before they arise.
• Analyse logs and investigate anomalies in system behaviour.

Support & Troubleshooting

• Provide 2nd/3rd line support, resolving issues and answering business queries.
• Manage incidents, elevate problems, and conduct root cause analysis.
• Implement proactive changes to improve service stability.

Maintenance

• Automate tasks to reduce manual workload.
• Conduct OS health checks, patching, and database housekeeping.
• Support multi‑site data centre operations.

Key Skills

• Experience in a managed service environment with strong service delivery focus.
• Hands‑on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Application development experience (Java or similar).
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills with sound decision‑making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Proficient with Git version control.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with microservices deployment and administration.
• Familiarity with messaging platforms (e.g., AMQP).
• Knowledge of S3 object storage.
• Experience with RDBMS (Oracle or similar).

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