Application Support Engineer in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Energy Jobline CVL; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy job platform is seeking a DV-cleared Application Support Engineer in Cheltenham. This role focuses on site reliability engineering, managing CI/CD pipelines, and providing support in a dynamic environment. Candidates should have strong infrastructure skills, application development experience, and be capable of problem-solving and stakeholder management. Competitive rate of £500 - £600 per day for a 6-month contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in a managed service environment with strong service delivery focus.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Application development experience needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Support 2nd/3rd line troubleshooting and incidents.
• Implement proactive changes to improve service stability.

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

Java

Terraform

Ansible

Maven

Cypress

Influx

Grafana

Docker

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

DV-Cleared Application Support Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35)

The Role

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 escalate.
• Analyse logs and investigate anomalies in system behaviour.
• Support & Troubleshooting: Provide 2nd/3rd line support, resolving issues and answering business queries.
• Manage incidents, escalations, and 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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