Hybrid Application Analyst (Technical) for Modernisation

Red King Resourcing; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Red King Resourcing is seeking an experienced Application Analyst for a major London market insurance client. The role focuses on detailed discovery and assessment of legacy applications, including Excel/VBA, MS Access, VB/VB6 and PowerBuilder, with emphasis on .NET, Azure and OpenShift.

Based in London EC3 with a hybrid work model (2 days in the office, 3 days remote). The contract is 4-6 months inside IR35 with ASAP start.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Application/Technical Analyst or similar
• 4+ years in an applications-focused technical role
• Strong background in discovery, assessment and modernisation programmes
• Hands-on with Excel/VBA, MS Access, VB/VB6 and PowerBuilder
• Good understanding of modern .NET architectures
• Experience with Azure and/or OpenShift
• Strong understanding of APIs, databases, integrations and system dependencies
• Excellent documentation and requirements gathering skills
• Ability to translate technical findings into business recommendations
• Experience contributing to modernisation or migration programmes
• Knowledge of modernisation approaches and architectures

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed technical discovery and assessment of legacy applications
• Analyze applications using Excel/VBA, MS Access, VB/VB6 and PowerBuilder
• Document functionality, architecture, integrations, data flows and dependencies
• Engage with business users to understand processes and criticality
• Identify technical debt, risks, and modernisation challenges
• Gather and document technical and functional requirements
• Evaluate modernisation approaches: re-engineering, re-platforming, replacement, consolidation and retirement
• Support design of future-state solutions leveraging .NET, Azure and OpenShift
• Produce high-quality assessment reports and recommendations
• Collaborate with architecture, development and DevOps during migration, testing and deployment

Skills

Application discovery

Technical assessment

Legacy modernization

Excel/VBA

MS Access

VB/VB6

PowerBuilder

.NET architectures

Azure

OpenShift

APIs and integrations

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Requirements gathering

Business-focused recommendations

Tools

DevOps

OpenShift

Azure

Job description

Red King Resourcing is seeking an experienced Application Analyst for a major London market insurance client. The role focuses on detailed discovery and assessment of legacy applications, including Excel/VBA, MS Access, VB/VB6 and PowerBuilder, with emphasis on .NET, Azure and OpenShift.

Based in London EC3 with a hybrid work model (2 days in the office, 3 days remote). The contract is 4-6 months inside IR35 with ASAP start.