Senior Applications Operations Engineer

Michael Page (UK); Leeds; On-site; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A national regulatory agency in the UK is seeking a skilled applicant for a role that involves incident management, system upgrades, and the administration of COTS applications. Candidates should have experience troubleshooting application issues and working with various technologies, including SQL and DevOps tools. A degree in a computing discipline is required. The compensation offers a salary of £42,410 plus benefits, along with access to a pension scheme.

Benefits

Access to Alpha pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of managing COTS applications and integrations.
• Experience in troubleshooting issues from desktop to server.
• Ability to implement solutions for outdated processes.

Responsibilities

• Incident management and technical problem solving.
• System upgrades and patching.
• Finding and implementing solutions to outdated processes.

Skills

Application technologies management

Troubleshooting application issues

Web development & support

SQL scripting

DevOps tooling (Github)

Cloud based applications

Jira cloud administration

Education

Degree in computing discipline or equivalent

Job description

About Our Client

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Incident management and technical problem solving and resolution
• System upgrades and patching
• Systems administration
• Finding and implementing solutions to outdated processes
• Remediation work based on results of audit and assessments
• Change management - code deployment and control

The Successful Applicant

Our successful candidate will have:

• Experience of working on a broad range of application technologies with extensive knowledge of managing COTS applications and integrations and troubleshooting application issues from desktop through to server
• Experience of working on at least three of the following: web development & support, SQL scripting or DBA activities, monitoring platforms, DevOps tooling (Github), SaaS based configuration and management, cloud based applications, administration and support of Jira cloud
• A degree or graduate qualification in a computing discipline, or equivalent education and experience

Person Specification

Behaviour Criteria:

• Managing a Quality Service (I)
• Working Together (I)
• Making Effective Decisions (I)

What's on Offer

Salary on offer £42,410 + Benefits

Access to Alpha pension scheme, which all new starters are enrolled into automatically, is 28.97%

• Closing date: 9am on 12th February 2026
• Shortlisting date: from 25th February 2026
• Interview date: from 2nd March 2026

Candidates will be subject to UK immigration requirements as well as Civil Service nationality rules. Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.