Vacancy for Application Specialist Ingest & Preservation Team at British Library

Digital Preservation Coalition; Boston Spa; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The British Library offers a full-time position for an Application Specialist in their Ingest and Preservation team, located at Boston Spa. The role involves supporting applications, engaging with users, and contributing to exciting projects in a public sector environment. Benefits include substantial annual leave, pension contributions, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus 2.5 privilege days

26.6% - 30.3% employer pension contribution

Access to training courses

Qualifications

• Experience supporting and configuring applications.
• Skills in operational acceptance testing and deploying changes.
• Experience in Windows environments and SQL database querying.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop services for the British Library.
• Engage with exciting new projects and library users.
• Resolve issues in production applications.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Systems analysis

Data migration

SQL querying

Job description

Vacancy for Application Specialist Ingest & Preservation Team at British Library

£29,000 - £35,760 a year

Full-Time

Do you have what it takes to resolve issues and problems in production applications for the British Library?

Can you work with a wide variety of library users to deliver changes to services? For example, upgrading our Digital Library Systems?

Would you like to be part of a team? Something you can be proud of whilst enjoying the benefits of working in the Public Sector?

The British Library has a rare opportunity for an Application Specialist in our Ingest and Preservation team, based in Boston Spa (Wetherby). The current requirement is to be in the office two days a week, with the possibility of increasing this in the future.

If you work for us, you will be helping to support and develop British Library services, as well as engaging with many exciting new projects.

We will take care of you with:

• 25 days annual leave, plus 2.5 privilege days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Employers Pension Contribution of 26.6% - 30.3%. For example, if you contribute £1580 p.a. into your Civil Service Pension, the British Library will contribute £7859 p.a.
• Access to training courses to support your professional development

About you:

• Experience supporting, configuring, and monitoring third-party/packaged or bespoke applications
• Experience with operational acceptance testing and deploying changes to production systems using appropriate controls
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work as part of a team to meet customer service levels and SLAs
• Strong problem-solving skills with a logical and considered approach
• Systems analysis and documentation skills
• Experience with data migration and file management
• Experience supporting applications in a Windows environment
• Knowledge and experience of SQL database querying