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IT Applications Analyst

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IT Applications Analyst - Hybrid (Gloucester) - £31k - £35k + excellent benefits package

A leading organisation are seeking an experienced IT Applications Analyst to join their established team, working on a suite of company wide applications. You will be dealing with internal teams and various stakeholders as well as internal users and third-party providers. You will be helping with the BAU support of the applications, updates, integrations, and cloud migrations. You will have excellent communication and customer service skills as well as a solid background in supporting applications.

Benefits

24 days + bank holiday (increases with length of service)
Enhanced maternity leave
Local government pension scheme
Purchase up to 10 days holiday
Employee wellbeing
Cycle to Work scheme
Discounted gum
Blue light discount

As the successful applications analyst you will be:

Managing a portfolio of applications across the business
Keeping in-line with the companies' information security policy and cyber essentials requirements.
Pro-active in your activities both BAU and projects to ensure the performance of the systems are to the standards of the business.
Developing and improving the documentation for the IT Service Desk, Applications Team, and Owners of the various applications
Work with more senior members of the team to ensure correct responses to request for application support.
Liaise with systems development staff or software suppliers on the development of system enhancements to overcome known problems.

As the successful applications analyst you will have:

Strong customer service skills and excellent written and verbal communication
Experience within application support or equivalent technical role
Strong problem-solving skills and a demonstrable ability to resolve complex issues
Excellent documentation skills
Resided in the UK for the last 5 years (minimum)
Full rights to live and work in the UK

If you are interested in this role or looking for something similar, please contact Alex directly on (url removed)

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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