Job Description

Job Title: Application Support Analyst
Location: Keynsham, Bristol
Compensation: Competitive
Role Type: Full time/Permanent
Role ID: SF51804

At Babcock we\'re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Application Support Analyst at our Keynsham site.

The role

As an Application Support Analyst, you\'ll have a role that\'s out of the ordinary. You will provide high-quality support and expertise for the operation of the Bristol-based IT data centres, specializing in maintaining Microsoft SQL databases and associated services for our high availability web hosted applications.

Day to day, you\'ll work as part of a team to support monitoring, patching, deploying updates, and backups/restores for SQL databases and related services.

• Provide 3rd Line support whilst specialising in maintaining high availability of SQL databases and associated SQL services for core hosted applications.
• Be responsible for performing routine and bespoke backups and restores of SQL databases to ensure data security and protection.
• Occasionally cover other general infrastructure duties such as server build, network and Firewall support, storage management, and backup/recovery tasks.
• Assist developers with queries, tuning, and schema refinement.

Essential experience of the Application Support Analyst:

• Experience in supporting SQL databases and associated SQL services in a complex and demanding environment.

This is a full-time, permanent, on-site role where you will be required to work at our Keynsham site 4-5 days a week.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• \'Be Kind Day\' enables employees to take one working day\'s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over 130 years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We\'re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone\'s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 31/07/23

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