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For Companies We are currently recruiting for a Platform Support Engineer to join an industry leading and ambitious financial services company. This is an exciting opportunity with multifaceted responsibilities, including infrastructure, application and batch support, as well as developing and maintaining Grafana dashboards.
What you’ll be doing:
- Support batch processing and carry out proactive analysis across squads and services.
- Support and triage Java products.
- Provide application support for Java.
- Review Java code and suggest improvements to enhance quality and performance.
- Investigate and resolve production incidents, problems, and change requests.
- Offer expertise on business processes for projects and production support issues.
- Maintain core systems and related infrastructure like Kubernetes and SOLR.
- Improve batch efficiency and reduce costs, including audit-ready data archiving strategies.
- Provide data analysis to support business decisions.
- Deliver patching, database fixes, and business-critical data correction services.
Experience Required:
- Java knowledge and experience is required for this position, Java 17+ (preferably 21), Spring Boot.
- Jenkins, GIT and CI/CD.
- Jira and Confluence.
- Monitoring / alerting tools and solutions.
- Scripting or coding with shell/bash, and Python.
- Standard SQL query language and PLSQL.
- Agile principles and ways of working.
- Excellent client-facing communication skills.
- DevOps mindset.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities.
- Automation.
- Core AWS Services & Infrastructure as Code.
- Application Performance Optimisation.
On top of the salary, you will receive a wide range of benefits which include: 25 days holiday (+ 8 flex days), PMI, a performance related bonus and several benefits to support your health and wellbeing.
Candidates must be based in the UK and hold a British/EU Passport or Indefinite Leave to Remain. Unfortunately, sponsorship cannot be offered for this role.
Please apply now for more information.
Application Support Engineer (Java) employer: InterQuest Group
Contact Detail:
InterQuest Group Recruiting Team
How to prepare for a job interview at InterQuest Group
✨Know Your Java Inside Out
Make sure you brush up on your Java skills, especially versions 17 and 21. Be ready to discuss your experience with Spring Boot and how you've used it in past projects. They’ll likely ask you to review some code, so practice explaining your thought process and suggesting improvements.
✨Familiarise Yourself with the Tools
Get comfortable with tools like Jenkins, GIT, and CI/CD pipelines. Understand how they fit into the application support lifecycle. You might be asked about your experience with monitoring tools, so have examples ready of how you've used them to resolve incidents.
✨Show Off Your Problem-Solving Skills
Prepare to discuss specific incidents where you’ve triaged Java products or resolved production issues. Use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to structure your answers and highlight your analytical thinking and troubleshooting abilities.
✨Communicate Like a Pro
Since this role involves client-facing communication, practice articulating complex technical concepts in simple terms. Think about how you can convey your expertise in business processes and application support clearly and confidently during the interview.
