Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, and Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3400+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

• Troubleshooting incidents and problems to resolution, maintaining the highest levels of customer satisfaction
• Access and Account Management for IT systems
• Proactive monitoring of systems, responding to alerts and scheduling of preventative maintenance and corrective work.
• Has a good working knowledge of service management, working to SLA’s and/or experience of working in an ITIL environment.
• Responsible for the management of software releases, ensuring planned change is deployed in accordance with the Change Management process and scheduled appropriately.
• Responsible for writing effective support documentation and standard operating procedures and maintains all IT Operations process and procedure documentation accordingly.
• Be a focal point to resolve day-to-day user and application incidents and service requests and manage their resolution or escalation in a timely & effective manner.
• Assist in the development and generation of training, support and knowledge management materials.
• Offer guidance and best practice to ensure IT applications and services are operating optimally.
• Provide IT support input in the selection and development of tooling and process development in line with changing business requirements.
• Manage small/medium projects/work activities or sections of larger projects and interact with stakeholders to ensure business requirements are met
• Participate in the delivery and complete transition of new IT applications and services in line with service acceptance criteria.
• Contribute to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning, maintenance and support.
• Partake in on call support and maintenance rota where required
• Partake in a weekly support rota covering non-core hours where required
• Partake in out of hours support and maintenance where required.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an applications management, support or development role
• 3rd Level technology Degree or equivalent preferable
• Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience installing, configuring, monitoring, maintaining and troubleshooting proprietary, legacy and 3rd party applications or services
• Working knowledge of Networks, Cloud & Business Applications including Office 365, SharePoint 365, and Microsoft Azure;
• Good working knowledge of reporting technologies (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• An understanding of relational databases and a good command of SQL
• Incident, Problem and Change Management experience
• Experience supporting application software with demonstrable knowledge of support processes and procedures, as well as a proven ability to design practical solutions to technical problems.
• Customer Facing Technical Support Experience
• Applications administration and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity of database technologies (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL Server)
• Experience with Microsoft Windows/Windows Server
• Experience in Java is essential
• Experience of Unix, HTML, Web Services
• Scripting and automation experience (e.g. SQL, PowerShell, .NET)
• ITIL Foundation qualification preferred
• Knowledge of the key architecture concepts used to support business applications including IIS web architecture, application, batch and database servers
• Experience in the Software Development Lifecycle
• Experience with Software development and support methodologies (e.g. Agile, DevOps)
• Experience with Middleware application software including (e.g. Websphere/Webloglic, IIS, Tomcat)
• Experience in additional technologies required: Angular, HA Proxy, Docker, Ingres, Chef, Git
  Additional Information
  Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company’s profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
Ekta Bahl - Talent Acquisition Capability Partner

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