Application Support Engineer

Benefex ,
Southampton, Hampshire
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Benefex is a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the UK. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in. If you fancy joining a team which strives to make a difference, moves at lightning speed and is a little bit unique, we’d like to hear from you. Due to company expansion, we are currently looking for an experienced Application Support Engineer to join our Application Support team. What will you be doing? As an Application Support Engineer, you will be working as part of our cross functional Product Engineering Tribe, ensuring the delivery and operation of our OneHub Benefits product. You will be directly contributing towards our ability to provide a robust, global, multi-tenanted OneHub Platform supporting a continuously evolving set of capabilities with zero downtime. Your day to day activities will include: Dealing with a range of challenges, spanning issues with the product itself, how the product is configured, to relationships with external vendors, this role exposes you to the full spectrum of capability. Handling simple "How do I…" application queries to investigating Single Sign On (SSO) integrations and more complex application problems. Work closely with the Engineering squad to help triage and ensure all defects meet the SLA and continue to reduce the Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR). Own and communicate effectively when raising tickets to various third-party companies regarding service level escalations and customer contractual agreements. Management, planning and configuration of tools to support internal delivery teams. Experience: 2 years experience in an Application, Software or Product support role Have experience handling support tickets and service level escalations within a software company. Comfortable in working in a really fast-paced environment and a passion for solving complex problems with the ability to learn new skills quickly. Good understanding of programming concepts and competent with change control practices. Sound experience of MS SQL including SQL Scripting Exceptional writing skills and can communicate technical information in a clear, concise way to a variety of stakeholders. Rewards for you: Benefits including 25 days holiday (plus your birthday off) Healthcare, income protection, life assurance and access to our own award-winning online benefits scheme Great team and office environment We know that everyone has commitments outside of work, and we don’t want anyone to feel they’re not able to apply to come and work for us based on the hours they are able to work. We have people working all kinds of working patterns here at Benefex to fit around childcare, public transport, and even their Wednesday evening football match If you’re not looking for full time working hours, then come and chat to us and we’ll do our best to agree a working pattern with you that works for both you and the business. We recognise that great work is all about what you deliver for the organisation… not the hours you’re in the office.