Application Analyst

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Birmingham City University (BCU) is a large, diverse and increasingly popular place to study. We are defined by our core values of "Excellence, People focus, Partnership working and Fairness & Integrity".

Are you committed to providing excellent customer service? Able to get into technical detail and proactive problem solving? If so, then we’d like to hear from you.

We have a vacancy for an experienced and self-motivated Application Analyst with strong Linux skills.

We will consider candidates from a variety of application support or development backgrounds but a service management background and exposure to ITIL would be helpful. You’ll be focused on ensuring our Linux based systems, such as our Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), are well managed and supported, therefore good iscsi, lvm and mysql knowledge is a prerequisite. We use a wide range of technologies including Linux, SharePoint, Office365 and Azure.

To be successful you will have strong technical and problem solving skills in a wide range of technologies. You’ll also be enthusiastic about continuous service improvement and be a strong advocate to develop our existing policies and procedures.

You’ll need excellent interpersonal skills and have a good standard of written and verbal communication commensurate to this role. You will be confident in communicating at all levels and will be passionate about improving what we do.

For more information about applying and for the job description for the post, please see the current vacancies on the BCU website by clicking the APPLY button.

Please note; on occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. If this does happen, we will contact all candidates via email who have started but not yet completed their application, giving 48 hours’ notice. We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.

Birmingham City University holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award and promotes the advancement of gender equality through Representation, Progression and Success for All. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing Date: Friday 30 March 2018

Interview Date: To be confirmed