Applications Engineer
DXC Technology23 hours ago
United Kingdom (city not specified)Senior
Responsibilities
- Provide L2/L3 technical support for complex applications and resolve escalated incidents and problems.
- Investigate application failures, performance issues, and integration faults through root-cause analysis.
- Develop, test, and implement application enhancements, defect fixes, and technical improvements.
- Maintain and modify application code, scripts, interfaces, configurations, technical documentation, source code, and configuration records.
- Support legacy and modern bespoke, COTS, web, and client-server applications.
- Support application upgrades, patching, migrations, technology refresh activities, deployments, and releases.
- Perform code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and defect resolution.
- Diagnose database, middleware, infrastructure, and application integration issues.
- Identify opportunities for automation, performance optimization, and technical debt reduction.
- Follow security policies, secure coding standards, vulnerability remediation practices, access controls, and operational controls.
Requirements
- Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Java, Python, C#/.NET, PowerShell, or equivalent.
- Knowledge of enterprise and web-based applications, client-server environments, COTS products, and legacy systems.
- Understanding of REST/SOAP APIs, JSON, XML, messaging technologies, and middleware.
- Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, or equivalent technologies.
- Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems, including virtualized environments.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git, CI/CD pipelines, debugging tools, and automated testing frameworks.
- Knowledge of application monitoring, log analysis, performance investigation, troubleshooting, and ITIL service management processes.
- Understanding of secure development practices, vulnerability remediation, access controls, and configuration management.
- Ability to apply technical knowledge across different systems and environments rather than requiring expertise in every listed technology.
- Must be eligible to meet UK Government and contractual personnel security requirements, including applicable residency requirements, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom; nationality requirements may also apply.
Benefits
- The role is onsite in Hampshire five days per week.
- The work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances.
- DXC Technology offers reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and promotes an inclusive, supportive, and accessible working environment.
About DXC Technology
DXC Technology is a public IT services and consulting company that runs and modernizes mission-critical systems for large enterprises and governments. It provides managed services, cloud migration and operations, cybersecurity, application development, and industry BPS, monetizing through long-term outsourcing and consulting engagements. Formed in 2017 from the merger of CSC and HPE Enterprise Services, DXC is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia and trades on the NYSE as DXC.