Application Operations Engineer - Extended Days


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£39,163 to £39,163 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Swansea
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Sept 2026
Closing date:	4 Oct 2026

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Summary

Do you have experience in application support and handling of larger incidents?

Are you someone who enjoys working collaboratively as part of a team?

Would you like the opportunity to help run the DVLA’s IT services?

If so, our Application Operations Engineer role will provide the challenge you are looking for!

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Application Operations Engineer who will be comfortable working on a range of services at DVLA Swansea, across multiple products and technologies, covering both legacy and brand new cloud-based applications using strong analytical skills to develop and support of DVLA’s applications.

This role will provide you with the excellent opportunity to progress in your career. Our Application Operation Engineers will lead and be the point of escalation for more complicated issues so experience in application development using recognised programming languages is beneficial for this role.

Demonstrable experience in system support and continuous improvement will allow you to work on larger projects works within a technical framework of the project to meet and deliver on customer requirements.

Your role will primarily involve supporting the DVLA’s internal and customer facing applications and additionally participating in the programme to migrate legacy technology onto new, cloud-based platforms, ensuring that the solutions are supportable and fit for purpose. You will be empowered to enhance the systems, with continuous improvement at the forefront of the work that you do.

You will mentor the Junior Application Operations Engineers to resolve complex issues as and when they arise, so experience in mentoring Developers is a requirement.

Candidates are required to work a shift pattern of 4 working days followed by two rest days, alternating between two shifts of either 6am-2pm or 2pm-10pm. An indicative shift allowance of 20% is applicable for extended hours roles and candidates will have the opportunity to be available (optionally) on an on-call rota to undertake out of hours activities and provide on call cover to support the service.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to:

Carry out system support, including monitor applications, incident investigation and resolution, liaising with the incident manager or other stakeholders. Be able to describe technical issues to a wider audience of different technical knowledge, as well as provide recommendations.
Working collaboratively supporting and mentoring junior Application Operations Engineers.
Help maintain a team documentation library for collaboration and reference. Helps maintain a known fixes library or knowledge base. Ensures documentation represents best practice and standards.
Assist with Problem Management investigation, providing technical input into the process.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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