Application Configuration Senior Specialist

As the successfully applicant you will contribute to the accurate configuration and support of applications and our core systems seeking to continually improve business outcomes. You will ensure the highest level of accuracy and timely response to all requests received, liaising with other teams and/or 3rd parties to meet business objectives and engineering standards. 

Key Accountabilities

• Accurate configuration of all aspects of applications and core systems including but not limited to, dealers, brokers, partners, customers, users and products  ensuring they comply with company standards and policies.  

• Ensure all customer data is effectively collated for implementation purposes, adhering to internal policies & good practise with regards to data security. Perform data imports/cleanses to ensure system integrity is maintained and conduct data reviews. 

• Provision job role appropriate systems access to internal Ayvens UK employees ensuring all access provided is on the basis of least privilege and amendments are duly authorised, tested and documented as required. 

• Manage incoming work requests adhering to SLAs. Verify solutions adhere to good practices and suggest potential improvements to business departments through the use of additional application functionality. 

• Update and maintain the Motor Insurance Database (MID) 

• Lead the rollout of applications. 

• Lead and contribute appropriately to peer reviews, group discussions and decisions. 

• Production of periodic quality control reports ensuring appropriate oversight of team tasks and compliance with policies and procedures. 

• Actively recruit, develop, coach and mentor team members to improve the capability of the Engineering function in line with agreed business strategy. 

• Monitor and work with software and service suppliers. 

Technical Capabilities:  

Required: 

• Quality: Creates tested production-ready output without assistance (subject to peer review) and considers non-functional elements e.g. performance, usability, security. 

• Problem Solving: Competently diagnoses issues across multiple systems using advanced fault-finding concepts and feeds information back into team to foster improvement. 

• Security: Ensures security is considered in requirements and helps evolve security practices. 

• Incremental Value Delivery: Breaks down work to deliver value early by extracting deliverable components from complex requirements while maximising work not done. 

• Testing: Uses risk-based testing techniques when planning testing approach considering activities across teams. Feeds insights back into team to foster improvement. 

• Implementation: Uses system knowledge and tooling when planning implementation approach and considers simplicity, extensibility and cost of maintenance. 

Desired: 

• Quality: Creates mechanisms which measure and ensure quality standards are followed and seeks to evolve standards to fill gaps and challenge low-value elements. 

• Problem Solving: Able to step in to unfamiliar projects to assist with complex issues. Defines and ensures observability standards and tooling to evolve system reliability. 

• Implementation: Architects for scale and effectively challenges over/under engineering to balance design and delivery. 

Required Previous Experience: 

• Use of SQL (Ideally Oracle PL/SQL) 

• Data capture, cleansing and management 

• Training customers both in-person & virtually 

• Delivering work as part of a team  

Required Education and Technical Ability: 

• Multiple years of relevant professional experience 

IT Applications:  

• Good IT literacy for all MS office products including advanced Microsoft Excel 

What We Can Offer

Competitive Package inc. good basic salary

Generous contributory pension scheme 

25 days holiday, in addition to bank holidays & Celebration Day

Volunteering days to assist in charity work

Sustainability Initiatives 

Holiday buy / sell (subject to conditions)

Travel Insurance (cost associated)

Dental Insurance (cost associated)

Flexible working options available

Eligibility for Annual Bonus Scheme

Study support (where applicable)

Enhanced parental leave

Generous Employee Referral Scheme (£1000)

Cycle2work Scheme 

Free breakfast / fruit in the Bristol office

EV charging points, bike storage, shower & changing facilities, car parking

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for an opportunity unless they exactly meet the criteria specified. At Ayvens we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, enjoyable and authentic workplace so if you are excited by this, or any role at Ayvens but your experience doesn’t exactly align, we would encourage you to apply regardless! What’s the worst that can happen?!