About the Role An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Applications Engineer / Applications Support Specialist to join a large enterprise organisation, supporting a significant company-wide domain separation and application migration project.
The successful candidate will play an important role in migrating existing business applications from an established parent company environment into a newly established company domain. Working across a portfolio of approximately 300 applications, you'll be responsible for understanding existing application configurations, architecture and dependencies, and supporting their safe migration into the new environment.
Working closely with internal technology teams, software vendors and business application owners, you'll contribute to application analysis, configuration, installation, troubleshooting and testing. The role requires a capable Windows applications generalist who can pick up unfamiliar applications, interpret technical documentation and work through migration challenges.
This is an initial contract through to April 2027, with potential for further project work. The successful candidate will initially spend two weeks on-site at a regional refinery for inductions and orientation, with accommodation provided. Following this, the position can be performed fully remotely, with occasional site visits as required.
You Should Have
- Commercial experience in Windows application management, administration or application support
- Strong understanding of Windows-based applications and services
- Experience supporting application installations, configurations, migrations and troubleshooting
- Understanding of Windows Server environments and application dependencies
- Experience managing application services, service accounts and credentials
- Ability to review and interpret technical documentation provided by software vendors
- Experience investigating application connectivity, integrations and configuration issues
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work through unfamiliar applications and technologies
- Excellent communication skills and confidence liaising with software vendors, business owners and technical stakeholders
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of an established technology team
- A proactive approach, with the initiative to investigate issues and find practical solutions
- Understanding of ITIL processes and change management practices
Technical Requirements
Must Have
- Windows application management and administration
- Windows-based application and service configuration
- Windows Server services and application dependencies
- Application installation, migration and troubleshooting experience
- Service account and credential management
- Ability to analyse application configurations and interpret technical documentation
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong technical problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities
Nice to Have
- Microsoft IIS administration, including websites, application pools, bindings and SSL/TLS certificates
- Microsoft SQL and database connectivity
- REST APIs, service endpoints and application integrations
- Windows Server administration
- Application authentication and access management
- ITIL change management and change control processes
- Experience documenting technical changes, implementation plans, risks and rollback procedures
- Experience coordinating application testing and validation
- Experience working on enterprise application migrations or domain separation projects
Key Responsibilities
- Support the migration of existing business applications into a newly established company domain
- Analyse existing applications to understand their architecture, configurations and technical dependencies
- Review and interpret technical documentation provided by software vendors
- Assist with application installations, configurations and migrations into the recent Windows domain
- Manage Windows application and service configurations throughout the migration process
- Update application service accounts, credentials and dependencies where required
- Support Microsoft IIS administration, including websites, application pools, bindings and SSL/TLS certificates
- Investigate and troubleshoot Microsoft SQL connectivity, REST APIs, service endpoints and application integrations
- Identify and resolve application connectivity, authentication and configuration issues
- Liaise directly with software vendors to investigate technical issues and coordinate migration activities
- Work with business application owners and end users to understand requirements and coordinate testing
- Support application testing and validation following migrations
- Follow ITIL change management processes and established change control procedures
- Document technical changes, implementation activities, risks and rollback plans
- Coordinate implementation activities and outage windows with relevant stakeholders
- Collaborate with the existing applications team, enterprise migration team and wider technology stakeholders
- Contribute to the successful migration of approximately 300 applications as part of the broader company separation project
Working Arrangements
- Initial two weeks on-site at a regional refinery near Collie / Bunbury for inductions and orientation
- Accommodation provided for the initial two-week on-site period
- Fully remote / work-from-home arrangements following the initial two weeks
- Occasional day trips to the refinery may be required throughout the project
- Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week
- Flexible start and finish times, with flexibility to accommodate personal commitments, including school hours
Contract & Benefits
- Initial contract through to April 2027
- Potential for further project work beyond the initial contract
- Hourly rate of up to $90 per hour including superannuation
- Immediate start available
- Accommodation provided during the initial two-week on-site period
- Fully remote working arrangements following initial site inductions
- Flexible working hours to accommodate personal commitments
- Opportunity to contribute to a significant enterprise-wide domain separation project
- Exposure to a large-scale migration involving approximately 300 business applications
- Work alongside an established technology and enterprise migration team
- Opportunity to collaborate with software vendors, business owners and technical stakeholders
- Opportunity to contribute to an ongoing transformation project within a large enterprise environment
How to Apply If this opportunity resonates with you, please apply.
For further details, contact Jakson on 0468 056 015 or
[email protected].
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