Application Support Analyst

The Hartford

4.5

(70)

London, United Kingdom

Why you should apply for a job to The Hartford:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 76% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 87% would recommend this company to other women
  • 90% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) provides professional support, growth, advancement and networking to enable greater gender balance.
  • The Hartford offers diversity awareness training known as Appreciating Differences and Managing Inclusion.
  • Employees will be provided with leave of up to four weeks and paid at a rate of 100 percent of their base pay.
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    Position summary

    out activities.

    • Investigate system errors and liaise with development teams to ensure errors are corrected and test bugs found in custom built solutions.

    • Liaise and coordinate with 3rd party support teams to ensure problems are investigated and rectified in a timely manner.

    • Defines support activities and metrics within SLAs and KPIs.

    • Comprehensive documentation of application environments, dataflows, and support processes.

    • Adherence to Hartford and SOX standards. Involvement in periodic audits of IT processes by internal and external auditors.

    Qualifications & Capabilities

    Technical:

    • Good knowledge and experience of Applications Support principals and issue investigation.

    • Good understanding and experience of SQL database management systems, SSIS, SSRS and T-SQL.

    • Good Technical Writing Skills.

    • Working knowledge of industry best practices, ITIL (incident, problem, change, release).

    • Basic knowledge of software development lifecycle (safe agile) processes.

    • Knowledge and understanding of general infrastructure components.

    • Experience of off-the-shelf insurance applications such as: Subscribe and Exact Advantage - desirable.

    • Experience of other insurance applications such as Claims Management Lifecycle (DOCOsoft), document workflow (ImageRight), Tyche and data quality (DQ Pro) - desirable.

    • Working knowledge of Windows 11, Windows Server - desirable.

    • Good Experience of web server technology and application lifecycle e.g. IIS - desirable.

    • Knowledge and understanding of Lloyd's insurance market or other insurance background - highly desirable.

    • Experience of supporting Lloyds Syndicate Policy Administration, Exposure Management and Policy aggregation Platforms - highly desirable.

    Personal:

    • Strong customer service ethic

    • Strong analytical and logical problem-solving skills

    • Ability to learn and understand new products quickly

    • Ability to prioritise and organise workload, handling varying priorities by setting expectations appropriately

    • Clear communicator both written and verbal

    • Ability to develop and sustain relationships with internal and external customers

    • Ability to apply a pragmatic and collaborative approach when required

    • Proactive with suggestions for improvements; thinks laterally; receptive to new ideas

    • Demonstrates ownership and responsibility

    • Personable and proactive approach to supporting business users

    Experience

    • Relevant experience in the insurance industry, preferably London Market.

    • Relevant experience of Subscribe and Exact Advantage or similar policy administration and aggregation systems.

    • Relevant experience of application support responsibilities.

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    Why you should apply for a job to The Hartford:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 76% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 87% would recommend this company to other women
  • 90% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) provides professional support, growth, advancement and networking to enable greater gender balance.
  • The Hartford offers diversity awareness training known as Appreciating Differences and Managing Inclusion.
  • Employees will be provided with leave of up to four weeks and paid at a rate of 100 percent of their base pay.