Hybrid App Support Engineer – 3rd Line

at CPS

• Job title: App Support Engineer – 3rd Line
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure, Cloud, ITSM, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Reading, United Kingdom

About the role

• App Support Engineer providing 3rd line application support to high-value external clients. Collaborating with the app support team to resolve technical issues and maintain service level agreements.

Responsibilities

• The App Support Third Line Engineer role is required to provide second line support internally, third/fourth-line support to higher value/more technically involved external clients, provide an escalation point for the analysts within their function and work closely with the other members of the app support team, the Head of Practice and delivery consultants.
• The day-to-day responsibility includes a mix of responding to calls or emails from clients, logging queries, following them through to resolution under the contracted Service Level Agreements, building customer relationships via regular service review calls as well as working with the PPM Team Lead and Head of Practice, and team to onboard new customers and report on their function’s KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
• The successful candidate will require an aptitude for working with applications/systems to analyse, diagnose and resolve client problems, ranging from straightforward questions to more complicated technical problems, and a strong drive for delivering outstanding customer service. This role requires the individual to prioritise work in real-time to ensure that tickets and tasks progress within expectations.
• The role will include working as part of an internal CPS team or a mix of client and CPS professionals on engagements that require strong interpersonal skills to complement your technical and delivery experience. The role reports into the PPM Team Lead and is under the purview of the PPM Head of Practice.

Requirements

• Minimum **3 years** in application support, with at least **2 years in a second or third-line support role** in a customer-facing technical environment
• Demonstrable experience in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving complex technical issues across multiple enterprise applications (e.g., Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure, SharePoint, SQL).
• Experience working with ITIL processes, especially incident, change, and problem management.
• Proven track record of managing escalations and collaborating with vendors or third-party suppliers for unresolved issues.
• Experience supporting cloud-based and on-premises applications, including monitoring, maintenance, and performance optimisation.
• Exposure to service management tools and reporting on KPIs and SLAs.
• Considered a Subject Matter Expert in:
• Power Apps (model driven)
• Power Automate
• Power BI / Fabric
• Basic understanding of supporting technologies in:
• Azure IaaS
• Windows Active Directory
• Azure Active Directory
• Microsoft SQL Infrastructure (Server and Azure Hosted)
• Desirable Certifications:
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Functional Consultant Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
• ITIL® 4 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification
• ITIL® 3 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification

Benefits

• 9 Day Fortnight (compression of 10 working days into 9 to be able to not work every other Friday)
• PMI with Vitality Health
• Medical Cash Plan with Medicash
• Life Assurance (Death in Service) with YuLife
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days holiday (plus all Public Holidays) – increasing to 26 days after 1 year, to 27 days after 2 years and to 28 days after 5 years
• Your birthday day off
• Access to Costco Membership
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme, applicable to:
• Workplace Pension https://www.nestpensions.org.uk/schemeweb/nest/about-pensions/why-save-with-a-workplace-pension.html
• Employer contribution is currently 5.5% of qualifying salary (above legislated minimum and will increase if we achieve certain business targets)
• Employee contribution is 4% of qualifying salary (legislated minimum but you can elect to increase)
• EV Car Schemes
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Cycle Schemes
• Home & Tech discounts for IKEA and Curry PC World
• Holiday Exchange Scheme: buy up to 10 additional day per year and sell up to 5.
• Quarterly and annual star performer awards – voted for by your peers and colleagues
• Spot Awards of £25 and up, to instantly recognise excellence in you and your colleagues
• Annual professional and personal training budget to support your PDP
• Career Development Frameworks
• Reward schemes that are designed to thank you for your hard work and make life a little more affordable.
• Monthly employee experience/engagement survey
• Quarterly company meetings
• At least one, usually the kick-off in March/April, will typically be in-person.
• The others are conducted as Town Halls.
• Duration of in-person company meetings is generally 2 or 3 days and location changes every year.
• Social/team building events, organised by our incredible Employee Forum
• Regular, meaningful 1 to 1s
• Long service recognition at 5, 10, 15, 20 years and onwards
• Award winning culture *Great Place to Work™ Nov 24 to Nov 25; Best Workplaces for Development™ 2025, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™ 2025, Best Workplaces for Women™ 2025, Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Service™ 2024*