Application Operations / Support Engineer

Roke Manor Research Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology and engineering firm in Romsey is seeking an Application Operations / Support Engineer to ensure the operational integrity of critical services. You will work with advanced technologies and have a broad scope of responsibility, including maintaining platforms and developing fixes. Ideal candidates have strong troubleshooting and scripting skills in Windows environments. This role is primarily on-site in a beautiful Hampshire location.

Benefits

On-site gym

Ample parking

Picturesque location

Qualifications

• Experience with Windows desktop OS patching and platform skills.
• Strong scripting skills ideally in PowerShell and Python.
• Experience in troubleshooting and system administration.

Responsibilities

• Maintain operational integrity of mission-critical services.
• Resolve issues proactively before customers notice.
• Develop fixes and deploy updates in live environments.

Skills

Windows desktop OS patching

Windows system administration

Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python)

Strong troubleshooting skills

Tools (Git, Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, Jenkins)

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

BitBucket

Jenkins

Job description

Application Operations / Support Engineer

Romsey SO51, UK

Job Description

Posted Friday 19 September 2025 at 00:00

Great ideas come from different minds. That’s why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background — and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most. And as the challenges evolve, so do we — working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.

Application Operations Engineer

National Security Business
Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier into the NS domain working to deliver mission critical solutions helping to keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous.

Working on leading edge technology solutions including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOPs/SRE, Platform Engineering

We have secured long term work, across the full spectrum, on the latest framework with the client, which provides the springboard for our ongoing growth and development in this domain, so join us on what will be an incredible growth journey.

Role

As an Application Operations Engineer, you thrive on being integral to the mission; working collaboratively with customer and development teams to maintain and sustain operational integrity of mission critical National Security services through-life. You're someone who enjoys challenge, welcomes end to end ownership and a broad scope of responsibility. As our next Operations Engineer, you’ll be resolving issues before your customers notice and ensuring continued operational integrity of services that are strategically important to the nation. You will be operating and maintaining platforms and applications in both reference and live environments, developing fixes and deploying releases and updates, and the triage/analysis and resolution of support tickets.

Experience

• Windows desktop OS patching and platform skills
• Windows system administration and SysInternals
• Strong scripting skills (ideally PowerShell), Python
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Tools such as Git or Atlassian Jira/Confluence/BitBucket, and Jenkins

Desirable

• Some coding experience particularly with C# or C++
• Windows and Apple MacBook devices
• Apple Mac shell scripting
• Exposure to DevOps or experience working in or alongside software development teams in a CI/CD environment

Built on over a 60 year heritage, Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act – through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe – that’s our mission, passion, and motivation.

Where you’ll work…

You’ll find our Romsey site located within beautiful Hampshire countryside, close to the picturesque New Forest District and not far from a superb stretch of the south coast. This is no corporate concrete jungle; this is a manor house site, with ample parking an on-site gym and a driveway full of daffodils in the spring.

This role involves working the majority of the time on site at our Romsey location.

Clearances…

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance.

The Next Step

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.