Application Specialist

Application Specialist – Asset Applications

Duration: 12 months

Workload: Full time hours

38 days per annum holiday accrual.

Pension: 5% employee / 3% Employer contribution.

We need an experienced Application Specialist to drive change, optimisation, and service ownership across a portfolio of asset and production-focused enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and business analysis with stakeholders, translating requirements into functional designs and user stories
• Own change delivery including backlog management, UAT, release, cutover, and hypercare
• Act as functional SME for multiple asset applications, ensuring stable BAU handover and documentation
• Govern vendors and AMS providers, managing SLAs, KPIs, estimates, and delivery plans
• Lead functional outcomes across integrations (APIs, middleware, batch/file interfaces)
• Embed non‑functional requirements (security, performance, availability) and compliance controls (SoD, JML, GDPR)
• Track benefits realisation and support adoption post‑implementation

Must‑Have Skills

• 7+ years as an Application Specialist, Application SME, or Business Analyst
• Enterprise application change delivery, upgrades, and integrations
• Strong experience with asset/production systems (e.g. Hydrocarbon Accounting, HSSE, Control of Work)
• Vendor and AMS‑led delivery models
• Solid understanding of APIs, middleware, and data quality
• ITIL‑based service ownership and formal governance
• Agile/Scrum and/or PRINCE2 experience

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