L2/L3 Application/Production Support Engineer

Synechron; Halifax; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global offices

Paid annual leave 15 days + 10 float

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible hybrid policy

RRSP with employer contribution

Udemy for Business access

Coaching and mentoring programs

Exposure to leading banks/financials

Job summary

Synechron seeks an experienced L2/L3 Application/Production Support Engineer to support reconciliation and post-trade applications in Banking and Capital Markets. The role emphasizes production monitoring, incident resolution, RCA, and collaboration with L3, Development, and Infrastructure teams.

It requires strong troubleshooting, stakeholder communication, and ability to work in a 24x7 environment. The base salary varies by geography, but Halifax, NS candidates can expect CAD 95K–110K per year

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in L3 Application/Production Support within Banking, Capital Markets, or Investment Banking environments.
• Strong experience with Unix/Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong SQL skills for production issue analysis and data validation.
• Good understanding of ITIL processes including Change & Service Request Management.
• Experience with application/infrastructure monitoring tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics).
• Experience with Shell scripting for operational support and automation.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 production support for reconciliation, post-trade, settlement, and related financial apps.
• Monitor health of applications, systems, interfaces, batch jobs, and scheduled processes.
• Investigate, triage, and resolve production incidents within SLAs.
• Perform RCA and contribute to problem management activities.
• Support production releases, changes, configurations, and deployment validation.
• Maintain incident records and knowledge articles; document procedures.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and ensure platform stability.

Skills

Unix/Linux

SQL

ITIL

Monitoring tools

Shell scripting

Communication

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Tools

Splunk

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Grafana

Kibana

Autosys

Control-M

ServiceNow

Job description

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 17000+, and has 58 offices in 22 countries within key global markets.

We are seeking an experienced L2/L3 Application/Production Support Engineer to support business-critical reconciliation and post-trade applications within a Banking, Capital Markets, or Investment Banking environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for production monitoring, incident resolution, root cause analysis, application stability, batch operations, release support, and coordination with L3 Support, Development, Infrastructure, and Business teams. This role requires strong technical troubleshooting skills, excellent stakeholder communication, and the ability to operate effectively in a 24x7 production support environment.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Halifax, NS is CAD $95K - CAD $110K/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities

• 5–8+ years of experience in L2 Application Support or Production Support.
• Experience supporting applications within Banking, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, or Financial Servicesenvironments.
• Experience supporting reconciliation, post-trade, settlement, or other business-critical financial applications.
• Provide L2 production support for reconciliation, post-trade, settlement, and related financial applications.
• Monitor application health, system performance, interfaces, batch jobs, and scheduled processes.
• Investigate, triage, and resolve production incidents and service requests within defined SLAs.
• Perform detailed troubleshooting, impact assessment, and incident escalation where required.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and contribute to problem management activities.
• Support production releases, application changes, configuration updates, and change requests.
• Monitor and manage batch processing, interfaces, file transfers, and scheduled jobs.
• Perform application health checks and proactively identify potential production issues.
• Work closely with L3 Support, Development, Infrastructure, Database, DevOps, and Business teams to ensure platform stability.
• Support operational readiness activities, deployment validation, and post-release verification.
• Maintain accurate incident records, support documentation, knowledge articles, and operational procedures.
• Participate in 24x7 production support and on-call rotations as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve support processes, automate repetitive activities, and reduce recurring incidents.
• Ensure compliance with incident, problem, change, and release management processes.

Requirements

Experience

• 5–8+ years in L3 Application/Production Support within Banking, Capital Markets, or Investment Banking environments.
• Strong experience with Unix/Linux administration and troubleshooting.
• Strong SQL skills using one or more databases, such as:
• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• MySQL
• Ability to use SQL for production issue analysis, data validation, reconciliation checks, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting reconciliation, post-trade, settlement, capital markets, or investment banking applications.
• Good understanding of ITIL processes, including:
• Change Management
• Service Request Management
• Experience with application and infrastructure monitoring tools, such as:
• Splunk
• Dynatrace
• AppDynamics
• Grafana
• Kibana
• Similar monitoring and observability platforms
• Experience with Shell scripting for operational support, troubleshooting, and automation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, business users, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple production issues in a time-sensitive environment.

Preferred skills

• Experience with IntelliMatch or other reconciliation platforms.
• Previous experience in Capital Markets or Investment Banking.
• Knowledge of production release and deployment processes.
• Experience with batch scheduling tools such as:
  • Autosys
  • Control-M
• Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, and automated deployment processes.
• Experience with application support in a high-availability, business-critical, 24x7 environment.
• Familiarity with settlement, trade lifecycle, reconciliations, corporate actions, or post-trade processing.
• Knowledge of IT service management tools such as ServiceNow or equivalent platforms.

We offer

• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 22 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days).
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%.
• A higher education certification policy.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture.

S YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.