Production Support Analyst III - Daily

TalentBurst; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Production Support Analyst III for a hybrid role in Montreal, responsible for maintaining the health of production environments. The Analyst will conduct incident management and support user requests while collaborating with internal IT teams to ensure efficient operations. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in the banking sector and skills in Unix/Linux along with an analytical mindset.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a Functional Support Analyst in Banking/Financial sector.
• Experience with Backoffice Settlements Systems.
• English proficiency for interaction with US stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide Level 1 and 2 production support, monitor activities.
• Responsible for effective incident and request management.
• Participate in project management for special projects.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Unix/Linux

Oracle

Dynatrace

Ansible

Job description

Role: Production Support Analyst III
Duration:12+ months
Location: Hybrid in Montreal QC

Business Overview:
The Client Analyst/engineer is responsible and accountable for daily support and health of the production environment for multiple applications in ALMT Client. Such tasks include change, user request, incident, and problem management for the department. As required, functional support and user setup may be performed. The Analyst shall serve on a team which acts as the first point-of-contact (Level 1 and 2): the role will be to receive, to record, and to understand issues, to fix known issues, suggest improvements, route unknown issues to Level 3 support staff, and to then communicate the resolution to the requestor. Assist the user community to resolve technical issues. Coverage during weekend and off-hours are on an "as needed " basis.

Responsibilities:

Level 1 and 2 Support

• Active monitoring of production activities
• Perform remediation steps when required
• Interface with external IT communities to resolve incidents
• Work with development community for Level 3 incident escalations
• Log work and effort in support tracking application and work with team and management to reduce recurring issues
• Available for after-hours support activities, when necessary

Change and Request Management

• Responsible and accountable for changes to the production environment for NAR applications
• Work with development community for release prioritization
• Ensure that requests for change adhere to Group and Department Policies
• Available for after-hours and/or weekend change activities, when necessary

Reporting & Special Projects

• Participate in project elaboration phases to ensure application production team is aware of upcoming changes, and the team has required skills for supporting changes post-release
• Regular reporting to line manager for prioritization and escalation
• Conduct and participate in meetings with related communities
• Perform control result analysis and reporting and take up corrective actions as needed
• As required, take up project management responsibilities for special projects

Minimum Required Qualifications

• 7 or more years of professional experience as a Functional Support Analyst and/or similar role
• Experience in Banking / Financial sector with knowledge of financial products
• Backoffice Settlements Systems experience preferred.
• English is mandatory given the interaction with USA based stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications;

• Unix/Linux hands on experience with knowledge of day to day commands
• Knowledge/experience in SWIFT and messages types MT/MX
• Basic knowledge of financial products(Bond,IRS,Swaps etc)
• Knowledge/experience in Oracle, CFT, Dynatrace
• Scripting and automation (Shell, Autosys, Ansible, Tower, Jenkins …_)
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.