For a UN Agency in Geneva, NTT DATA is currently looking for a Application and Support Engineer to work onsite from Geneva, who will be assigned to the User and Application Support Unit where he/she will contribute in supporting the reliable operation and day-to-day maintenance of business applications and related services.
Your main duties will be:
- Provide application and user support for business applications and services; log, track, and resolve incidents and service requests using the ticketing system; accelerate complex issues as needed; ensure timely resolution in line with SLAs; and maintain accurate support records.
- Monitor application performance, availability, and operational alerts and follow established procedures to address or report issues.
- Perform systems and data analysis tasks, compile production statistics and reports, and support daily operational activities, including scheduled tasks and checks, in line with documented processes.
- Assist in identifying, reproducing, and documenting defects or system issues; carry out data corrections, configuration updates, or operational fixes.
- Validate implemented fixes and confirm successful resolution with end users; support testing activities related to application updates, bug fixes, and new releases
- Contribute to the preparation and maintenance of user documentation, knowledge base articles, and operational procedures.
- Develop, implement, and maintain processes to automate, optimize, and secure the Business Operations schedule, ensuring system security and data integrity.
You will need to have the following:
- Skills set:
- Required:
- Strong knowledge of technical application support and production operations in enterprise environments.
- Understanding of incident management, problem management, change management, and service request processes.
- Strong understanding of software development life cycles, with a focus on CI/CD pipelines, particularly for deploying updates and fixes.
- Strong knowledge of relational databases, SQL language and Java language.
- Good knowledge of data management and XML processing.
- Good knowledge of production procedures and data flows.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative as well as a member of a team and to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external service providers
- Ability to troubleshoot under pressure.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to provide clear updates to users, stakeholders, and technical teams.
- Ability to share knowledge effectively and train others.
- Excellent command of the English language.
- Intermediate knowledge of French.
- Experience:
- Required:
- At least 5 TO 10 years of practical experience in supporting and managing production environments (with focus on JAVA applications and relational databases).
- This includes demonstrated expertise in:
- Troubleshooting technical issues and providing 3rd-level technical support
- Software development life cycles, with a focus on CI/CD pipelines, particularly for deploying updates and fixes.
- Monitoring application performance, availability, and operational alerts.
- Developing processes to automate and optimize the operational load.
- Providing application support for services hosted on AWS.
NTT DATA is a global consultancy company, employing over 200.000 professionals world-wide. Within the International Institutions we have framework contracts with European Institutions like: European Commission; European Parliament; European Court of Auditors; Europol; NATO; Court of Justice; EPO; European Council, United Nations, etc.