Senior Application Support Specialist (m/f/d)

Solactive AG; Berlin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Solactive AG in Berlin seeks an Application Support Specialist with deep technical and financial experience in market connectivity, trading platforms, and real-time financial systems. You will support and enhance our proprietary index and market-data platforms across distributed Linux environments, ensuring stability and operational excellence.

This role requires proactive incident management, strong communication with internal business teams, and mentoring junior staff to uphold SLA-driven

Qualifications

• Experience providing L1/L2 support for business-critical trading and market-data applications.
• Strong knowledge of Linux-based production environments and real-time systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly with internal business teams and manage incidents end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Provide L1/L2 support for business-critical trading and market-data applications.
• Monitor Linux-based production environments and resolve real-time operational issues.
• Act as primary contact for internal teams, delivering timely support and clear communication.
• Lead incident management activities, including triage, escalation, stakeholder communication, and root-cause analysis.
• Own incidents, tickets, and service requests end-to-end while ensuring SLA compliance.
• Support change, release, and deployment activities following ITIL best practices.
• Mentor junior-mid level team members and contribute to operational excellence.

Skills

L1/L2 Support

Linux

Incident Management

Trading platforms knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Linux environments

APIs

Databases

Job description

Company Description

Since its foundation in 2007, Solactive AG has evolved into one of the world’s most important and fastest-growing index providers. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, we power global investment products across ETFs, structured products, and mandates. Our reputation is built on innovation, speed, flexibility, and strong partnerships.

Service Operations is a multidisciplinary and agile application support function responsible for real‑time system monitoring, technical troubleshooting of complex applications, incident management, and global market checks. The team supports our business, development, and DevOps departments across all mission‑critical environments, ensuring reliable 24/6 operational coverage.

Job Overview

We are seeking an Application Support Specialist with deep technical and financial experience in market connectivity, trading platforms, and real‑time financial systems. You will support and enhance our proprietary index and market‑data platforms across distributed Linux environments, ensuring stability, accuracy, and operational excellence.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast‑paced environments, understands front‑to‑back trade flows, and can lead technical resolution, real‑time monitoring, incident handling, and projects with confidence.

Your Tasks

Production Support & Incident Management

• Provide L1/L2 support for business-critical trading and market-data applications.
• Monitor Linux-based production environments and resolve real-time operational issues.
• Act as the primary point of contact for internal business teams, delivering timely support and clear communication.
• Lead incident management activities, including triage, escalation, stakeholder communication, and root-cause analysis.
• Own incidents, tickets, and service requests end-to-end while ensuring SLA compliance.
• Support change, release, and deployment activities following ITIL best practices.
• Mentor junior-mid level team members and contribute to a culture of operational excellence, teamwork, and accountability.

Technical Support & Platform Stability

• Troubleshoot issues across market connectivity, APIs, databases, data feeds, and distributed systems.
• Analyse application logs, system behaviour, and complex datasets to identify and resolve issues.