Associate-Tech Operations Engineering

American Express; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentives

Flexible working model

Wellness programs

Career development

Job summary

American Express is seeking an Associate Technology Operations Engineer to help maintain production applications and services with a focus on availability and resilience.

You will lead Major Incident bridges, coordinate cross-functional teams and drive incidents to timely restoration while communicating impact to stakeholders and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or comparable professional experience.
• 4+ years in Technology Operations, Production Support, Service Management or similar.
• Experience in 24x7 production financial services environments with strict availability requirements.
• Strong hands-on Incident and Major Incident Management experience.
• Proven ability to lead Major Incident bridges and coordinate multiple teams.
• Knowledge of ITIL/ITSM processes including Incident, Major Incident, Change and Problem Management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for production applications, platforms and infrastructure with focus on availability and resilience.
• Lead and coordinate Major Incident bridges from triage to recovery and closure.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams during complex incidents with clear ownership and escalation.
• Communicate incident impact and status to technical teams, stakeholders and leadership.
• Contribute to post-incident reviews and RCA to drive improvements.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, runbooks and escalation processes for operation readiness.
• Act as escalation point to guide engineers and promote best practices.

Skills

Incident management

Major incident management

Coordination of teams

ITIL knowledge

Communication skills

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Observability tooling

Job description

Job Description

The Enterprise Technology Services organization partners with every part of the American Express business to power the company’s growth and innovation with trust and efficiency, and drive competitive differentiation with speed. We support the delivery and operations of technology, digital, and data capabilities, platforms, and services globally. Specifically, our team is responsible for the company’s technology engineering, architecture, and infrastructure, providing 24x7 support to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality experience for customers and colleagues. We also provide product management for core enterprise platforms, and lead technology risk and information security, enterprise data governance and platforms, digital product and design, and enterprise AI platforms on behalf of the company.

As an Associate Technology Operations Engineer, you will help maintain the availability, stability and resilience of business-critical production applications and technology services. This role requires strong Technology Operations experience, combined with a proven knowledge of Incident Management and Application Support.

You will be expected to take ownership of high-severity production incidents, leading Major Incident bridges and providing clear direction throughout the incident lifecycle. This includes coordinating and assisting technical teams with troubleshooting and diagnostics, facilitating effective communication and collaboration across multiple support teams, managing escalations and stakeholder updates, identifying appropriate recovery actions, and driving incidents through to timely service restoration. You will maintain focus and momentum during critical situations, ensuring actions are clearly owned, tracked and progressed while minimising business and customer impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for business-critical production applications, platforms and infrastructure, ensuring high levels of availability, stability and resilience, while troubleshooting issues across application, infrastructure, network and cloud environments.
• Lead and coordinate Major Incident bridges, taking ownership of high-severity incidents and managing them end-to-end through triage, impact assessment, prioritisation, escalation, investigation, recovery and closure, with a clear focus on rapid service restoration.
• Coordinate and assist Application, Infrastructure, Network, Cloud, Engineering, SRE and third-party teams during complex incidents, maintaining structure and momentum by ensuring actions have clear owners, progress is tracked and appropriate technical and management escalations are made.
• Assess customer and business impact and provide clear, timely incident communications to technical teams, business stakeholders and senior leadership, while maintaining accurate incident timelines, actions, decisions, impact assessments and restoration details.
• Facilitate and contribute to post-incident reviews and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), identifying corrective actions, reviewing incident trends and recurring issues, and driving opportunities to improve service stability, resilience and prevent recurrence.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, support documentation, runbooks and escalation processes, collaborating with Product, Engineering and business teams to continually improve operational readiness, monitoring, resilience and production support.
• Act as an escalation point for Technology Operations Engineers, providing guidance during complex or high-severity incidents, removing blockers, sharing operational best practices, and supporting the development of less experienced engineers to promote consistent and effective production support.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or comparable professional experience.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in Technology Operations, Production Support, Service Management, SRE or a comparable operational environment.
• Experience working in a high-volume, 24x7 production financial services environment, supporting business-critical applications and services with demanding availability, stability, resilience and operational requirements.
• Strong hands-on Incident and Major Incident Management experience.
• Proven experience leading Major Incident bridges for high-severity production incidents.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple technical teams and drive incidents through service restoration.
• Knowledge of ITIL/IT Service Management standards, particularly Incident, Major Incident, Problem and Change Management.
• Experience communicating technical incidents and business impact to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Software Delivery Lifecycle and Disaster Recovery.
• Strong troubleshooting experience across applications, infrastructure, networks, and/or cloud services.
• Strong verbal and written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within financial services or another large-scale technology environment.
• Experience with enterprise incident management, monitoring and observability tooling.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud.
• Understanding of SRE practices and production resilience.
• Knowledge of Python, Bash or automation technologies.
• Relevant IT Service Management, cloud or technology operations certifications are advantageous.

Non-considerations For Sponsorship

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

About Us

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

About The Team

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.