Senior Sustaining Engineer - Java/SQL SME

Aera Technology; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aera Technology in London seeks a Sustaining Engineer to identify and resolve production issues in Java‑based services, becoming the SME for key modules. You will troubleshoot across frontend and backend areas and contribute to rapid resolutions.

The role emphasizes root‑cause analysis from logs, triaging high‑priority bugs, and collaborating with customers and development teams to enable permanent fixes.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Java and experience with SQL.
• Ability to analyze root cause for issues by looking at log files.
• Passionate about developing strong expertise in their area and becoming an SME.
• Interested to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize tasks and accurately document the nature of the reported problem. Triage and remediate high-priority issues and bugs.
• Deep dive into an issue, analyze it, and identify solutions to resolve them. Propose any code fixes to the development team for further resolution.
• Be proactive and manage multiple high priority threads.
• Develop a broad understanding of Area’s technical architecture.

Skills

Java

SQL

Root cause analysis

Debugging

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Aera Technology in London seeks a Sustaining Engineer to identify and resolve production issues in Java‑based services, becoming the SME for key modules. You will troubleshoot across frontend and backend areas and contribute to rapid resolutions.

The role emphasizes root‑cause analysis from logs, triaging high‑priority bugs, and collaborating with customers and development teams to enable permanent fixes.