Application Administrator II

Emerson; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible time off plans

Job summary

Emerson is hiring an Applications Administrator in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, responsible for managing and supporting in-house and third-party applications. Qualified candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, along with a minimum of 2 years of experience. The role involves ensuring compliance with IT policies, managing configurations, and providing end-user support. Benefits include competitive medical insurance and flexible time off plans.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in verbal and written English.
• Ability to work with both technical and non-technical staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain existing applications.
• Evaluate and test new applications.
• Provide end-user support and manage support requests.

Skills

Customer service

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Technical understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Application

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Summary

The Applications Administrator is responsible for the controlled administration and support of in-house and third-party applications used by the Global Project Management Office (PMO), ensuring compliance with IT policies, security standards, and governance requirements. The role maintains system availability, enforces appropriate access controls, and manages configuration baselines. Key responsibilities include application onboarding and validation, approved change and release management with documented testing evidence, and incident/service request handling in line with agreed service levels. The position maintains audit-ready records, monitors data integrity and master data quality, and supports compliant reporting, extraction, retention, and archiving activities in collaboration with PMO stakeholders, IT, and vendors.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the configuration of existing in-house and third-party applications.
• Evaluate, test, and configure new applications as required.
• Maintain configuration documentation and/or software.
• Track change and enhancement requests and software updates, and perform and report impact analysis on the current configuration, automations, reports, training, documentation, processes, etc.
• Plan and coordinate testing of changes and upgrades.
• Support development of user training and communications.
• Maintain user lists and perform user administration functions on the supported applications.
• Monitor, track, triage and manage end-user support requests.
• Provide end-user support by diagnosing and resolving issues and answering usage-related questions. Escalate problems to the software vendor as needed and track through resolution.
• Periodically monitor the applications for data integrity. Notify end users to make needed updates.
• Monitor and support archiving activities.
• Support development and implementation of processes for application monitoring and maintenance.
• Identify process automation opportunities and support implementation.
• Support data integration and extraction efforts.
• Support custom query and report creation.
• Develop, maintain, and report on metrics for the supported applications.
• Develop work plans and track/report status of assigned projects and tasks.
• Provide oral and written reports to managers and stakeholders.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant technologies and applications.
• Maintain record of work done.

Required

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science (BSc) & in Computer Application (BCA) or similar.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant knowledge & experience.
• Good English written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively work with technical and nontechnical staff at all organizational levels.
• Strong customer service and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to be the subject matter expert in supporting, maintaining, and administering software applications.
• Ability to learn new content areas and skills quickly and thoroughly.
• Professional attitude and work habits.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to understand software and tools and how they are used to support business processes.
• Ability to introduce, analyze, and execute ideas, processes, and procedures.

Preferred

• Proficient in Azure DevOps and Agile project management.
• Understands business function related to the application.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits plans, including medical insurance and Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee resource groups, recognition programs.
• Flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.