Application Support Analyst

Exaze; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Exaze is seeking an Application Support Analyst to back Vitality Group’s systems, applications and services globally. The role involves 1st line troubleshooting, incident resolution, and collaboration across teams in a 24x5 support model with weekend standby for major incidents. Hybrid work in Hyderabad is required, with in-office Tue–Thu.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in service desk/development, experience with Java, SQL, JSON and GIT, and knowledge of ITSM tools like ServiceNow.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in an Application Service Desk or development role with Java, SQL, JSON and GIT.
• Hybrid role located in Hyderabad; in-office on Tue, Wed and Thu.
• Experience with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1st line troubleshooting and restore services using SOPs and knowledge bases.
• Investigate, debug and resolve problems and defects with applications.
• Coordinate incidents and service requests across teams within SLAs/OLAs.
• Communicate and prepare reports on incidents and resolutions.
• Log, classify and escalate issues to ensure rapid debugging and resolution.
• Create knowledge articles and share learnings with the team.
• Participate in post-mortems and root cause analysis after incidents.

Skills

Java

SQL

JSON

GIT

Tools

ServiceNow

Dynatrace

Kibana

PowerBI

AWS

REST Clients

Oracle

Postgres

Liferay

Android

iOS

Job description

Job Purpose

The Application Support Analyst will support Vitality Group’s systems, applications and services by providing technical support to customers and partners around the world. The Application Support Analyst will drive the resolution of non-major incidents and service requests in accordance with defined Service Level Agreements and Operational Level Agreements. This role requires working flexible hours due to the 24x5 nature of the function. Passive standby during weekends is also required in the event of major incidents. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting systems in production in a cloud based environment.

Key Activities / Outputs

• 1st line troubleshooting, application of work arounds and service restoration using available tools, knowledge base and Standard Operating Procedures
• Investigate, debug and troubleshoot code in order to resolve problems and defects.
• Facilitate resolution of Incidents and Service Requests throughout the lifecycles and across various teams within the specified Service Level Agreements/Operational Level Agreements
• Assist with communication, creation, maintenance, scheduling and distribution of reports
• Ensure all incidents logged meet the minimum entry criteria to enable efficient debugging
• Application and verification of known solutions or Standard Operating Procedures to Incidents and Service Requests (e.g. assisting with the restarting of services on request, data fixes, ad-hoc data extracts and query executions, etc.)
• Proactive ticket status updates and escalation/follow ups where applicable
• Verify resolution with end-users and resolve assigned Incidents and Service Requests
• Associate Incidents with other records (i.e. Incidents, Changes, Problems, Knowledge Articles, Known Errors, etc.) in order to provide input for continuous improvement initiatives regarding ticket trends and opportunities for improvement of processes and procedures
• Record and classify received alerts and events and initiate an immediate effort in order to restore a failed IT Service as quickly as possible as per severity classification and associated Service Level Agreements
• Analysis of logs in the error queue and initiating resolution with the respective resolver group
• Evaluation and escalation of Incidents at risk of breaching Service Level Agreement/Operational Level Agreement to the Incident Team Leader/Manager according to the agreed priority and severity of the incident
• Collaborate with other VG work streams to troubleshoot and restore services in the event of outages
• Escalate risks and issues to management timeously depending on severity and impact
• Create and submit knowledge articles
• Provide knowledge transfer and upskilling of direct subordinates, peers and junior analysts
• Available for on-call and emergency response rotation as needed
• Participate in Post-Mortem/Root Cause Analysis after each event to mitigate problem recurrence
• Review records produced by Junior team members and provide recommendations for improvement and enhance processes where applicable. Participate in various cross-functional forums and work streams to contribute to the improvement and implementation of policies, frameworks and standards.

Technical Skills or Knowledge

More than 2 years’ experience in an Application Service Desk and Development Role, Java, SQL, JSON, GIT

Preferred Technical Skills (Would be advantageous)

Customer support experience, ITSM Tools (ServiceNow experience), SDLC experience, Android, iOS, Liferay, Oracle, Postgres, AWS, webservices, microservices, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, Kibana, PowerBI, REST Clients

This position is a hybrid role based in Hyderabad which requires you to be in the office on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.