L2 Application Support Engineer

Citi; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Pune requires an L2 Application Support Engineer to join the Production Support and Operations team. You will provide high-quality technical support, troubleshoot incidents, and coordinate with L1/L3 groups to ensure service availability and SLA adherence.

The role covers incident management, monitoring, deployment support, configuration management, and knowledge sharing. Strong scripting, SQL, middleware, and cloud/container experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or similar.
• 5 years of experience in application support or systems engineering.
• ITIL v3/v4 Foundation certification desirable.
• Certifications in AWS/Azure, Kubernetes CKAD, Linux Administration or Oracle/SQL desirable.

Responsibilities

• Incident and problem management with escalation handling.
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis across apps, DBs, middleware.
• Implement workarounds or hotfixes to restore services.
• Monitor system health and perform health checks, EOD/SOD verifications.
• Manage deployments, patches, and environment configuration changes.
• Document SOPs/runbooks and train L1 teams.

Skills

Shell scripting

Python

SQL databases

Web servers

Cloud & containers

Monitoring tools

ITSM tools

Version control

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AWS/Azure

ELK Stack

Splunk

ServiceNow

Jira

Git

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

The L2 Application Support Engineer is a critical role within the Production Support and Operations team. This individual is responsible for providing high-quality technical support, troubleshooting, and incident resolution for complex enterprise applications and platforms. Acting as the bridge between L1 Helpdesk/Monitoring teams and L3 Development/Engineering groups, the L2 Engineer ensures system availability, stability, and adherence to strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in a fast-paced, enterprise technology environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Incident & Problem Management

• Escalation Handling: Acknowledge and own incidents escalated by the L1 support team or monitoring alerts.
• Troubleshooting & Diagnosis: Perform in-depth technical analysis and root cause investigation of application, database, middleware, and infrastructure failures.
• Workaround Implementation: Apply approved temporary workarounds or permanent hotfixes to restore services quickly and minimize business impact.
• Collaboration: Partner with L3 developers, database administrators (DBAs), network engineers, and system administrators to resolve complex, multi-tiered issues.
• Incident Lifecycle Management: Track and document all incident progression within the ITSM platform (e.g., ServiceNow) from creation through to resolution.

2. Monitoring, Observability & Preventive Maintenance

• System Monitoring: Actively monitor application health, batch jobs, integration feeds, and system performance using enterprise observability suites.
• Proactive Interventions: Identify recurring patterns, error trends, or capacity bottlenecks and initiate preventative actions.
• Health Checks: Perform daily health checks, start-of-day (SOD) and end-of-day (EOD) verifications, and batch processing runs.

3. Release, Deployment & Configuration Management

• Deployment Validation: Support the verification of application deployments, system patches, and infrastructure upgrades during maintenance windows.
• Configuration Controls: Maintain and update application configuration files, environment variables, and parameter settings under strict change management processes.
• Environment Management: Assist in maintaining non-production (UAT/Staging) and production environments to ensure consistency.

4. Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Status Updates: Provide clear, timely, and precise communications to business stakeholders, product owners, and technology leadership during critical (Sev-1/Sev-2) incidents.
• Bridges & War Rooms: Participate in or lead technical incident bridges to coordinate restoration efforts.
• Post-Incident Reviews: Contribute technical inputs to Post-Incident Reviews (PIRs) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation.

5. Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Runbooks & SOPs: Document and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), application architecture maps, and troubleshooting runbooks.
• Knowledge Sharing: Train L1 teams on common issue resolution paths to shift-left workloads and improve first-contact resolution rates.

Required Technical Skills

• Scripting & Automation – Proficiency in writing and debugging Shell scripting (Bash), PowerShell, or Python to automate daily tasks and analyze log files.
• Databases & Querying – Strong SQL skills (Oracle, MS SQL, Sybase, or PostgreSQL). Ability to write complex select queries, joins, analyze execution plans, and run database scripts.
• Middleware & Web Servers – Working knowledge of Apache, Tomcat, Nginx, WebSphere, and messaging queues like IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, or Apache Kafka.
• Cloud & Containerization – Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure) concepts and container deployments.
• Monitoring & Logging – Hands-on experience with tools such as Splunk, ELK Stack, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Grafana, or ITRS Geneos.
• ITSM & Collaboration – Experience with ticketing tools like ServiceNow or Jira, and version control systems like Git or Bitbucket.

Required Professional & Soft Skills

• Analytical Mindset: Excellent logical reasoning and problem-solving skills; ability to systematically break down a complex issue.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical details into plain language for business teams.
• Pressure Tolerance: Calm demeanor under pressure, especially during high-severity system outages.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work cohesively in a global, distributed cross-functional environment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience: 5 years of experience in an application support, technical support, or systems engineering role (preferably in an enterprise or financial services environment).
• Certifications (Desirable):
  • ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation certification.
  • Professional certifications in AWS/Azure, Kubernetes (CKAD), Linux Administration, or Oracle/SQL.

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Applications Support

Time Type: Full time

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