We are seeking an experienced Senior Application Production Support Engineer with 5 to 7 years of hands‑on expertise to join our Enterprise Operations team. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the high availability, stability, and optimal performance of our core enterprise Java applications.
If you thrive in fast‑paced environments, possess strong technical troubleshooting skills across Java/Linux/SQL stacks, and excel at root cause analysis, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Application Maintenance & Incident Management: Provide Tier 2/Tier 3 production application support for high-throughput enterprise systems, ensuring high availability, stability, and adherence to strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Troubleshooting & Diagnostics: Perform deep‑dive troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA) on Java-based applications, reading stack traces, analyzing JVM health, and inspecting system/application logs.
- Environment & Systems Administration: Manage, support, and troubleshoot applications hosted on large‑scale Unix/Linux server infrastructure.
- Database Querying & Analysis: Execute complex SQL queries to investigate data anomalies, conduct data validation, and support issue resolution.
- Proactive Monitoring: Track application performance, JVM memory/CPU utilization, and server health using enterprise monitoring tools to catch potential failures before they impact users.
- ITSM Governance: Active participation in IT Service Management practices, including Incident, Problem, and Change Management workflows.
- Deployment & Release Support: Assist with application deployments, software releases, and post‑implementation verification.
- Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Development, Infrastructure, and Business teams to resolve complex technical issues and drive continuous service improvements.
Key Qualifications & Skills
Experience: 5 to 7 years of proven experience in Application Production Support or Application Maintenance.
Core Technical Stack
- Strong hands‑on experience supporting Java applications and a solid grasp of modern application architectures.
- Good understanding of JVM concepts (garbage collection, heap memory, thread dumps) and log analysis techniques.
- Strong proficiency in SQL for data analysis and investigation.
- Hands‑on command line experience in Unix/Linux environments, including server‑level troubleshooting.
Operational Expertise
- Proven experience supporting enterprise applications on large‑scale server infrastructures.
- Strong understanding of ITSM framework processes (Incident, Problem, and Change Management).
- Prior experience with enterprise monitoring, alerting, and ticketing tools (e.g., AppDynamics, Datadog, Splunk, ServiceNow, Jira).
- Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem‑solving abilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact clearly with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Ability to multitask and perform under pressure in a fast‑paced environment.