Application Support Engineer (.NET) - 1 Year Contract

MORGAN MCKINLEY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MORGAN MCKINLEY PTE. LTD. is seeking an independent Application Support Engineer to support a government technology agency in Singapore, maintaining ASP.NET outpatient platforms with 24/7 standby when required.

The role emphasizes system health monitoring, vendor coordination, and light project oversight, requiring a Computer Science/Engineering degree and 4+ years in IT with .NET and MS SQL, plus strong problem-solving and customer-focused communication.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• At least 4 years’ experience in developing, implementing and maintaining IT systems
• Experience in developing, implementing and maintaining IT systems using Microsoft .NET / MS SQL
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently
• Result and customer oriented with multi-tasking capabilities
• Ability to work under a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Active team player and communicate effectively with others

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 primary application maintenance and helpdesk support, when required
• Monitor and review system health and performance of business applications, including servers, interfaces and databases
• Coordinate and participate in regular system maintenance, patching and upgrade activities, including disaster recovery exercises
• Liaise with support teams to test and deploy patches and fixes to production
• Coordinate with vendors to troubleshoot bugs and test fixes
• Maintain good rapport with business users and other teams
• Participate in business contingency activities
• Manage setup and configuration of systems

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Independent worker

Customer focus

Education

Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Microsoft .NET

MS SQL

Job description

Job Overview

You will be deployed to our client who is a leading government technology agency driving digital transformation and innovation in the healthcare sector. Seeking an independent Application Support Engineer to maintain critical ASP.NET outpatient platforms. This role requires 24/7 standby availability for primary support, alongside a strong background in stakeholder engagement, vendor coordination, and light project oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 primary application maintenance and helpdesk support, when required
• Monitor and review system health and performance of business applications, including servers, internal/external interface endpoints and databases
• Coordinate and participate in regular system maintenance, patching and upgrade activities, including yearly disaster recovery exercises
• Liaise closely with various support teams to test and deploy application patches, defect fixes to production environment in accordance with project methodologies and policies
• Liaise closely with vendors to troubleshoot application bugs, evaluate potential fixes, testing and deployment of fixes to production
• Liaise closely with business users & other teams by building good rapport.
• Participate in business contingency activities
• Manage the setup and configuration of systems

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• At least 4 years’ experience in developing, implementing and maintaining IT systems
• Experience in developing, implementing and maintaining IT systems using Microsoft .NET / MS SQL
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently
• Result and customer oriented with multi-tasking capabilities
• Ability to work under a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Active team player and communicate effectively with others

Only shortlisted candidates will be responded to, therefore if you do not receive a reply within 14 days please accept this as notification that you have not been shortlisted.