Assistant / Deputy Manager - IT (Application Support & Automation)

ST Logistics; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ST Logistics is seeking an experienced Application Support Manager to own the L2 support function for a portfolio of business applications, ensuring availability, stability, and incident resolution within SLAs.

You will lead escalation, coordinate with vendors, and manage application administration, health monitoring, and UAT cycles. A strong ITIL background and hands-on automation experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in application support or ITSM.
• At least 2 years in a lead/managerial role.
• Experience delivering automation, chatbots, or virtual agents.
• Hands-on with ITSM platforms and ITIL-aligned processes.
• Knowledge management: runbooks and KB frameworks.
• ITIL Foundation certification required; ITIL MP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the L2 support function for the portfolio of applications, ensuring availability and timely incident resolution.
• Escalate and diagnose issues beyond L1, coordinating with vendors and internal teams.
• Manage application administration: user access, patching, releases, and health monitoring.
• Drive remediation of VAPT findings with vendors, infrastructure, and security teams.
• Oversee enhancements, upgrades, and UAT with stakeholders and vendors.
• Govern ITSM processes and publish regular service performance reports.
• Define and deliver an L1 agent roadmap and knowledge catalogue.
• Establish escalation rules and handover paths for seamless user experience.
• Track shift-left metrics and report to senior management.
• Conduct problem management to identify root causes and drive permanent fixes.

Skills

Leadership

Automation / chatbots

ITIL / ITSM

Scripting / low-code

Education

Degree in IT or CS

ITIL Foundation

ITIL MP preferred

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira Service Management

Freshservice

Power Automate

SQL

Job description

1. Application Support Management (BAU / L2)

• Own the support function for the organisation's portfolio of business applications, ensuring availability, stability, and resolution of incidents and service requests within agreed SLAs.
• Serve as the L2 escalation point: investigate, diagnose, and resolve issues beyond the L1 agent's capability, engaging vendors and internal teams as needed.
• Manage application administration activities: user access, configuration, patching coordination, release support, and health monitoring.
• Coordinate and drive timely remediation of VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing) findings for supported applications, working with vendors, infrastructure, and security teams, and tracking closure to agreed deadlines.
• Oversee application enhancements, upgrades, and UAT cycles, including coordination with business stakeholders and vendors.
• Ensure disciplined use of the ITSM platform for incident, problem, and change management, and produce regular service performance reporting for management.
• Define the roadmap for and deliver an L1 support agent (virtual agent / chatbot) that resolves common application issues by referencing curated knowledge catalogues.
• Establish and govern the knowledge catalogue framework: structured troubleshooting guides, FAQs, resolution scripts, and decision trees consumable by the agent.
• Define the agent's scope, escalation rules, and handover paths from L1 (agent) to L2 (human), ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Own agent performance management: deflection rate, first-contact resolution, escalation quality, and user satisfaction; drive tuning of content, prompts, and workflows.
• Manage vendors, platforms, and budget associated with the agent solution.
• Institutionalise a feedback loop: for every issue resolved manually at L2, evaluate whether the resolution can be standardised and codified into the L1 catalogues.
• Author, validate, and publish catalogue entries so recurring issues are progressively handled autonomously by the L1 agent.
• Track and report shift-left metrics (e.g., % of tickets resolved at L1, catalogue coverage growth, repeat-escalation reduction) to senior management.
• Perform problem management: identify recurring root causes and drive permanent fixes or upstream automation beyond the support layer.

4. Stakeholder & Change Management

• Partner with business units to understand application pain points and prioritise support and automation improvements.
• Drive user adoption of the L1 agent through communication, training, and feedback channels.
• Champion a self-service and automation-first culture across the support function.

Requirements

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 6-10 years of experience in application support or IT service management, with at least 2 years in a lead or managerial capacity.
• Proven track record delivering support automation, chatbots, or virtual agents (e.g., ServiceNow Virtual Agent, Microsoft Copilot Studio, or LLM-based solutions).
• Strong hands-on experience with ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice) and ITIL-aligned processes.
• Experience in knowledge management: building runbooks, KB frameworks, and structured resolution content.
• ITIL Foundation certification required; ITIL Managing Professional or equivalent preferred.
• Working knowledge of scripting or low-code automation (e.g., Power Automate, Python, SQL) preferred.