Senior Support Engineer (Application)

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun working environment

Employee Wellness Program

Singapore Government Agencies projects

Structured development framework

Job summary

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd is seeking an IT Operations professional in Singapore to ensure reliability, stability and availability of production and non-production environments. You will manage incidents, service requests, problems and changes, ensuring timely resolution per SLAs and business impact levels.

You will perform triage, impact assessments, troubleshooting, monitoring, and preventive maintenance, while keeping stakeholders informed and driving continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Incidents, service requests, problems, and changes management aligned with ITIL.
• Experience supporting production and non-production environments.
• Troubleshooting web apps, APIs, databases, servers, networks, and logs.
• Monitoring and alert handling with dashboards and health checks.
• Automation scripting to improve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage incident resolution and service request fulfilment per SLAs and priorities.
• Perform triage, impact assessment, and resolution of issues across environments.
• Provide updates to teams, stakeholders, and users throughout lifecycle.
• Recommend workarounds and corrective actions to minimize disruption.
• Escalate complex issues to appropriate teams with clear findings.
• Conduct routine health checks, monitoring reviews, and preventive maintenance.
• Maintain records in ticketing systems and knowledge bases.
• Assist root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Support change implementation, release and deployment readiness.
• Prepare or update SOPs and documentation.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams for continuity and compliance.
• Mentor junior operations team members.

Skills

Incident management

Troubleshooting

SLA management

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Change management

Operational reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

ITIL certification

Cloud certification (AWS/Azure/GCC)

Security/DevOps certifications

Tools

Dynatrace

Splunk

AWS CloudWatch

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

Activate Interactive Pte Ltd (\"Activate\") is a leading technology consultancy headquartered in Singapore with a presence in Malaysia and Indonesia. Our clients are empowered with quality, cost-effective, and impactful end-to-end application development, like mobile and web applications, and cloud technology that remove technology roadblocks and increase their business efficiency.

We believe in positively impacting the lives of people around us and the environment we live in through the use of technology. Hence, we are committed to providing a conducive environment for all employees to realize their full potential, who in turn have the opportunity to continuously drive innovation.

We are searching for our next team members to join our growing team.

If you love the idea of being part of a growing company with exciting prospects in mobile and web technologies that create positive impact on people's lives, then we would love to hear from you.

What will you do?

This role is responsible for ensuring the reliability, stability, and availability of production and non-production application environments by providing effective incident, service request, and problem support in accordance with agreed SLAs, business impact levels, and priority classifications. The role supports timely issue resolution, stakeholder communication, escalation, monitoring, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement to minimize service disruption, strengthen operational resilience, and maintain the expected level of service for users.

• Manage incident resolution and service request fulfilment in accordance with agreed SLAs, business impact levels, and priority classifications.

• Perform initial triage, impact assessment, troubleshooting, and resolution of application, infrastructure, and operational issues.
• Provide timely updates to internal teams, external stakeholders, and users throughout the incident or service request lifecycle.
• Recommend and apply workarounds or corrective actions to minimize service disruption and restore service availability.
• Escalate complex or recurring issues to the appropriate technical teams, vendors, or management with clear findings and supporting details.
• Conduct routine system health checks, monitoring reviews, and preventive maintenance activities to detect and address potential issues early.
• Maintain accurate incident, service request, problem, and operational records in the relevant ticketing or tracking systems.
• Support root cause analysis, post-incident reviews, and continuous improvement actions to reduce repeat incidents.
• Assist in change implementation, release support, deployment validation, and operational readiness activities.
• Prepare or update operational documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge base articles.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support service continuity, audit readiness, security compliance, and operational reporting.
• Mentor junior operations team members and provide guidance on troubleshooting, escalation, and operational best practices

Requirements

Domain Skills

• Incident, service request, problem, and change management practices, preferably aligned with ITIL.
• Application and infrastructure support across production and non-production environments.
• Troubleshooting and analysis of web applications, APIs, databases, servers, networks, integrations, application logs, system metrics, and monitoring dashboards.
• System monitoring, alert handling, log review, and operational health check processes using tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, or equivalent platforms.
• Cloud, hosting, backup, recovery, and availability concepts across Azure, AWS, GCC, or equivalent environments.
• Database querying and validation skills, including basic SQL for investigation, analysis, and operational verification.
• Automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, or equivalent technologies to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Ticketing and workflow tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or equivalent platforms.
• SLA management, priority classification, escalation procedures, operational reporting, and service performance tracking.
• Security, vulnerability remediation, access control, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Deployment, release, change validation, rollback coordination, and operational readiness support across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• SOP, technical documentation, troubleshooting guide, and knowledge base maintenance.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• ITIL certification or equivalent service management certification is preferred.
• Cloud certification in AWS, Azure, GCC, or equivalent platform is an advantage.
• Security, DevOps, or automation-related certifications are advantageous.

Required Experience

• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in IT operations, application support, production support, site reliability engineering, or a similar IT operations role.
• Experience supporting production and non-production application environments.
• Experience in incident, service request, problem, and change management.
• Experience working with development teams, product managers, vendors, security consultants, and user support teams.
• Experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, deployment support, operational reporting, and documentation.
• Experience managing or guiding team members or vendors in a 24/7 support environment is preferred.
• Experience supporting government digital platforms, citizen-facing applications, or enterprise-scale cloud transformation initiatives would be advantageous

What do we offer in return?

• Fun working environment
• Employee Wellness Program
• To work in Singapore Government Agencies projects
• We provide structured development framework and growth opportunities. (We are a \"SHRI 2025 Gold winner\" in \"Learning & Development; Coaching & Mentoring\")

Why you'll love working with us?

If you are looking for opportunities to collaborate with leading industry experts and be surrounded by highly motivated and talented peers, we welcome you to join us. We provide all employees with equal opportunities to grow and develop with us. We believe your success is our success.

Does it sound like something you are interested in exploring further? Please be in touch with our team for an initial chat at @activate.sg

Activate Interactive Singapore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Activate Interactive Pte Ltd does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, colour, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law.

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