Application Architect III

Apex Systems; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company match

HSAs and EAP

ESPP programs

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is looking for a Production Support Engineer in Chandler, AZ, offering hybrid work. The role focuses on end-to-end production stability, incident response, and collaboration with Engineering and Infra teams to implement fixes and upgrades.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in production operations, strong OpenShift/Kubernetes and CICD tooling experience, and cloud platform skills (AWS/Azure). The position includes on-call duties and disaster recovery planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field.
• 7+ years in production operations or production support.
• Proven CICD platform experience in OpenShift/Kubernetes environments.
• Hands-on with Red Hat Ansible Tower, JFROG Artifactory, GitHub, and release tooling.
• Experience with AWS or Azure cloud platforms and Unix scripting (Python/Bash).
• Familiarity with Dynatrace or Splunk for monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end production support for applications to ensure stability and performance.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation for production issues.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Development, and Infra teams for fixes and upgrades.
• Manage on-call rotations and incident triage to meet SLAs.
• Oversee disaster recovery procedures and production readiness activities.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Apache Kafka

Unix scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

JFROG Artifactory

GitHub Actions

XLRelease

Harness

Job description

Production Support Engineer

Location: Chandler, Arizona (hybrid)

Duration: 12 months

Key Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end support of production applications, ensuring their stability, reliability, and performance.
• Conduct in-depth problem analysis, troubleshoot system errors, and address performance issues.
• Perform proactive application stability analysis to investigate performance concerns, system errors, and improvement opportunities.
• Take ownership of root cause analysis for problems and implement appropriate remediation.
• Lead chronic issue investigations to minimize business impact and maintain system health.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Application Development, and Infrastructure teams to implement break fixes, code updates, configuration changes, and production enhancements.
• Handle application management, business continuity, server patching coordination, and vulnerabilities remediation.
• Lead production incident triaging calls and respond to and resolve production tickets to meet SLA requirements.
• Provide production on-call support, including weekend rotation on a round-robin basis.
• Execute disaster recovery procedures and strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information technology, or a related field.
• Experience: 7+ years of experience in production operations.
• Proven experience in a production support or similar role, preferably in a CICD Platform environment.
• Strong experience in OpenShift containers, Kubernetes, and Apache Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with Red Hat Ansible Tower, JFROG Artifactory, GitHub, and release orchestration platforms (e.g., XLRelease, Harness).
• Experience with build tools such as Cloudbees Jenkins or Github Actions.
• Hands-on experience with SaaS and cloud-based platforms like AWS or Azure.
• Expertise in Unix systems and scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Experience with artifact repositories, dependency management, and compliance engines.
• Strong understanding of the CICD pipeline.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace and Splunk.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with database platforms such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of F5 Load balancer, GTM, high availability architectures, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Certification in Red Hat Linux, DevOps methodologies, or related fields.

Benefits Overview

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.
• You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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