Applications Support Senior Analyst -Assistant Vice President

Citi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is looking for an experienced Application Support Senior Analyst (Assistant Vice President) in New York focusing on providing technical support for Citi applications. This hybrid role demands managing application systems, ensuring operational stability, and guiding team members.

The ideal candidate should have 5-8 years of relevant experience, a strong technical background including SQL, and be proficient in Linux/Cloud technologies. Join Citi in driving operational excellence!

Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience in an Application Support role.
• Experience installing or supporting business applications.
• Strong SQL skills across MS SQL Server or Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical and business support for users of Citi Applications.
• Manages and maintains applications and their operating environments.
• Acts as a liaison between users/traders and internal technology groups.

Skills

Application Support

Problem Management

SQL

Bash/Shell Scripting

Cloud Technologies

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree

Tools

Grafana

Splunk

Autosys

Job description

Application Support Senior Analyst (Assistant Vice President)

Location: Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Job Type: Hybrid

Responsibilities

• The Application Support Senior Analyst provides technical and business support for users of Citi Applications. This includes providing quick resolutions to app issues, driving stability, efficiency and effectiveness improvements to help us and the business succeed.
• Maintains application systems that have completed the development stage and are running in the daily operations of the firm.
• Manages, maintains and supports applications and their operating environments, focusing on stability, quality and functionality against service level expectations.
• Start of day checks, continuous monitoring, and regional handover.
• Performs same day risk reconciliations.
• Develops and maintains technical support documentation.
• Identifies ways to maximize the potential of the applications used.
• Assesses risk and impact of production issues and escalates to business and technology management in a timely manner.
• Ensures that storage and archiving procedures are in place and functioning correctly.
• Formulates and defines scope and objectives for complex application enhancements and problem resolution.
• Reviews and develops application contingency planning to ensure availability to users.
• Partners with appropriate development and production support areas to prioritize bug fixes and support tooling requirements.
• Participates in application releases, from development, testing and deployment into production.
• Engages in post implementation analysis to ensure successful system design and functionality.
• Considers implications of the application of technology to the current environment and identifies risks, vulnerabilities and security issues; communicates impact.
• Ensures essential procedures are followed and helps define operating standards and processes.
• Acts as a liaison between users/traders, interfacing internal technology groups and vendors.
• Expected to raise problems to appropriate technology and business teams while adhering to Service Level Agreements.
• Acts as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts.
• Provides evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual information in complicated and unique situations.
• Directly impacts the business by ensuring the quality of work provided by self and others; impacts own team and closely related work teams.
• Exhibits sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills to exchange complex information.
• Actively involved in and owns Support Project items, covering Stability, Efficiency, and Effectiveness initiatives.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and/or other team members.
• Appropriately assesses risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adopting sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience in an Application Support role.
• Experience installing, configuring or supporting business applications.
• Experience with some programming languages and willingness/ability to learn.
• Advanced execution capabilities and ability to adjust quickly to changes and re-prioritization.
• Effective written and verbal communications including ability to explain technical issues in simple terms that non-IT staff can understand.
• Demonstrated analytical skills.
• Issue tracking and reporting using tools.
• Knowledge/experience of problem Management Tools.
• Good all‑round technical skills.
• Effectively shares information with other support team members and other technology teams.
• Ability to plan and organize workload.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate appropriately to relevant stakeholder.

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Linux & Cloud Technologies: Proficient in Linux/Unix command-line for production troubleshooting and experienced in supporting cloud-hosted applications (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift, Docker/Kubernetes).
• Monitoring & Observability: Hands‑on experience with ITRS Geneos, Grafana, Splunk, and ELK Stack for real‑time monitoring, log analysis, and incident investigation.
• Job Scheduling: Practical experience with Autosys, Control‑M, or equivalent enterprise schedulers to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot batch jobs and SLA‑critical cycles.
• SQL & Databases: Strong SQL skills across MS SQL Server or Oracle for data investigation and incident resolution; MongoDB knowledge is an added advantage.
• Scripting & Automation: Ability to write Bash/Shell or Python scripts to automate operational tasks, with exposure to programming languages (Python), sufficient to read application code and stack traces.
• Messaging Technologies: Working knowledge of enterprise messaging platforms (IBM MQ, Kafka) to monitor, troubleshoot, and support message‑driven application workflows.
• AI Tools & Learning: Familiarity with AI‑assisted tools and a demonstrated willingness to continuously learn and adopt emerging technologies.

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