Lead App/Prod Support

AT&T; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Caregiver Leave

Sick leave beyond state law

Adoption Reimbursement

Disability Benefits

Life Insurance

Supplemental benefits

EAP

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

AT&T is seeking an experienced Lead Application/Production Support professional in Atlanta, GA to ensure seamless application functionality, monitor performance, and respond to issues. The role involves diagnosing complex problems, implementing changes, and maintaining service assurance across production environments.

The ideal candidate will have a BS/BA in Computer Science and 5+ years of related experience, with certifications in some areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science required or desired.
• Minimum 5+ years of related experience.
• Certification is required in some areas.

Responsibilities

• Monitor applications for outages and respond to alerts.
• Diagnose and resolve application issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Maintain service levels and oversee SLAs with end users and vendors.
• Manage and implement changes, updates, and patches in production environments.
• Tune configurations and optimize performance across applications and infrastructure.

Skills

Application monitoring

Incident resolution

Change management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Overall Purpose

Ensure seamless application functionality and optimal product performance by providing expert technical assistance, performing application monitoring and response, managing and resolving application problems, implementing changes, and ensuring service assurance and performance metrics.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Application Monitoring and Response: Continuously monitor applications for outages, take proactive actions and respond promptly to any alerts or issues, and create outage management tools and automation.
• Application Problem Management/Resolution: Diagnose and resolve application issues, manage issue life cycles, conduct root cause analysis, and ensure business flow continuity and service assurance.
• Service Assurance Management: Maintain service levels, oversee SLAs, ensure optimal application performance, and provide input on long-range planning and performance metrics. Works with end user clients, application delivery teams and 3rd party vendors as needed including oversight of SLAs (Service Level Agreements).
• Application Change Management and Implementation: Manage and implement new applications or changes, including updates and patches, and oversee deployment in pre-production, test, or production environments.
• Tuning and Configuration: Optimize application and infrastructure settings, support and configure performance tools, and analyze transaction flows for performance improvement

Job Contribution

An experienced professional, recognized as an expert, creatively resolving complex issues with broad and in-depth knowledge. Leads significant projects with strategic autonomy, influencing executive decisions. Mentors less experienced staff, implements long‑term plans impacting the organization, and frequently collaborates with senior leadership.

Supervisor: No

TCP Career Step Differentiator

Solves complex Tier 2 issues. Knowledgeable about multiple applications and business processes. Assists development team in analyzing root cause and implementing future improvements. Create requirements for automation across all steps in the production support process.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired in Computer Science. 5+ years of related experience. Certification is required in some areas.

Our Lead App/Prod Support jobs earn between $116,700.00 - $175,100.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers.

Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company‑designated holidays)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
• Adoption Reimbursement
• Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Extensive employee wellness programs
• Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Regular

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Salary Range

$116,700.00 - $175,100.00

AT&T and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity. All hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions remain merit-based and free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.