Platform Operations Analyst

FreedomPay; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Life Insurance

Retirement plans with company match

Flexible hybrid work environment

Job summary

FreedomPay is seeking an experienced operations engineer to maintain live services, monitor system health, and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation. You will collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to improve reliability and respond to issues across a complex fintech platform.

The role requires strong knowledge of transaction processing, monitoring tools, and SQL Server, with opportunities to grow in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in a similar fintech/transaction processing role preferred.
• Strong understanding of transaction processing, payment gateways, and real-time processing.
• Experience with application performance monitoring and log ingestion tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk, SolarWinds).

Responsibilities

• Maintain live services by monitoring availability, latency, and health.
• Support 24/7 platform availability through on-call rotations.
• Identify root causes and guide remediation of service degradations.
• Communicate effectively with third parties, partners, and internal teams.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Communication

Risk management

Continuous learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Finance or related field

Tools

Dynatrace

Splunk

SolarWinds

Microsoft SQL Server

Azure Cloud

RunDeck

Job description

The FreedomPay Commerce Platform is the technology of choice for many of the largest companies across the globe in retail, hospitality, lodging, gaming, sports and entertainment, foodservice, education, healthcare and financial services. FreedomPay’s technology has been purposely built to deliver rock solid performance in the highly complex environment of global commerce. The company maintains a world-class security environment and was first to earn the coveted validation by the PCI Security Standards Council against Point-to-Point Encryption with EMV standard in North America. FreedomPay’s robust solutions across payments, security, identity and data analytics are available in-store, online and on-mobile and are supported by rapid API adoption. The award winning FreedomPay Commerce Platform operates on a single, unified technology stack across multiple continents allowing enterprises to deliver a consistent, repeatable experience on a global scale. FreedomPay is a fast paced, high growth company with a great culture with competitive benefits and compensation with a business casual atmosphere.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain live services through measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health
• Participate in a shared on call rotation to support 24/7 platform availability, including periodic off hours and weekend coverage.
• Collaborate with other team members to quickly determine root cause of any type of service degradation and look for key indicators of potential issues.
• Effectively communicate with third parties, partners, and internal teams regarding technical issues.
• Use acquired knowledge to suggest, edit, and write knowledge base articles.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to improve system reliability emphasizing reliability as a core value.
• Identify anomalies and elevate appropriately issues identified in application and system log files.
• Obtain a deep understanding of FreedomPay platform and custom application stack to help resolve issues.
• Create new alerts to support the operations of FreedomPay production systems.
• Troubleshoot and remediate failedscheduled jobs.
• Document and refine internal policies and procedures.

Actively adopt and incorporate AI tools and emerging technologies into daily work practices to increase efficiency, scalability, and business impact.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Educational Background: A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, or a related field is typically required.
• Experience: Previous experience (preferably 4+ years) in a similar role within the financial services technology industry, transaction processing, or related area is preferred. Technical experience in web-based platform environments with related dependencies between network, database, and application layers.
• Knowledge of Transaction Processing: Strong understanding of transaction processing concepts, payment gateways, and related technologies is highly desirable. Experience in supporting real time transaction processing applications is and advantage.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in using and troubleshooting various Application Performance Monitoring platforms, infrastructure monitoring and log ingestion tools, such as Dynatrace, Splunk, SolarWinds and others. Experience in Microsoft SQL Server product stack is desired. Knowledge of API integration, data analysis, and reporting tools is an advantage.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Ability to analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions in a fast-paced transaction processing environment. Experience with problem management processes, including post-incident reviews, to prevent recurrence of issues.
• Risk Management: Familiarity with risk management principles and practices in the context of transaction processing, including fraud detection and prevention.
• Continuous Learning: Willingness to stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in fintech and transaction processing.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for collaborating with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners.

Nice to Haves

• Knowledge of networking protocols, DNS, HTTP, load balancing, web servers
• Experience with Azure Cloud
• Experience with RunDeck Scheduling System

Prior experience utilizing AI-powered tools and technologies to improve productivity, automate routine tasks, and enhance business outcomes.

We have offices in Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and London, and employ individuals across 16 different states and 7 different countries. All roles are hybrid, meaning that employees may work remotely but should expect periodic travel to an office. Frequency will vary pending your role and responsibilities.

As the fastest growing commerce company in the industry, we offer the opportunity for tremendous upward mobility within the company as well as development and professional growth opportunities. FreedomPay’s fulltime roles provide exceptional benefits including medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage, Life Insurance, Retirement Plans with company match, commission sharing plan, flexible hybrid working environment, and great parental and other leave programs. All positions must be able to successfully pass a background check as well as a credit check.

FreedomPay is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.