Software Production Support Lead

Healthfirst; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthfirst seeks a Software Production Support Lead to ensure stability, availability, and performance of our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate complex technical issues, support users, and contribute to process improvements.

You will review escalated tickets, prioritize by urgency, use SQL to gather data for troubleshooting, and ensure timely resolution while tracking SLAs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5–7 years in production support.
• 5+ years of hands-on SQL experience.
• 2+ years CI/CD with Jenkins, Maven, Git.
• Familiarity with middleware and AWS.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Review escalated tickets from program teams and ensure timely resolution.
• Prioritize tickets by urgency and impact, categorizing for investigation, guidance, or escalation.
• Use SQL to query databases and understand data-related issues for troubleshooting.
• Ensure incident tickets are resolved promptly and tracked against SLAs.
• Log bugs, document RCA, and coordinate with development to address root causes.
• Maintain internal knowledge base with resolutions and learnings.
• Generate and report bug lifecycle metrics to inform product decisions.

Skills

SQL

CI/CD

Leadership

Communication

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Information Systems

High School Diploma with relevant work experience

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

Git

Workato/MuleSoft

ServiceNow

Splunk

Tableau

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)

Job description

As a Software Production Support Lead, you will ensure the stability, availability, and performance of our products. You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to investigate complex technical issues, support users, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our processes.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews and analyses the tickets escalated from the various program teams (including SAM, I&O, development) and ensure timely resolution
• Prioritize tickets based on urgency, impact, and relevance, categorizing them as either needing further investigation, resolution guidance, or escalation
• Use high-level SQL skills to query databases as needed to gather information and understand potential data-related issues for troubleshooting
• Ensuring all incident tickets are resolved in a timely and comprehensive manner
• Establish measures to ensure that tickets are tracked based on agreed SLAs and create weekly/monthly/quarterly metrics
• Coordinate root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring issues and log bugs/enhancements to address the cause
• Provide detailed and precise guidance to the impacted teams, offering solutions and instructions to resolve issues without engineering intervention where possible
• Document resolution steps and any new learnings in an internal knowledge base to aid future troubleshooting
• Log detailed and comprehensive bug reports for the development team, including steps to reproduce the error, screenshots, SQL query results if necessary, and any other relevant diagnostic information
• Regularly track the status and progress of logged bugs with the development team, ensuring they are prioritized appropriately and addressed within agreed timelines.
• Report on bug lifecycle metrics, such as time to resolution and recurrence rates, to inform product management and development teams of patterns or critical areas needing attention
• Collaborate with the development team whenever necessary to clarify bug reports and understand fixes
• Continuously improve and maintain a deep understanding of the Healthfirst application’s functionality, including new features and updates
• Provide regular feedback to the product team about user experience pain points, frequently asked questions, or underutilized features
• Generate reports on support trends to help guide strategic decisions and improve overall customer satisfaction.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems or High School Diploma/GED with relevant work experience 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in production support
• Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience in SQL experience in a professional setting
• Minimum 2 years of working experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) using Jenkins, Maven, Git and/or comparable toolsets
• Familiarity with Middleware: Workato/MuleSoft, Service Now, Splunk, and Tableau
• Working knowledge on Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, Lambda)
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and learn quickly
• Should be able to lead a team independently and mentor team members
• Experience in supporting Health Insurance products is highly desirable
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• An amazing ability to thrive in a multi-tasking environment and operate successfully under planned deadlines
• Eagerness to learn, adapt and perfect your work

Preferred Qualifications

• Health insurance domain experience
• Experience working in Agile environment

Compliance & Regulatory Responsibilities

NA License/Certification: NA WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. HF Management Services, LLC complies with all applicable laws and regulations. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, military status, veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, height and weight, familial status, marital status, or unemployment status, as well as any other legally protected basis. HF Management Services, LLC shall not discriminate against any disabled employee or applicant in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant is otherwise qualified.

If you have a disability under the Americans with Disability Act or a similar law and want a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to [e-mail] or calling 212-519-1798. In your email please include a description of the accommodation you are requesting and a description of the position for which you are applying. Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a position within HF Management Services, LLC will be reviewed at the e‑mail address and phone number supplied.

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All hiring and recruitment at Healthfirst is transacted with a valid “@healthfirst.org” email address only or from a recruitment firm representing our Company. Any recruitment firm representing Healthfirst will readily provide you with the name and contact information of the recruiting professional representing the opportunity you are inquiring about. If you receive a communication from a sender whose domain is not @healthfirst.org, or not one of our recruitment partners, please be aware that those communications are not coming from or authorized by Healthfirst. Healthfirst will never ask you for money during the recruitment or onboarding process.

Hiring Range*

Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $94,100 - $136,000 All Other Locations (within approved locations): $82,500 - $122,740

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live. *The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role. Healthfirst is New York’s largest not‑for‑profit health insurer offering it’s nearly 1.7 million members access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. As part of the community for nearly 30 years, Healthfirst’s unique advantage is rooted in its belief that good health doesn’t start in a doctor’s office. The company’s mission is to put its members first by working closely with care providers and community leaders to address broader issues that can impact health and well‑being.