Technical Support Engineer

Ascendum Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendum Solutions is seeking a Level 3 (LV3) Support, Site Reliability, and Operations Engineer to join a POS platform team embedded within the engineering organization. You will partner with developers across the SDLC, focusing on problem solving, learning quickly, and driving reliable service.

The role emphasizes on-call support, 24x7 readiness, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and hands-on testing of infrastructure changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field preferred.
• Experience in application support or engineering is a plus but not required.
• Willingness to learn PCI-DSS and ITSM tools.

Responsibilities

• Expedite issue resolution with cross-functional teams to meet SLAs.
• Support and maintain infrastructure and applications including off-hours support.
• Test changes to infrastructure and applications.
• Develop specifications for enhancements and modifications.
• Own incident and problem management including root cause analysis.
• Lead large projects and mentor analysts.

Skills

Problem-solving mindset

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Agile familiarity

On-call readiness

Time prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or related field

Tools

SQL

NoSQL (MongoDB)

PowerShell

Python

Shell

ServiceNow

Jira

Confluence

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Level 3 (LV3) Support, Site Reliability, and Operations Engineer supporting a Point of Sale (POS) platform. This team is embedded within the engineering organization, partnering directly with developers throughout the SDLC rather than sitting in a separate support silo. We care more about problem-solving instinct, curiosity, and drive than a checklist of prior experience — the items below describe a strong match, not a hard bar, and candidates early in their career or without every listed skill are encouraged to apply.

• Exposure to Point of Sale systems in enterprise environments is helpful; some experience with Java is preferred, Go is a plus
• Any exposure to SQL or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), scripting (Shell, PowerShell, or Python), or ITSM/monitoring tooling (ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Splunk, Grafana, or equivalent) is a plus — willingness to learn these on the job matters more than prior mastery
• Interest in or willingness to learn payment card security standards (PCI-DSS)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to translate between business users and Technology teams
• Familiarity with the Agile process is helpful; experience as a Scrum Master a plus
• Willingness to speak up and challenge developers on Agile best practices and definitions of done during refinement and QA
• Accountable for driving support tickets and emails to resolution
• Good judgment under pressure; able to prioritize across competing support, testing, and scrum-master duties
• In office 5 days a week; willingness to travel and provide onsite support for new go-lives, pilots, and rollouts
• Participate in a scheduled on-call rotation (nights/weekends/holidays) for 24x7 support; PTO/leave may be restricted during peak retail periods and major go-lives
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience) preferred; prior experience in application support, operations, or engineering is a plus but not required

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to expedite issue resolution and manage to SLAs
• Support and maintain infrastructure and applications, including off-hours support (24 x 7) as required
• Test infrastructure and application changes
• Establish priorities and develop functional and programming specifications for application enhancements and modifications
• Participate in the application technical design process; design, code, and unit test application changes using SDLC best practices
• Complete estimates and work plans for design, development, implementation, and rollout tasks
• Monitor systems, consoles, and performance for service interruptions or delays
• Address and resolve infrastructure system failures
• Execute, log, and report break/fix changes, service requests, and support activities
• Maintain operational procedures, processes, and scripts; follow documented processes to ensure infrastructure stability
• Own incident and problem management: drive major incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
• Champion engineering standards and continuously improve software delivery processes
• Build partnerships across application, business, and infrastructure teams
• Independently execute large projects and lead other analysts in completing projects
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/Problem Management rigor
• Production troubleshooting under pressure across a mixed stack

Other:

• Currently only local travel is expected, but as new sites go live travel will expand traveling every 4 weeks.
• Must have flexibility for on-call/off-hours work if needed.