• Provides quick resolutions to app issues, driving stability, efficiency and effectiveness improvements to help us and the business succeed. • Responsible for Batch Management , End of version Software's and toolsets Upgrades , Automate Manual Tasks and Platform Build Project Management. • Maintains application systems that have completed the development stage and are running in the daily operations of the firm. • 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. • Perform same day risk reconciliations • Develop and maintain technical support documentation. • Identifies ways to maximize the potential of the applications used • Assess risk and impact of production issues and escalate to business and technology management in a timely manner. • Ensures that storage and archiving procedures are in place and functioning correctly • Considers implications of the application of technology to the current environment. Identifies risks, vulnerabilities and security issues; communicates impact. • Act as a liaison between users, interfacing internal technology groups and vendors. • Expected to be able to raise problems to appropriate technology and business teams, while adhering to Service Level Agreements. • Ongoing capacity planning and expansion to keep pace with rapidly increasing platform needs. • Accountable for Environment stability , quality, performance, reliability, serviceability, • Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
Qualifications:
• 7-10 years’ experience in an Application Support role. • Experience with handling Linux Operating systems • Proficient in SQL using Oracle and SQL server DB • Web application support experience especially with WebSphere environment and Weblogic environment • Middleware exposure including TIBCO, NDM, MQ, EMS, Kafka and SFTP • Experience with ITRS Geneos monitoring tool, Kibana, AppDynamics and Splunk Tool Sets • Experience with scheduling jobs using Autosys tool • Experience with Scrum methodologies and JIRA • Good to have - Experience with cloud based technologies - OpenShift/Cloud technologies, Interfaces, DevOps, MongoDB • 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 share information with other support team members and with 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