Application Production Services Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Genesis10 is currently seeking an Application Production Services Engineer for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Jersey City, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

Seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented application production services engineering specialist to join the APSE prime brokerage (PB) team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing hands-on production support for core services including supporting the global stock lending business, client reporting, and the Dynamic Pricing Environment (DPE). This is a great opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, supporting mission-critical systems and collaborating closely with development, operations, and business teams.

Responsibilities:

• Provide first and second line support for prime brokerage applications focusing on client reporting and dynamic pricing environment
• Monitor production environment to ensure availability and performance of systems, identifying and resolving issues in real-time
• Troubleshoot technical and functional issues related to PB services, liaising with development teams and other enterprise teams for resolution of complex issues
• Perform root cause analysis and propose tactical and strategic solutions for recurring production incidents
• Support deployments and releases, resiliency and disaster recovery exercises ensuring smooth integration
• Work with business stakeholders to understand service impact and prioritize resolution efforts
• Manage, document and communicate outages to senior business and technology stakeholders as well as follow ups to eliminate repeat occurrences
• Drive Process Improvements and plant automation, developing and delivering an automation strategy

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in production support, with a focus on financial services
• Evidence of building strong relationships with both development and business partners
• Evidence of a strong risk culture
• ITIL Service Operations – Incident, Problem, Service Request Management Alert Management/Monitoring
• Evidence of driving a culture of continuous service improvement
• Hands-on technical and analytical ability to solve complex issues
• Excellent communication skills and able to effectively communicate to senior management and LOB partners
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, ITRS Geneos, Dynatrace
• Ability to work in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
• Scripting in Python 3 / Shell Scripting
• Job scheduling / Batch Management
• Experience with Dynatrace for performance engineering analysis

Desired skills:

• Prime Brokerage experience is preferred
• Good knowledge of the Prime Brokerage business
• Familiarity with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) principles
• Experience with DevOps practices and automation tools, with a focus on developing and running automation strategies to improve operational efficiency

Pay range: $58.26 - $66.26 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.