Senior Vice President, Application Support SDG Lead

Job-ID: 80919Category: Production Services Application SupportLocation: Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Lake Mary, FL, United StatesSchedule: Full time, DayPosted: 2026-10-02Base Salary Min: 104000Base Salary Max: 190000At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Application Support Manager / Senior Application Support Engineer to join our team. This role is located in Pittsburgh.In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:Provide L2/L3 production support leadership for enterprise applications across mainframe and distributed platforms. Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 20–25 application support engineers, ensuring high performance, accountability, and professional development.Monitor application and platform health, investigate incidents, and drive timely resolution of production issues. Perform and oversee root cause analysis for application, database, messaging, and infrastructure-related issues.Support and troubleshoot application integrations across mainframe, distributed, and hybrid systems. Work closely with development, infrastructure, database, SRE, and business teams to resolve incidents and improve platform stability and resilience.Analyze logs, application behavior, and system performance to identify issues and recommend corrective and preventive actions.Support database-related troubleshooting across Oracle, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL environments.Troubleshoot and support messaging/integration platforms, including Kafka and IBM MQ.Drive SRE practices, including observability, monitoring, alerting, reliability engineering, automation, and continuous service improvement.Identify opportunities to automate manual operational tasks, including the use of AI and intelligent automation to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance support processes. Participate in release support, deployment validation, capacity planning, and post-implementation monitoring.Contribute to operational readiness, knowledge documentation, runbooks, and continuous improvement initiatives. Provide on-call leadership and demonstrate willingness to support weekends and off-hours as business needs require.To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.10-12 years of related experience required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.Strong experience providing production support for enterprise applications across distributed and mainframe environments. Strong hands-on experience supporting Java-based applications and mainframe-based applications.Proven experience in leadership and people management, including managing teams of 20–25 people in a production support or operations environment.Experience providing support for AI/ML applications, proactively identifying and resolving issues, automating operational tasks, conducting root cause analysis, and collaborating with engineering teams to improve system resilience, scalability, and performance.Demonstrated experience automating manual support or operational tasks using AI, scripting, or workflow automation tools. Solid hands-on experience with one or more enterprise databases, including Oracle, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, or PostgreSQL.Experience supporting messaging technologies such as Kafka and IBM MQ. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across multiple platforms. Experience in incident management, problem management, root cause analysis, and production support processes.Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical teams, senior leadership, and business stakeholders. Demonstrated flexibility and commitment to supporting critical systems during weekends and off-hours when necessary.Experience in financial services or other highly regulated enterprise environments. Familiarity with ITIL processes, service management tools, and production monitoring solutions.Experience with Unix/Linux environments, scripting, application performance monitoring tools, and enterprise schedulers/automation frameworks. Strong understanding of SRE principles, including monitoring, alerting, automation, reliability, availability, and performance optimization. Understanding of distributed system architecture, integration patterns, and enterprise production support models.At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at:BNY NewsroomBNY LinkedIn Here’s a few of our recent awards:America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025Our Benefits and Rewards:BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.About the organizationAt BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn Here’s a few of our recent awards:America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025Our Benefits and Rewards:BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting. Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.If hired, the employee will be in an “at will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.About the companyAt BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.