Production Support Analyst

Production Support Analyst

Location: Richmond, Virginia (3 days onsite/2 days remote)

Pay rate: $38/hr W2

Shift: Monday-Friday ; Flexibility to work an 11 AM to 8 PM schedule and provide holiday coverage as needed.

Contract length: 12-18 months with potential for conversion to full time

Role Overview

We are seeking a Production Support Analyst to serve as a first-line support resource for a high-volume Data Transaction Services platform. This position is responsible for managing secure file transfers between internal application teams, external clients, and banking systems. The role involves handling client-facing and internal transmission issues, including failed file transfers, connectivity problems, password resets, application alerts, and file replays within a dynamic production support environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact for clients and internal teams regarding transmission or platform issues.
• Monitor production systems, Sterling GIS queues, application alerts, and Splunk logs to identify issues.
• Triage failed file transfers by reviewing error messages, logs, connectivity, authentication, and application issues.
• Resolve common incidents such as file failures, credential resets, file replays, and basic connectivity problems.
• Perform base-level Unix troubleshooting to support production file transfer workflows.
• Provide status updates to business users, external clients, and internal teams while managing escalations.
• Create, update, and document incident tickets in ITSM Remedy, including root cause and troubleshooting steps.
• Exhaust standard triage and troubleshooting steps before escalating to Level 2 or engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in a production support, service desk, application support, command center, or operations role where troubleshooting and ticket ownership were required.
• Strong customer service and professional communication skills in a client-facing or internal support environment.
• Problem-solving ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and follow standard procedures.
• Basic understanding of secure file transfer concepts and protocols such as SFTP, FTP, FTPS, and SSH.
• Base-level Unix/Linux experience, including navigating systems and reviewing logs.
• Basic networking troubleshooting knowledge, including connectivity, ports, VPNs, and firewalls.
• Experience using ticketing tools, such as ITSM Remedy.
• Ability to review logs and error messages in Splunk or similar monitoring tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IBM Sterling Gentran Integration Suite or other Managed File Transfer (MFT) platforms like Connect:Direct, Axway, GoAnywhere MFT, or MOVEit.
• Previous experience in DTS, MFT, banking data transmission, or financial services production support.
• Knowledge of AS2, PGP encryption, FTPS, and other secure transmission or encryption concepts.
• Prior experience in a helpdesk or command center environment.

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