Production Support Engineer Application Support Analyst

Our Client an IT Services and Consultant company is looking for a Production Support Engineer / Application Support Analyst for their Jersey City NJ location.

• Perform daily production support activities including dashboard monitoring application checks and service health verification.
• Monitor system performance and availability; identify anomalies and initiate investigation and remediation.
• Provide high-level issue triage and resolution including incident ownership impact assessment and escalation when needed.
• Troubleshoot and debug application issues using logs SQL queries and root cause investigation techniques.
• Support and monitor batch processing including scheduling failures reruns reconciliation and dependency checks.
• Collaborate with multiple teams such as developers infrastructure database teams upstream/downstream application teams and business stakeholders to drive issue resolution and communication.
• Create and maintain runbooks SOPs and knowledge articles; contribute to continuous improvement of monitoring and support processes.
• Participate in post-incident reviews to document root causes corrective actions and preventive measures.

• Experience in production support application support or operational support for enterprise systems.
• Technical Skills including working knowledge of:
• Java
• Application-level understanding
• Ability to debug and interpret stack traces and logs
• PL/SQL / SQL
• Querying databases
• Troubleshooting data issues
• Validating results
• SOAP Services
• Understanding request/response patterns
• Knowledge of common failure scenarios
• Batch Processes
• Monitoring and diagnosing failures
• Understanding job dependencies
• Debugging and Log Analysis
• Production environment troubleshooting
• Root cause identification
• Incident Management:
• Strong incident management skills.
• Prioritization and ownership mindset.
• Structured troubleshooting approach.
• Clear stakeholder communication.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience supporting systems with strict uptime and availability requirements.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting practices including dashboards alerts health checks and operational metrics.
• Experience with root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and post-incident documentation.
• Understanding of change management and release support within production environments.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple teams and partners in a fast-paced environment.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including timely status updates during incidents.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on operational excellence and risk reduction.
• Comfortable working under pressure and handling multiple concurrent issues.
• Must Have:
• Production/Application Support
• Java
• SQL / PL-SQL
• Debugging & Log Analysis
• Incident Management
• Batch Job Monitoring
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Service Health Monitoring
• Dashboard Monitoring
• Good to Have:
• SOAP Web Services
• Change & Release Management
• Monitoring Tools
• Runbooks/SOP Documentation
• Post-Incident Reviews

• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

Required Experience:

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