Application Support Engineer II

• Supports R&R, Cyber, EOL, FAOS, DR and all other application related control functions for 3 applications in Data Solutions Engineering.
• Provides developer and solutions capabilities within the engineering team.
• Performs moderate to complex troubleshooting as a subject matter expert in one or more applications.
• Maintains and supports applications and their operating environments.
• Responds to alerts, performs root cause analysis and uses procedures and documentation for issue resolution.
• Works to ensure appropriate monitoring and alerting setup.
• Monitors applications and respond to incidents.
• May lead or partner with other team members on the analyzing of moderate to complex issues.
• Perform ongoing health checks and validations after changes or significant incidents.
• Provides input and recommendations for technical solutions on application problems.
• Perform diagnostics and troubleshooting for more complex issues.
• Escalate to second level application or infrastructure support when necessary.
• Designs and implements automation for manual processes.
• May mentor or provide guidance for junior team members.

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required.
• 2-5 years of experience in applications support or production environment required
• Application ownership production support experience
• Must have at least general knowledge on development side
  • ETL experience (Pentaho preferred)
  • Oracle experience (currently using TOAD)
  • SQL experience (will not be asked to create from scratch)
  • Python is a PLUS
• Financial services experience/knowledge is a plus but not required
• Willing to train a candidate as long as the candidate expresses the soft skills (willingness to learn, motivated to search for answers on their own)

Schedule

• 2+ days per week in Pittsburgh office... M-F daylight hours, no weekends
• Contract to Potential Hire
  

Required Skills : • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required. • 2-5 years of experience in applications support or production environment required • Application ownership production support experience • Must have at least general knowledge on development side o ETL experience (Pentaho preferred) o Oracle experience (currently using TOAD) o SQL experience (will not be asked to create from scratch) o Python is a PLUS • Financial services experience/knowledge is a plus but not required • Willing to train a candidate as long as the candidate expresses the soft skills (willingness to learn, motivated to search for answers on their own -contract with potential to extend and go perm. -2 days on-site in Pittsburgh -M-F daylight hours -no weekend work
Background Check :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :-contract with potential to extend and go perm. -2 days on-site in Pittsburgh -M-F daylight hours -no weekend work
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Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set : :No
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