Job Title: Senior Java Application Support Engineer
*Need Local Candidate
*Capital Markets, Investment Banking experience must
*Final Interview will be onsite.
Job Description:
Only candidates working at international or national NAME BRAND COMPANIES, with large scale, high performance Java/J2ee Systems and deep understanding of SPRING and Dependency Injection frameworks.
Primary skills:
* Minimum 7-15 years of strong hands-on experience in Application Support/ Development for Financial Services business or direct Client/ Customer facing platforms.
* Willingness to embrace Agile and DevOps/SRE concepts in Day-to-day work dynamically.
* Strong hands-on experience with AppDev support, log analysis and Java and webservice.
* SQL/Databases (MSSQL) : Understanding of tables, views, indexes, and store procedures, and the ability to understand them by reading their definitions. Familiarity with SQL constructs.
* Solid analytical skills, problem/ risk identification and quick resolution recovery processes.
* Ability to interface and cultivate passionate working relationships with technology teams, business analysts, and vendors
* Have 5+years of experience in Supporting client facing suite of applications
* Strong in Core Java/ J2ee/ Webservices - SOAP / REST, Understanding of Java Concurrency
* Experience with Spring / Dependency Injection frameworks, SQL / PL-SQL awareness
* Strong experience towards Infrastructure availability support (Web/App Servers, Network devices, MQ's/ Databases etc..)
* Strong automation skills using performance monitoring tools (Splunk, AppDynamics, Netcool) experience is required.
* Should be a fast learner of technologies in a quick paced environment.
* Have strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks under high pressure situations for outage handling, management, or resolution and post follow-up routines.
* Passionate to learn about new technologies, techniques and what it takes to be an integral member of this team with lead-by-example motivation.
* Hands-on experience administering large-scale, high-availability systems and the tools to monitor performance and availability
* Experience creating technical architecture/ process oriented QRC documentation
* Excellent communication and writing skills specific to technical discussions across the management layers
* Experience with incident "on call" and ability to respond to emergencies on a 24/7 basis along with weekend coverages as needed.
Additional skills:
* 7-15 years' experience in supporting or developing transaction based systems.
*Experienced, technically hands-on professional that understands both code and infrastructure
* Solid track record in an operational/support role, understands incident/problem/change management and how to drive stability across organizations.
* Experience in ticketing tools (ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira etc..)
* Be able to manage an outage incident, coordinating user communications, and other teams to help resolve an incident.
* Strong and keen focus on metrics and trend analysis
* Strong problem solving skills with ability to analyze and understand data
* End user support - able to talk to users to discuss their problem and work through to a resolution
* Self-motivated with exceptional oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate clearly and concisely
* Strong ownership mentality with a focus on customer satisfaction
* Detail oriented and organized with strong analytical skills
* Experience working in a virtual or global team
* Self-starter and ability to multi task with can do attitude
* Familiarity with ITIL terms around incident and problem management
* Must be Comfortable with shift/on-call rotation including weekend work