Application & Production Support Engineer

Role Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Application Production Support Engineer with strong expertise in application support, incident and change management, Linux/Unix, SQL, Oracle, and monitoring tools. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining application availability, troubleshooting production issues, monitoring system performance, and coordinating with technical and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 production support for business-critical applications.
• Monitor applications and infrastructure using Splunk, Grafana, and AppDynamics.
• Analyze and resolve production incidents within defined SLAs.
• Perform incident, problem, change, and service request management.
• Troubleshoot application issues across Linux/Unix, SQL, and Oracle environments.
• Perform SQL queries and database-level troubleshooting to identify application issues.
• Analyze application logs, alerts, and performance metrics to identify root causes.
• Coordinate with development, database, infrastructure, and other technical teams for issue resolution.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Support application deployments, releases, and production changes.
• Ensure effective communication with business users and stakeholders during critical incidents.
• Identify recurring issues and drive problem management and service improvement initiatives.
• Maintain support documentation, knowledge articles, and operational procedures.
• Participate in on-call/shift support as required.

Mandatory Skills

• 6+ years of experience in Application Production Support.
• Strong experience in Incident & Change Management.
• Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix.
• Good knowledge of SQL and Oracle database support.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools:
• Splunk
• Grafana
• AppDynamics
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of application monitoring, logs, alerts, and performance analysis.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Application Production Support with SRE, Linux/Unix, Splunk/AppD/Grafana, Troubleshooting

WFO-Immediate

8 to 12 Yrs

Bangalore/Hyderabad

We are looking for an experienced Application Support Engineer with strong expertise in Linux/Unix, Networking, Routing, Load Balancing, and Production Support. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience troubleshooting application and infrastructure issues using enterprise monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and AppDynamics.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 production support for enterprise applications and infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot application, Linux/Unix, network, routing, and connectivity-related issues.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health using Splunk, Grafana, and AppDynamics.
• Analyze alerts, logs, performance metrics, and system behavior to identify issues.
• Troubleshoot routing, load balancing, connectivity, and network-related problems.
• Perform incident investigation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Coordinate with Network, Infrastructure, Application, and other technical teams for issue resolution.
• Handle production incidents and ensure timely resolution within defined SLAs.
• Participate in problem management and identify recurring issues.
• Perform application health checks and proactively identify potential failures.
• Maintain troubleshooting guides, runbooks, and operational documentation.
• Support planned changes, deployments, and maintenance activities.

Must-Have Skills

Application Support

Linux / Unix

Networking

Routing

Load Balancing

Splunk

Grafana

AppDynamics

Production Support

Incident Management

Troubleshooting

Required Skills & Tools

• 4–6 years of experience in Application / Production Support.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting.
• Good understanding of TCP/IP, networking, routing, and connectivity concepts.
• Practical experience troubleshooting load balancing issues.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, or AppDynamics.
• Strong log analysis and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience handling production incidents and working within SLA-driven environments.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to ITIL processes including Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
• Experience with scripting/automation using Shell or Python.
• Exposure to cloud environments is an added advantage.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale applications and infrastructure.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work under pressure during critical production incidents.
• Strong ownership and accountability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work collaboratively with global technical teams.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

ROLE:  

Address technical issues relating to software implementation, function, and upgrades. Resolve customer complaints or problems and create product problem reports and troubleshoot documents for each issue. Work closely with application support and development teams to identify and resolve any technical problems that might arise during the development of software. Work with Implementation teams and Account managers to recommend solutions to new customer implementations and workflows.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Understanding the PeopleScout architecture and framework  
• Provide L2 support for tickets passed on by L1 support team using advanced knowledge of Java, SQL, Stored Procedures, Functions, and database development.  
• Analyze and understand Java code to debug, trace, and communicate technical issues effectively with the Development team.  
• Review application logs, perform exception analysis, monitor system performance, and identify root causes to ensure timely issue resolution and optimal application performance.
• Provide technical support to application support team
• Develop solutions to complex customer and software problems
• Assist with software design and development  
• Work within an agile environment  
• Deliver sprint commitments on time
• Be responsible for your own code, and work with others to improve the quality and deliver of theirs  
• Document troubleshooting guides and outcomes of problems, analysis and solutions for future re-use  

MUST HAVE SKILLS: 

• 5 to 8 years of experience in L2 Application Support, preferably supporting SaaS products.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with Java applications, SQL, and REST APIs.  
• Strong hands-on experience with Core Java (Java 8 or above).  
• Good understanding of Spring Boot and Java-based enterprise applications.
• Experience troubleshooting production issues, performing root cause analysis (RCA), and resolving incidents within SLA  
• Strong SQL skills with databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.  
• Experience working with REST APIs, JSON, and API testing tools like Postman.
• Ability to analyze application logs using tools such as Splunk, Kibana, ELK, or Grafana.
• Excellent customer communication skills with experience managing client interactions and providing timely updates.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow/Jira, Linux basics, and log analysis for application support

• Linux troubleshooting
• Hands-on AWS
• Production/Application Support
• Bash/Shell/Python
• Monitoring/log analysis
• Incident resolution
• Application deployment/support
• Basic networking and database knowledge
• Production/batch support exposure
• Willingness for rotational weekend/critical production support

Role Summary

We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Python Application Support Engineer to join our Technical Operations team. This role is crucial for ensuring the stability and reliability of our mission-critical, Python-based applications. You will be responsible for timely incident resolution, deep-dive troubleshooting, implementing permanent fixes, and driving operational efficiency through automation.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

Technical Troubleshooting & Incident Management

• Incident Resolution: Serve as the primary point of contact for complex Level 2 and Level 3 production incidents, diagnosing root causes and resolving issues across our Python application stack.
• Deep-Dive Analysis: Utilize log analysis tools (e.g., Splunk, ELK Stack) and monitoring platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) to quickly identify and address anomalies in application behavior.
• Code Debugging: Analyze, debug, and fix application issues directly within the Python codebase, including Flask/Django services, worker queues, and custom scripts.
• Database Health: Troubleshoot performance issues and conduct basic SQL/NoSQL query tuning and health checks (e.g., for PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Redis).

Operational Excellence & Automation

• Monitoring & Alerting: Continuously refine and optimize application monitoring, alerting, and logging configurations to improve mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to resolve (MTTR).
• Python Automation: Develop, maintain, and enhance automated scripts (primarily in Python) to streamline routine operational tasks, reporting, health checks, and system recovery processes.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, runbooks, and knowledge base articles for application support procedures and recurring issues.

Collaboration & Prevention

• Cross-Functional Fixes: Collaborate closely with the Development and DevOps teams to provide clear technical feedback on recurring issues and implement permanent, scalable solutions.
• Proactive Maintenance: Identify potential system bottlenecks, performance degradation points, and areas prone to failure, recommending and implementing preventative measures.

⚙️ Required Qualifications

• Experience: 3 to 5 years of professional experience in Application Support, Production Support, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a similar technical role.
• Python Expertise (Mandatory): Strong hands-on experience with Python scripting and programming, including the ability to read, debug, and modify application code.
• Operating Systems: Proficient working knowledge of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Databases: Solid experience with relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Redis) databases, focusing on query analysis and performance.
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