Role Overview:
We’re looking for a highly analytical and performance-driven Cloud L3 Application Support Engineer with deep expertise in SRE, DevOps, and enterprise infrastructure. The role focuses on ensuring high availability for critical banking/corporate systems, driving automation, and leading complex incident resolution with minimal business impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- System Reliability & Incident Management
- Provide L3 application support for 24/7 production/cloud environments with strict SLA adherence
- Rapid triage, root cause analysis, and resolution of high-severity incidents for banking/corporate apps
- Lead DR drills, post-mortems, and implement resilience improvements
- Proactive health checks, patching, and performance monitoring to prevent outages
- Manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure Automation Runbooks
- Implement Infrastructure as Code and automated deployments across Dev, UAT, Prod
- Build scripts in PowerShell, Bash, Python, KQL, T-SQL to reduce manual toil and streamline operations
- Track EOS/EOL components and drive technical upgrades for compliance
- Platform & Database Administration Administer Azure SQL PaaS/IaaS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, MariaDB
- Manage Windows Server, RHEL8/9, OpenShift, and AWS S3 workloads
- Configure monitoring and dashboards using Azure Log Analytics, ELK Stack, Grafana, OAPM
- Security & Collaboration Remediate vulnerabilities using MicrosoftDefender for Cloud/SQL and ensure compliance
- Partner with Dev, Security, Compliance, and Vendor teams for long-term fixes
- Own change/release management and maintain environment consistency
- Create runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge transfer docs for L1/L2 teams
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 10+ years of experience in Application Support
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure Portal, Azure SQL, Logic Apps, VM Mgmt, RHEL8/9, OpenShift, AWS S3
- Databases: SQL Server *************, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MariaDB
- DevOps/Tools: Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, ELK, Grafana
- Automation: PowerShell, Bash, KQL, T-SQL, Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI
- Security: Azure AD, Active Directory, SCOM, LDAP, Defender for Cloud Certifications Preferred
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- ITIL v3 Foundation