Application Support Analyst - 56351

Duration: 1 year (Extension possible)

Schedule: Mon-Fri Core Business Hours (37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day); There is likely to be some evening and weekend work which will be both on-call (unplanned) and planned work, after hours.

Rotation: Yes - rotating through the on-call shifts and planned activities

Location:

- Hybrid: currently 2 days on site, moving to 4 days on site as of Nov 3

- Anchor Days: If working from London office - Monday and Tuesday; If working from Toronto office - Tuesday and Thursday

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

CUSTOMER

• Perform controlled resolution of incidents and problems including prioritization and escalation liaising with business and technology partners as appropriate
• Service applications / systems and provide a level of application/ systems/ operational availability that meets or exceeds established standards/service levels, while minimizing operational risk
• Partner with key stakeholders to schedule packaging and release new applications in a timely manner; reduce change execution times by planning implementations with parallel work streams
• Continuously strive to improve the stability of production environment by partnering closely with key stakeholders on setting up, maintaining and monitoring applications/systems, ensuring availability targets are met
• Provide effective day-to-day support for applications/systems through accurate problem identification and timely resolution of production issues; perform controlled and timely resolution of incidents while prioritizing and monitoring client satisfaction
• Partners with relevant teams to schedule packaging and release new applications in a timely manner; reduces change execution times by planning implementations with parallel work streams where possible
• Ensure timely notification and escalation of possible issues/problems, options and recommendations for prompt resolution; communicate project status and provide timely escalation of issues to ensure project objectives are met
• Deliver effective and defect-free support (application, software and/or operations), researching system issues / opportunities, overseeing the execution of recommendations and maintaining accurate documentation
• Interact with clients to provide quality service/solutions consistent with objectives and client requirements
• Design, review, and integrate all application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations
• Identify and address application and data issues and cross-capability and cross-release issues that affect application integrity
• Consult with other functional areas to provide technical expertise on area of specialization by acting as a reference on technology, trends and processes related to own area
• Schedule changes to supported components in accordance with the approved change management procedures; implement changes with proper testing, stakeholder signoff, monitoring and with minimal impact to the business
• May develop a working relationship with 3rd party vendors as required to fulfill support requirements
• Act as partner in scheduling, packaging and releasing new applications and manage all application releases according to approved governance and gating criteria
• Develop understanding of technical aspects of project / break-fix development related to the application and provide advice/guidance to Developers and Solution Designers
• Responsible for incident management (2nd level), monthly maintenance, state of health monitoring, and SLA maintenance
• Provide effective day-to-day production support for applications through accurate problem identification and timely resolution of production issues
• Perform incident management role (communicator, tracker, escalator, driver, etc.) for outages; communicate to clients during service outages
• Improve stability of the production environment by assisting in setting up, maintaining and monitoring applications/system

SHAREHOLDER

• Monitor system lifecycles, ensuring specifications and functionality support business objectives and architecture decisions, undertaking re-development, as required
• Provide Disaster Recovery support by assisting in defining / reviewing disaster recovery plans and by participating in testing
• Assess and analyze optimization opportunities to the operational environment to improve performance and/or resource utilization
• Ensure effective change management discipline is use
• Adhere to existing processes/standards, business technology architecture, risk and production capacity guidelines; plan, monitor and escalate issues as required
• Follow standards, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and applicable Business Recovery Plans (BRP)
• Identify/implement process improvements to enhance revenue, customer experience and/or reduce costs
• Comply with well-defined enterprise technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines
• Make effective use of the cost management processes in place in own unit
• Continuously enhance knowledge/expertise in services, applications, infrastructure, analytical tools and techniques that can contribute to effective solution development/delivery
• Keep current with industry and/or business trends
• May perform testing according to test plans, monitor and report on results, and work with others on problem resolution
• As required, support the development of business cases, RFI/RFP and service level agreements with vendors/suppliers consistent with IT requirements/guidelines

EMPLOYEE / TEAM

• Work effectively as a team, supporting other members of the team in resolving critical service issues
• Prioritize and manage own workload in order to deliver quality results and meet timelines
• Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest.
• Participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business units
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness and operational efficiency of the business unit and/or team
• Participate in off hours support and on call rotation to support scheduled, or break/fix activities

BREADTH & DEPTH

• Performs work on all aspects of the application/system support
• May act as a reference for team members or clients
• Applications/systems are moderate to highly complex and performed under minimal management supervision
• Actively involved in resolving client applications issues
• May configure, upgrade, administer business applications in co-ordination with appropriate stakeholders
• May develop scripts using appropriate tools to address gaps in the application/system, to simplify and enhance the application/system environment
• Performs problem determination including data gathering and analysis

MUST-HAVE SKILLS:

• 2-4 years of experience within Application Support
• 2-4 years of experience using Java, Spring boot, SQL , Linux/Unix, Azure
• Experience using Monitoring tools/Logs monitoring (Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog, etc.)
• Degree/Certifications Required: Post secondary is preferred, Azure certifications are a nice to have
• Preferred Candidate Background: Someone who has come from a support role within financial, banking or insurance institutions or a large corporation (Level 2-3 experience).

SOFT SKILLS:

• Strong communication
• Positive attitude and takes initiative
• Strong analytical skills and has a problem- solving mindset

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS:

• Experience using ServiceNow, Jira
• Azure certifications
• Banking, financial or insurance background