Operations Engineer- Enterprise Application Support, Java Application Support
Location
South Africa
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Operations Engineer- Enterprise Application Support, Java Application Support
Abalobi Solutions
Role Description We are seeking an experienced Operations Engineer (Senior) to join a leading global enterprise technology environment delivering mission-critical digital solutions across enterprise applications, cloud platforms and modern software ecosystems. This opportunity is ideal for a highly skilled operations professional who thrives in high-availability production environments and is passionate about ensuring the reliability, stability and performance of enterprise applications used by thousands of business users. Qualifications - IT Degree, Diploma or equivalent working experience. - 5–10+ years' application support experience within enterprise environments. - Experience supporting Java applications. - Experience supporting production systems. - Experience supporting enterprise integrations. - Strong SQL database experience. - Experience with monitoring platforms such as Grafana and Loki. - Automotive, dealer management or financial services experience will be advantageous. - ITIL Foundation Certification or other relevant certification will be advantageous. Requirements - Analytical troubleshooting - Customer support - Structured communication - Service ownership - Cross-functional collaboration - IT Service Management - Incident Management - Problem Management - Change Management - Major Incident & Escalation Management - ITIL principles - Application Support & Troubleshooting - Java Enterprise Application Support - JVM monitoring and analysis - Application log analysis - Exception handling - Stack trace interpretation - Incident investigation - Production issue resolution - Root Cause Analysis (RCA) - APIs & Integration Support - REST API troubleshooting - JSON payload analysis and validation - Web services support - Integration monitoring - Integration troubleshooting - Message processing - Reconciliation - Retry management - Infrastructure & Platform Support - SQL querying - Database validation - Networking fundamentals - DNS - HTTPS - Firewalls - Load Balancers - SSO - LDAP - Active Directory - Monitoring & Observability - Grafana - Loki - Service health monitoring - SLA tracking - Performance analysis - Transaction tracing Benefits - Provide Level 2 operational support for the Offering and Contracting platform used by dealerships to create offers, finance agreements and vehicle contracts. - Monitor application health using Grafana and Loki. - Investigate and resolve production incidents. - Perform log analysis and transaction tracing. - Support dealer and business user issues. - Troubleshoot front-end, back-end and integration failures. - Perform initial Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and document findings. - Support releases, deployments and production changes. - Support operational excellence goals by applying strong operations knowledge to reduce incidents. - Coordinate with Level 3 Development and Infrastructure teams. - Perform code debugging, code fixes and root cause analysis where required. - Prepare and maintain standard operating procedures, runbooks and system documentation.
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