Application Support Engineer providing second level user support to Swiss Re's Corporate Solutions. Collaborating globally to monitor and manage applications, maximizing availability and resolving incidents.
Responsibilities
Provide support through Incident Management.
Incident Management includes identifying, analyzing and correcting the incident from recurring in the future.
Provide technical analysis.
Prepare to take support over from the Development Teams.
Monitor the health of the applications.
Requires the ability to interact intelligently with technical teams (i.e. application development, network, database, cloud operations etc.) and guide them to issue resolution.
In cases of application outages, you will need to manage unplanned user communications.
Problem Management Oversight.
Interact with users and members from other teams.
Propose System Improvement Candidates.
As an Application Support Engineer, you will be a role model and mentor to the other members of the team.
Requirements
Ability to speak and write English fluently
Obtained a four-year college degree or equivalent is highly preferred
Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in an equivalent position
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Customer and people relationship skills
Knowledge of Commercial Insurance is a plus
Business acumen and mindset – Foundational understanding of business and how IT supports the delivery of business goals.
Highly motivated individual who can think analytically and is enthusiastic to learn new things quickly
Ability to complete work independently or in cooperation with others
Organized and able to work effectively under tight deadlines
Technical aptitude and mindset - Understands fundamentals of software development (i.e. programming, database, network, etc) though no programming will be required in the role.
Must be willing to learn specific technical skills (i.e. server restarts, clearing queues) that will allow for resolution of major issues.
Ability to identify root cause of issues in a cloud-based environment is a plus.
Ability and willingness to transfer knowledge and experience to colleagues
Actively offer assistance to others, seeks opportunities to “pitch in” and help colleagues
Demonstrates willingness and initiative to seek new knowledge and tasks, question current processes, and suggest improvements
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