Onsite Application Support Engineer II

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About the role

  • 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

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development budget

Job title

Application Support Engineer II

Job type

Experience level

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Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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