Senior Applications Support Specialist

Ensono
Pune, India
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at experienced technical professionals with a background in regulated environments who lead incident resolution and reliability engineering.

Best fit for

  • Experienced technical professionals with a background in regulated environments and incident leadership
    — “Experience in regulated production environments”
  • Candidates with strong Java and .Net expertise, especially in JVM and performance tuning
    — “Java expertise: JVM internals, GC, memory management, thread/heap dump analysis, performance tuning.”
  • Individuals with leadership experience mentoring junior teams and authoring operational documentation
    — “Mentor L1/L2 teams; review and approve runbooks, SOPs, and KB articles.”

Things to consider

  • On-call and after-hours support is expected, which may affect work-life balance
    — “On‑call and after‑hours support as required.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize leadership in incident management and reliability engineering frameworks in your resume
    — “Lead major incident (MI) bridges and restore service with minimum business impact.”
  • Highlight hands-on experience with observability and alert optimization tools
    — “Define observability standards; optimize alerts and improve MTTR.”
  • Showcase your ability to influence application architecture for scalability and fault tolerance
    — “Influence application architecture for fault tolerance, scalability, and recoverability.”
  • Demonstrate experience with advanced scripting and automation tools like Shell/Python
    — “Build advanced automation using Shell/Python/PowerShell.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Lead major incident management
  • Drive long-term remediation
  • Influence application architecture
Typical background
7+ years in Application ReliabilitySRE or Platform Operations

Skills & requirements

Required

Java.netUnix/linuxAdvanced ScriptingSQLObservability Tools

Preferred

SRE PrinciplesCloud Certifications

Stack & domain

JavaJVMMiddlewareUnix/linuxNetworkingSQLAutosysObservability ToolsSRE PrinciplesLeadershipCommunicationOwnershipITILCloud CertificationsITSoftware DevelopmentProduction Support

About the role

Original posting from Ensono

Key Responsibilities

Incident & Problem Management

Lead major incident (MI) bridges and restore service with minimum business impact.

Handle all L3 escalations, perform deep diagnostics across Java, JVM, middleware, OS, and infra.

Own technical RCAs, drive long‑term and systemic remediation.

Identify recurring failure patterns and risks.

Reliability Engineering

Apply SRE principles: SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, resilience patterns.

Tune JVM parameters, analyze thread/heap dumps, and improve performance.

Influence application architecture for fault tolerance, scalability, and recoverability.

Validate DR readiness, failover behavior, and resilience testing outcomes.

Change, Release & Risk

Provide technical approval and risk assessment for high-risk changes.

Enforce operational readiness for new apps and major releases.

Ensure changes meet audit, compliance, and regulatory expectations.

Automation, Monitoring & Observability

Build advanced automation using Shell/Python/PowerShell.

Develop frameworks for health validation, automated recovery, and compliance checks.

Define observability standards; optimize alerts and improve MTTR.

Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor L1/L2 teams; review and approve runbooks, SOPs, and KB articles.

Act as a trusted technical advisor to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills & Qualifications

Technical (Mandatory)

Strong knowledge of application architecture, distributed systems, and middleware.

Java expertise: JVM internals, GC, memory management, thread/heap dump analysis, performance tuning.

.Net -- CLR internals, garbage collection, memory management, thread/dump analysis, and application performance tuning.

Strong Unix/Linux, networking basics, and advanced scripting (Shell/Python/PowerShell/VBS).

Advanced SQL and understanding of databases; Autosys (or equivalent scheduler).

Handson with observability tools: Splunk, AppDynamics/Dynatrace, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus.

Reliability & Operations

Major incident leadership, deep RCA, change/release readiness, DR & resilience engineering.

Experience in regulated production environments.

Soft Skills

Strong technical leadership and decision‑making.

Clear communication during high‑pressure incidents.

Ownership mindset and business awareness.

Experience & Education

7–12+ years in Application Reliability, Production Support, SRE, or platform operations.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent.

ITIL, cloud, or industry certifications (preferred).

Banking/financial domain experience (preferred).

Working Conditions

On‑call and after‑hours support as required.

Fast‑paced environment with multiple priorities.

Hybrid working model

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to caste, colour, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, HIV status, or any other status protected by law. Candidates with disabilities who require accommodations during the recruitment process are encouraged to contact our Talent Acquisition team to place a request.

Source: Ensono careers

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