Lead II - Production Support

7 - 9 years

6 - 7 Lacs

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Job Type

Part Time

Job Description

    7 - 9 Years
    1 Opening
    Trivandrum


Role description

Role Proficiency:

Handles Support related issues by leading and guiding the team to manage the support issue resolution within defined timelines and assist project manager in day to day project execution

Outcomes:

  • Co-ordinate and promote the effective functioning of incident/problem management activities across all of support teams
  • Contribute to the planning of application/infrastructure releases and configuration changes
  • Ensure Root Cause Analysis of all reported issues are completed within the timelines and permanent fixes are implemented to prevent issue re-occurrence
  • Maintain knowledge base of known support issues and resolutions
  • Create and maintain application support service catalogue in coordination with other internal application teams
  • Ensure application monitoring mechanisms and performance tuning processes are in place
  • Provide input to the implementation backup and roll-back plans
  • Maintain good working relationships with internal departments as well as 3rd party vendors and hosting providers i.e. balance both client expectations with internal needs
  • Create monthly performance reports and publish to stake holders
  • Handle critical customer escalations and manage appropriate stakeholder communications
  • Organize facilitate and lead technical teams to work to resolve major incidents
  • Provide timely and expert advice on emerging trends and issues affecting Service Delivery and Support. Develop strategies to allow Application Support to manage resultant problems
  • Understand departmental and company policies procedures and business practices
  • Mentor all team members to become more effective in their roles and coach them on their career aspirations

Measures of Outcomes:

  • Adherence to engineering process and standards
  • Ensure that tickets/incidents are resolved by all the resources in team within allotted time frame
  • Timely publication of reports and metrics to stakeholders
  • Handling of critical escalations
  • Adhere to SLAs where applicable
  • # of non-compliance issues
  • % of incident reduction based on permanent fixes/automation/utilities
  • Productivity standard of the project
  • # of reusable components or documents created
  • Participation in Knowledge Transfer to ensure better grasp of product
  • Completion of all mandatory training requirements
  • Availability of all supported applications per defined standards

Outputs Expected:

RCA:

  • Ensure Root Cause Analysis is performed for all issues as defined by the project


Design:

  • Design appropriate metrics for reporting on key performance and quality indicators
    particularly in terms of in-depth trend analysis


Maintenance:

  • Responsible for application upgrades; ensuring troubleshooting post upgrades; in general maintenance of the entire system


Develop Strategies:

  • Lead should develop strategies to mitigate issues arising from existing problems


Innovative Value-adds:

  • Responsible for identifying and developing innovative value adds that benefit the project/customer/organization


Escalations:

  • Ensures that escalation matrix is followed in terms of handling L2 and L3 tickets by assigning it to the appropriate Point of Contact.

Skill Examples:

  • Extensive knowledge and experience in managing and triaging Production Support incidents and issues
  • Experience working with distributed teams in different time-zones
  • Strong commitment to quality and engineering excellence
  • Ability to take up new challenges and explore new technology/tools
  • Ability to co-ordinate among multiple teams and bring out the best in team work
  • Ability to handle critical customer escalations and manage under highly stressful situations
  • Strong communication skills
  • Able to work in a high paced dynamic and culturally diverse environment
  • High level of commitment initiative enthusiasm and vision
  • Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
  • Prioritize workload; providing timely and accurate resolutions

Knowledge Examples:

  • Appropriate software programs / modules
    • Able to give knowledge transitions to the team when required
    • Experience in supporting enterprise customers
    • Provide estimates for candidate Enhancement and Defect work to be included in release
    • Operating Systems and software platforms
    • Integrated development environment (IDE)
    • Agile methods
    • Knowledge base of customer domain and sub domain where problem is solved

    Additional Comments:

    As Operations Lead - Global Commercial & Consumer Apps your scope would consist of: People Leadership: Manage and Mentor a team of application support analysts Coordinate team activities based on priority and urgency and drive a productive ways of working across functional area. Provide advanced technical support for complex application issues & root cause analysis. Act as 1st layer of escalation to support CSMs and Sustain analysts Escalate issues to & from external Capability & Sector Deployment teams, as necessary. Identify opportunities for process improvements and work with team to implement changes to enhance efficiency and customer satisfaction. Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in application support technologies. E2E Service Management & SLAs: Review the service reports in accordance with SLA agreements partnering with the CSM Drive standard support processes and best practices to enhance service quality partnering with external Capability teams' guidance Act as a liaison between DP&A Sustain & Operations teams to reduce obstacles and improve visibility on external risks Act as a liaison between Capabilities & Sector Deployment teams to escalate and reduce global risks or respond to priority incidents (MIMs) Transition to Sustain Plan and monitor smooth transition of applications from Hypercare to Production Support (Transition to Sustain). Partner with Engineering Teams Release Manager to review Hypercare Checklist Drive the audit and alignment of the Hypercare Checklist and confirmed completed successfully with Customer Success Manager before accepting application Strategy and Planned Maintenance Review the strategy and planning of system maintenance and updates aligned with global/sector planned downtime calendars Review impact and assessment of all planned maintenance across applications and shared capabilities ing teams of future changes Review all vendor management agreements & partner with Software Asset management to resolve issues or improve relationship Ensure planned service requests are executed by partner Capability teams in a timely manner to prepare future deployment readiness across all environments Drive a yearly Technology Lifecycle Management Capability Roadmap support future growth to gain AOP alignment & approval Communication and Reporting Review and validate Service Level reporting meets SLAs Celebrate success with SMILES awards or providing positive feedback to vendors & peers Assist in the data capture and validation for Executive Summary reports on Sustain & Operations team standard KPIs using dashboards Share bright and hot spots with Sustain Lead that require celebration or attention Utilize PEPOps Dashboard to assist in standardizing functional reporting Celebrate success with SMILES awards or providing positive feedback to vendors & peers Who Are We Looking For? Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience in application support or a related technical support role Experience leading a team Deep understanding of application support methodologies and best practices Familiarity with a broad range of technologies, and enterprise applications. Understanding of Commercial and Consumer products to support Sales is a plus. Experience with IT service management tools and frameworks, such as ITIL Strong problem-solving abilities Good communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills

Skills

Java Microservices,DB,Log monitoring & support knowledge

About UST

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients’ organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process.

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