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Kotak Mahindra

Application Support Specialist

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Job Description

We are seeking a Tech Lead to manage and support critical Investments and Private Banking applications in Production environment. The role will ensure high availability, stability, and performance of production systems while leading a team of support engineers in a regulated banking environment. The candidate will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), driving incident resolution, automation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

1 Incident & Problem Management:

o Lead resolution of P1/P2 incidents with end-to-end ownership

o Conduct detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implement preventive fixes

o Drive MTTR reduction and eliminate repeat incidents

o Manage major incident calls and stakeholder communication

2 Application Stability & Monitoring:

o Ensure 99.9%+ uptime of critical investment applications

o Proactively monitor applications using tools like AppDynamics, Grafana

o Identify and mitigate risks before production impact

3 Technical Leadership:

o Lead and mentor L1/L2 support teams (total team size 5-8 people)

o Define SOPs, runbooks, and support processes

o Improve overall support efficiency and maturity

4 Change & Release Management:

o Review and validate production deployments

o Coordinate with Dev/QA teams for smooth releases

o Ensure zero-impact deployments and rollback readiness

5 Automation & Optimization:

o Drive automation using Shell / PowerShell / Python

o Reduce manual intervention and improve reliability

o Implement SRE practices (alert tuning, self-healing)

6 Stakeholder Management:

o Act as SPOC for business, vendors, and leadership

o Provide clear and timely communication during incidents

o Ensure SLA adherence and governance

Required Skills

1 Technical:

o Strong troubleshooting skills in application support environments

o SQL (Oracle / MS SQL )

o Linux/Unix systems/.Net/Java/IIS/Windows

o Monitoring tools: ELK / Grafana

o APIs, batch processing, integrations

2 Process Knowledge:

o ITIL (Incident, Problem, Change Management)

o DevOps / SRE practices

3 Tools:

o ServiceNow

o CI/CD basics (preferably Azure Dev Ops)

o Cloud exposure (AWS preferred)

Domain Experience (Good to Have)

Investments / Wealth platforms: Mutual Funds, Demat, and Wealth Portfolio Reporting Understanding of financial transactions and reconciliation

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