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Oracle

Senior Application Support Specialist

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Job Description

Job Summary As an L2 Support Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and stability of our mission-critical systems supporting banking domain operations. You will provide advanced support by troubleshooting, analysing, and escalating issues, while driving automation and operational improvements. This is a mostly remote position requiring shift flexibility, with occasional onsite presence for meetings or major activities at one of our four OFSS locations.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using UNIX/Linux, SQL, and log management tools (Splunk, Grafana, App-dynamics)
  2. Provide second-level support for application and database issues perform root cause analysis and resolution
  3. Collaborate with DevOps teams to maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines (primarily with GitLab)
  4. Utilize job scheduling and automation tools (e.g., Ansible Tower) to streamline operations and resolve incidents
  5. Apply ITIL-based processes for structured incident, problem, and change management
  6. Support critical batch jobs and troubleshoot job failures across mainframe and MQ environments
  7. Analyze support ticket trends suggest and implement optimizations, including AI-driven automation
  8. Participate in shift rotations, including APAC, EMEA, US, and occasional weekend or night coverage

Qualifications & Skills

  1. 4-6 years experience in L2 application/production support roles
  2. Strong hands-on expertise in UNIX/Linux and SQL
  3. Working knowledge of basic Core Java for troubleshooting
  4. Experience with Splunk for log monitoring and analytics
  5. Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitLab
  6. Understanding of ITIL best practices for support processes

  1. Experience with Ansible Tower, job scheduling, and automation
  2. Basic MQ troubleshooting and mainframe job management
  3. Exposure to monitoring tools such as Grafana and AppDynamics
  4. Previous experience in the banking domain (payments/transactions)
  5. Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, Shell)
  6. Experience creating and deploying AI agents, analyzing ticket trends, or leveraging AI-driven tools
  7. Prior knowledge of API workflows and deeper troubleshooting capabilities
  8. Kafka

Self-Assessment Questions

  1. Can you describe a situation where you used UNIX and SQL to troubleshoot an urgent production issue
  2. What experience do you have with log monitoring tools like Splunk, and how have they helped you resolve incidents
  3. How have you contributed to building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar tools
  4. What is your comfort level with performing root-cause analysis using Core Java in a support context
  5. Are you able to adapt to rotational shifts, including occasional weekends and night coverage, and work with teams both remotely and onsite as required

Career Level - IC3

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About Company

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas.In 2020, Oracle was the second-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization.The company sells database software and technology (particularly its own brands), cloud engineered systems, and enterprise software products, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, human capital management (HCM) software, customer relationship management (CRM) software (also known as customer experience), enterprise performance management (EPM) software, and supply chain management (SCM) software.

Job ID: 143414423