Application Infra-support engineer – VP – C13 – Pune

The Apps Sup Tech Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Responsibilities :

• Build, support and promote RunBook Automation (RBA) as the orchestration tool among all SMBF Applications.
• Prioritize applications for adoption based on their criticality and to secure agreement of senior management / stakeholders from the respective teams.
• Coordinate adoption of RBA by SMBF Applications for One-Touch Resiliency, removing obstacles and finding ways to expedite such adoption.
• Provide regular updates to seniors and other stakeholders, including accomplishments, challenges, risks and dependencies.
• Collaborate with respective technology teams to get API's from them for inclusion within RPA for smooth automation of various infrastructure activities.
• To ensure safety and security of the RBA Platform and to collaborate with CISO to secure their certification.
• Handle Audits (Internal and External) on RBA, as and when necessary and to address any findings from those Audits.
• Manage a team of professionals (employees and consultants), located across multiple continents/countries. Perform people management, financial management and vendor management functions.
• Utilize Agile methodology and tools (JIRA, Confluence) for new onboardings, developments of new features, enhancements, effective backlog refining, stakeholder reporting, and knowledge management, promoting transparency and efficient workflow.
• Organize team to provide 24x7 support for RBA and be prepared to handle escalations any time.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of how apps support integrates within the overall technology function to achieve objectives; requires a good understanding of the industry.
• Manage Vendor relationships including oversight for both onshore and offshore managed service.
• Improve the service level the team provides to our end users, which includes maximizing operational efficiencies, strengthening incident management, problem management and knowledge sharing practices.
• Guide development teams on application stability and supportability improvements.
• Formulate and implement a framework for managing capacity, throughput and latency. Work with various team members on coaching them on how to maximize their potential, work better in a highly integrated team environment and focus on bringing out their strengths.
• Drive continued cost reductions and efficiencies across the portfolios supported by means of Root Cause Analysis reviews, Knowledge management, Performance tuning, and user training
• Evaluate subordinates' performance and make decisions on pay increases, hiring, terminations and other personnel actions.
• Participate in business review meetings, relating technology tools strategies to business requirements.
• Assure adherence to all support process and tool standards and work with Management to create new and/or enhance processes to ensure consistency and quality in “best practices” across the overall support program.
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders (across functions); communicate with external parties
• Manage responsibility for a team or multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning, performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval.
• Perform other duties and functions as assigned.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets.

Qualifications

• 13 to 18 years of experience in IT industry, including in Software Engineering / large development projects. Solid development background with knowledge of Java, Python, Spring boot etc. Strong background in popular relational and non-relational databases (particularly ORACLE and MSSQL), with proficiency in SQL is desirable. Experience in automation, developing web applications, ensuring application performance and responsiveness, collaborating across software development areas, and implementing security measures.
• People Management Experience involving senior resources across multiple time zones.
• Advanced level experience in an Production Management / Core Services Support role
• Experience of senior stakeholder management.
• Project management with demonstrable results in improving IT services
• Capacity Planning/Forecasting exposure a plus. Effectively share information with other support team members and with other technology teams
• Ability to plan and prioritize workload and to assign resources as necessary.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate appropriately to relevant stakeholders.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
• Project Management related Certification is a plus
• Certifications covering broader areas (e.g AWS or SCRUM) would be preferred.

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