Production Support Engineer/Application Support Analyst

Job title: Production Support Engineer/Application Support Analyst
Location: Jersey City, NJ – Onsite
Duration: 5+ Months
 
Role Overview
Client is seeking a Production Support professional tsupport critical applications and operational dashboards. This role focuses on day-to-day application health monitoring, dashboard checks, high-level incident triage and resolution, and coordination across multiple technology and business partners. The ideal candidate is technically hands-on, comfortable troubleshooting in real time, and experienced in supporting production environments.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily production support activities, including dashboard monitoring, application checks, and service health verification.
• Monitor system performance and availability; identify anomalies and initiate investigation and remediation.
• Provide high-level issue triage and resolution, including incident ownership, impact assessment, and escalation when needed.
• Troubleshoot and debug application issues using logs, SQL queries, and root cause investigation techniques.
• Support and monitor batch processing, including scheduling, failures, reruns, reconciliation, and dependency checks.
• Collaborate with multiple teams such as developers, infrastructure, database teams, upstream/downstream application teams, and business stakeholders drive issue resolution and communication.
• Create and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge articles; contribute continuous improvement of monitoring and support processes.
• Participate in post-incident reviews documents root causes, corrective actions, and preventive measures.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in production support, application support, or operational support for enterprise systems.

Technical Skills
Working knowledge of:

• Java
• Application-level understanding
• Ability tdebug and interpret stack traces and logs

PL/SQL / SQL

• Querying databases
• Troubleshooting data issues
• Validating results

SOAP Services

• Understanding request/response patterns
• Knowledge of common failure scenarios

Batch Processes

• Monitoring and diagnosing failures
• Understanding job dependencies

Debugging and Log Analysis

• Production environment troubleshooting
• Root cause identification

Incident Management

• Strong incident management skills.
• Prioritization and ownership mindset.
• Structured troubleshooting approach.
• Clear stakeholder communication.

Must Have

• Production/Application Support
• Java
• SQL / PL-SQL
• Debugging & Log Analysis
• Incident Management
• Batch Job Monitoring
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Service Health Monitoring
• Dashboard Monitoring

Good to Have

• SOAP Web Services
• Change & Release Management
• Monitoring Tools
• Runbooks/SOP Documentation
• Post-Incident Reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting systems with strict uptime and availability requirements.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting practices, including dashboards, alerts, health checks, and operational metrics.
• Experience with root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and post-incident documentation.
• Understanding of change management and release support within production environments.
• Ability twork effectively with multiple teams and partners in a fast-paced environment.

Soft Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including timely status updates during incidents.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on operational excellence and risk reduction.
• Comfortable working under pressure and handling multiple concurrent issues. 

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $45.00/hr – $51.43/hr.