The posting
We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Application Support Engineer to support and maintain critical banking applications in a 24x7 production environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring system stability, resolving incidents, driving service improvements, and enhancing operational efficiency through automation and SRE best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide 24x7 operational support through shift work and on-call arrangements.
- Monitor production systems and applications to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.
- Manage and resolve incidents, problems, service requests, and change activities in accordance with established processes and SLAs.
- Perform incident troubleshooting, remediation, and escalation to appropriate technical teams where required.
- Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents and implement preventive measures to minimize recurrence.
- Carry out post-incident reviews and follow up on corrective and preventive actions.
- Proactively monitor system health, availability, latency, throughput, and end-user experience.
- Drive continuous service improvements through automation, performance tuning, and reduction of manual operational effort (TOIL).
- Develop and maintain scripts to improve operational efficiency and support activities across Windows and Linux/Unix environments.
- Ensure compliance with organizational policies, operational standards, and security requirements.
- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, database, and business teams to deliver stable and reliable services.
- Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and best practices to improve system resilience and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 5 to 9 years of IT experience, including hands-on Application Support in a production environment.
- Experience supporting business-critical banking or financial services applications.
- Strong knowledge of Incident, Problem, Change, and Service Management processes.
- Experience working in a 24x7 support environment with rotational shift duties and on-call support.
- Hands-on scripting experience in Windows, Linux, or Unix environments (e.g., PowerShell, Shell, Bash, Python).
- Experience working with relational databases such as Oracle, MariaDB, SQL Server, or similar platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis for complex issues.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools for application and infrastructure support.
- Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts, operational excellence, and automation practices.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond effectively during critical production incidents.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proactive, adaptable, and a strong team player with a continuous learning mindset.
Preferred Skills
- ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management certification.
- Experience with automation, job scheduling, CI/CD pipelines, or DevOps tools.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms, container technologies, or observability solutions will be advantageous.



