Thoughtworks

SeniorSystemsSupportEngineer

Singapore Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Systems Support Engineer at Thoughtworks. Skills: Systems Support Engineering, Incident Management, DevOps, Application Monitoring, Debugging, Cloud Platforms, Containerization, CI/CD. Ensuring the operational efficiency, stability and availability of complex application systems. Contributing significantly to operational success”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensuring the operational efficiency, stability and availability of complex application systems; Deliver high-quality software, as well as value to end customers, as early as possible

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Debugging a business impacting issue; Identifying the root cause of incidents; Resilient in ambiguous situations; Approach challenges from multiple perspectives

Eligibility Requirements

Must be a Singapore Citizen or PR of Singapore, Willing to be part of a rotation- and need-based 24x7 available team

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience working on programming languages such as Java or. Net, Understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP, Scripting languages such as Python or Powershell, High-level understanding of various architectures such as monolithic, N-tier, layered, microservices and serverless, Debugging and triaging skills to troubleshoot code effectively, Experience working with relational databases such as MS SQL, MySQL or PostgreSQL, Experience working with containerization tools such as Docker, Experience working with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure pipelines, Experience working with relational or non-relational databases, Understanding of application monitoring tools such as DataDog, Prometheus or Grafana, Ability to ensure that the deliverables, namely bug fixes and enhancements to the existing codebase, are high-quality and well-tested, Comfortable with Agile methods, such as Scrum and/or Kanban

Nice to Have

Presence in the external tech community and willingly share your expertise with others via speaking engagements, contributions to open source, blogs and more, Willing to be part of a rotation- and need-based 24x7 available team

What You'll Do.

Ensuring the operational efficiency

stability and availability of complex application systems

Contributing significantly to operational success

Refining expertise in incident management and DevOps

Generating reports and taking corrective actions using incident management processes and tools

application monitoring metrics and tooling

Understanding complex application systems and finding your way through them to debug a business impacting issue

Following standards and best practices to bring operational efficiencies

stability and availability of the system

Using continuous delivery practices to evolve

support and deliver high-quality software

as well as value to end customers

Leveraging knowledge regarding the different logging techniques (various levels) and using them for alerting

monitoring and identifying the root cause of incidents

Efficiently using DevOps tools and practices to deploy and run software

Applying the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems

Ensuring that the deliverables

namely bug fixes and enhancements to the existing codebase

are high-quality and well-tested

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Working in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients; Acting as a mentor for less experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills; Guiding and mentoring junior-level consultants

Communication Scope

Good communication and articulation skills

Full Job Description

Due to the nature of the projects and specific client security clearance, this role requires the successful candidate to be a Singapore Citizen or PR of Singapore As a senior Systems Support Engineer you will play a critical role in ensuring the operational efficiency, stability and availability of complex application systems. You will contribute significantly to operational success, refine your expertise in incident management and DevOps and leave a lasting impact on the delivery of inventive solutions to our clients. Job responsibilities You will use your skills in incident management processes and tools, application monitoring metrics and tooling to generate reports and take corrective actions. You will understand complex application systems and find your way through them to debug a business impacting issue. You will follow standards and best practices to bring operational efficiencies, stability and availability of the system. You will use continuous delivery practices to evolve, support and deliver high-quality software, as well as value to end customers, as early as possible while working in a collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients. You will leverage your knowledge regarding the different logging techniques (various levels) and use them for alerting, monitoring and identifying the root cause of incidents. You will efficiently use DevOps tools and practices to deploy and run software. You will act as a mentor for less experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills. You will apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems. Job qualifications Technical Skills You have experience working on programming languages such as Java or .Net, an understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP and scripting languages such as Python or Powershell. You have a high-level understanding of various architectures such as monolithic, N-tier, layered,

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