Application Maintenance Engineer

Experience : 6+ Years Role : Application Maintenance Engineer Key Domain/ Technical Skills: · Java, ReactJS, Python, · Oracle, SQL · Solaris, RedHat Linux, JBOSS · Openshift Container Platform, Apache, · IBM MQ, Kafka MQ, Connect Direct, Control-M · Cloud based development Responsibilities: · Perform root cause analysis on incidents (application, batch and connectivity) and provide a solution for remediation. · Prioritize defects and plan for production release based on defect criticality or align with the quarterly release · Develop programs, support end-to-end testing in SIT, support UAT and prepare for deployment to production environments. · Maintain Production stability by ensuring deployments have completed the necessary risk and impact assessments. · Follow up on defect closure and meet defect closure KPI · Share production defect support learning with QA team and development team to improve application quality and minimize future defects · Verify and deploy programs and systems · Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software · Recommend and execute improvements Requirements: Education: Degree in Computer Science or related discipline At least 8 years of relevant experience. Essential: · Programming / OS / Technology Skills: At least few years of experience in maintaining / managing applications in at least some of the technologies such as Java, ReactJS, Python, Oracle , Solaris, RedHat Linux , JBOSS, Openshift Container Platform, Apache, Cloud based development, IBM MQ, Kafka MQ, Connect Direct, Control-M , Tivoli, Geneos, Splunk, etc. · Knowledge of FIS OPF (Open Payment Framework) product is a must at least in the capacity of troubleshooting, deployment, etc. · Strong working experience with Java, Spring Boot and API (Microservices) · Experience with databases (SQL) and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks, such as Hibernate · 7 or more years’ in troubleshooting and fixing issues across different technologies/platform · Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills · Experience with payment domain and SWIFT message will be a big plus · Strong written, oral communication skills and ability to manage user/vendor/customer/stakeholders · Ability to easily adapt to any technology/environment and lean new languages / technologies / tools · Experience tuning Kafka components for varying traffic and performance requirements · Experience with Incidents & Problem management & associated tools (Remedy/JIRA) · Experience with CI/CD tools such as BitBucket / Jenkins / Sonarqube / Aldon · Attention to details.