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Job Title
Application Support Engineer
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience
5 to 10 years
Salary
Negotiable
Job Published
17 April 2026
Job Reference No.
68263123

Job Description

This role is responsible for supporting and maintaining a production system used by enterprise clients. It involves a mix of technical troubleshooting, client communication, and system analysis across cloud-based services and application layers.
The role requires strong ownership and will be responsible for investigating and resolving issues end-to-end before escalation.

What you'll do:

  • Incident Management & Technical Support
    • Act as the first point of contact for technical issues affecting clients and end-users
    • Investigate incidents end-to-end, including log analysis, metric inspection, and issue reproduction
    • Troubleshoot issues across APIs, authentication flows, backend services, and frontend
      applications
    • Work with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, DynamoDB) to diagnose production issues
    • Escalate issues with clear findings, supporting logs, and root cause hypotheses
  • Service Desk & SLA Management
    • Manage and prioritise support tickets using Jira Service Management
    • Ensure incidents are resolved within SLA timelines
    • Communicate regularly with clients regarding progress, delays, and resolutions
    • Maintain accurate ticket updates and documentation
  • Testing & Release Support
    • Perform regression testing and assist with user acceptance testing (UAT)
    • Validate bug fixes and support releases into production
    • Reproduce reported issues to assist development teams
  • Client Communication & Reporting
    • Document clear, client-facing incident and root cause reports
    • Translate technical issues into understandable explanations for non-technical users
    • Provide support documentation and assist with client training where required
  • Process Improvement
    • Identify recurring issues and escalate for permanent fixes
    • Suggest improvements to support workflows and system reliability
    • Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and documentation

Your Expertise:

  • Experience working in a technical support or production support environment
  • Familiarity with Jira Service Management or similar tools
  • Basic understanding of AWS or cloud-based systems
  • Ability to read and understand Python code for debugging
  • Familiarity with REST APIs, HTTP responses, and debugging tools
  • Exposure to frontend technologies such as Angular is beneficial
  • Experience analysing logs and troubleshooting production issues
  • Experience writing and analysing SQL queries
  • Experience with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, S3)
  • Exposure to serverless architectures
  • Experience with C# / .NET
  • Familiarity with structured incident management practices (e.g. ITIL)

Qualifications:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

Core Competencies

  • Strong problem-solving and investigation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple incidents
  • Attention to detail when analysing logs and system behaviour
  • Good judgement on when to escalate issues
  • Basic understanding of system performance and reliability concepts

Personal Attributes

  • Takes ownership of issues from start to resolution
  • Communicates clearly and professionally with clients
  • Patient and composed when dealing with users under pressure
  • Organised and able to manage workload independently
  • Willing to learn and adapt in a fast-changing environment

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