Application Support & Operations Engineer (Blue Ash, OH)
Matlen Silver
Blue Ash, United States of America
3 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Blue Ash, United States of America
Tech stack
Java
Agile Methodologies
Confluence
JIRA
Unit Testing
Information Systems
Python
MongoDB
NoSQL
PCI Data Security Standards
Powershell
Scrum
Systems Development Life Cycle
Reliability Engineering
SQL Databases
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Application Enhancement Tool
Grafana
Information Technology
Splunk
ServiceNow
Job description
- Level 3 (LV3) Support, Site Reliability, and Operations Engineer supporting Next Generation Point of Sale (NGPOS) platform
- This team is embedded within the engineering organization, partnering directly with developers throughout the SDLC rather than sitting in a separate support silo
- We care more about problem-solving instinct, curiosity, and drive than a checklist of prior experience - the items below describe a strong match, not a hard bar, and candidates early in their career or without every listed skill are encouraged to apply, * Partner with cross-functional teams to expedite issue resolution and manage to SLAs
- Support and maintain infrastructure and applications, including off-hours support (24 x 7) as required
- Test infrastructure and application changes
- Establish priorities and develop functional and programming specifications for application enhancements and modifications
- Participate in the application technical design process; design, code, and unit test application changes using SDLC best practices
- Complete estimates and work plans for design, development, implementation, and rollout tasks
- Monitor systems, consoles, and performance for service interruptions or delays
- Address and resolve infrastructure system failures
- Execute, log, and report break/fix changes, service requests, and support activities
- Maintain operational procedures, processes, and scripts; follow documented processes to ensure infrastructure stability
- Own incident and problem management: drive major incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
- Champion engineering standards and continuously improve software delivery processes
- Build partnerships across application, business, and infrastructure teams
- Independently execute large projects and lead other analysts in completing projects
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience) preferred; prior experience in application support, operations, or engineering is a plus but not required
- Exposure to Point-of-Sale systems in enterprise environments is helpful; some experience with Java is preferred, Go is a plus
- Any exposure to SQL or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), scripting (Shell, PowerShell, or Python), or ITSM/monitoring tooling (ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Splunk, Grafana, or equivalent) is a plus - willingness to learn these on the job matters more than prior mastery
- Interest in or willingness to learn payment card security standards (PCI-DSS)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to translate between business users and Kroger Technology teams
- Familiarity with the Agile process is helpful; experience as a Scrum Master a plus
- Willingness to speak up and challenge developers on Agile best practices and definitions of done during refinement and QA
- Accountable for driving support tickets and emails to resolution
- Good judgment under pressure; able to prioritize competing support, testing, and scrum-master duties