Sr Application Operations Engineer
Cincinnati, USA IT development
Job description
Job Description Summary
As the Sr. Application Operations Engineer, you be responsible for supporting and maintaining multiple user and customer-facing applications and related data processing platforms and services. Ensures the user-facing business applications are consistently available and are highly performant meeting customer needs. You will join a dynamic team that strives to effectively enhance GE’s enterprise development & production environments. You will partner with stakeholders, Digital and Engineering teams to assess their business needs and recommend IT solutions.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Execute day to day application maintenance, processing and user support
- Responsible for responding/delegating support cases from application customers
- Troubleshoot application alerts from monitoring tools and follow SOPs to resolve or escalate appropriately
- Drive customer communication during critical events and lead retrospective meetings
- Drive a higher level of customer satisfaction by improving support team quality, knowledge, and training
- Drive root cause investigation implementing any learnings or improvement opportunities
- Drive projects that improve customer experience, application process or performance with minimal guidance
- Assist & own the preparation of end user support documentation and knowledge
- Proactively plan for upcoming changes
- Provide mentorship and guidance to team members
- Inform and train all support teams on new/changed processes/services and drive operational process rigor
- Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders
- Ensure support team readiness and availability
- Investigate the possibilities of automation for self-service of end user support
- Manage and lead the enhanced service collaboration vendor & other in-house support tech team
- Partner with product service owners on new service introductions, change, and transition to operations
- Manage and drive relationship with suppliers reviewing innovative ideas and improving resolution, by reducing the need to escalate to vendors
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 2 years of professional experience OR associate degree with minimum of 5 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 7 years of professional experience.
- US DOD Security Clearance (or ability to obtain Security Clearance in a timely manner)
- Security+
- Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience.
Desired Characteristics:
- Experience with Lean Principles and Agile Methodologies.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to guide and influence others
- Strong process orientation in approach to work
- Project management and team organization experience
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Ability to influence others and create cohesive groups
- High level of energy and enthusiasm with the ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment
- Demonstrated customer focus – evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer; builds strong customer relationships; creates processes with customer viewpoint; partners with customers
- Change oriented – actively generates process improvements; champions and drives change initiatives; confronts
- Ability to work with global teams, act independently and as part of a team
- Apply values, policies, procedures, and precedent to make timely, routine decisions of limited, clear choice
- Open-mindedly to new perspectives or ideas. Consider different or unusual solutions when appropriate
- Resolve day-to-day issues related to strategy implementation. Escalate issues that impact the client and/or strategic initiatives
- Strong analytical and strong problem-solving skills - communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information/data to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve
Note:
To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.
This Job Description is intended to provide a high level guide to the role. However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No