Aquarius Professional Staffing

Customized Talent Solutions

11877 Mason Road Suite B Cincinnati, OH, 45249 United States

513-247-0750

Application Support Manager

Location: Blue Ash, OH

Pay Based on Experience – Direct Hire or Contract-to-Hire

The Application Support Analyst is responsible for software support activities and small software enhancements in collaboration with the Application Development team and the Networking/Infrastructure team.  This position troubleshoots, analyzes and resolves support issues.  This position provides Tier I & Tier II level support but leverages other assets in the company to resolve issues, including Tier 3 & Development resources as needed.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Manage a team of 6 Application Support Analysts
  • Manage over 100 internal applications
  • Experience in Java - WebSphere, middleware
  • Experience in a high growth, fast paced environment – will be implementing multiple applications at a time
  • Will spearhead the upgrade and implementation of outdated technologies
  • Provide technical application support for internal applications and external web sites.
  • Responsible for problem tracking, diagnosis, replication, troubleshooting and resolution of application help desk tickets.
  • Design, develop, test and implement web-based and SQL Server solutions to resolve application issues or complete small project requests.
  • Work collaboratively with development team and business partners and other vendors in defining, developing and implementing technology solutions to resolve application issues
  • Be adaptable  and a fast-learner and pick up new skills quickly   
  • Assume initial ownership for the coordination, investigation and documentation of a system event.
  • Utilize multiple incident management tools used to report, resolve, and trend issues.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the customer's business needs and apply them to the management of system events & incidents.
  • Seek opportunities to improve knowledge, skills, and performance and is receptive to constructive feedback.
  • Identify trends in repeat and critical errors, supports in the automation of the routing or fixing of incidents through accurate recording of information and trending of operational peaks and troughs.
  • Interpret system errors at a basic level and assess the risk of events and escalate appropriately to protect client services.
  • Document the resolutions of re-occurring errors.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Demonstrated experience supporting production software applications including B2B & B2C websites, back office applications, CRM, Web Services, database, message queues, fax solutions, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience with developing or supporting ASP.Net applications.
  • 1-3 years’ experience with developing or using SQL Server applications or enhancements.
  • 1-3 years’ experience with SQL coding including stored procedures, triggers and query tuning.
  • 1-3 years’ experience web development utilizing ASP.Net, Javascript, HTML, XML, cascading stylesheets or supporting these application environments.
  • BS, AS or 1-3 years’ experience equivalent.