Sr Specialist-Tier 2 Application Support Engineer (Kafka Admin, Devops)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 2 support for escalations from Tier 1 across incidents, alerts, environment issues, and C2W events.
• Resolve complex issues and lead root cause analysis, trend investigation, and improvement ticket creation.
• Support iTrack work requests, consulting tickets, and platform-aligned project deliverables.
• Provide additional C2W support when engaged by Tier 1.
• Execute compliance-related support tasks including CCRC, AT&T Cybersecurity Scorecard, and SOX support activities.
• Manage SSL certificate lifecycle support and remediation execution.
• Execute Golden Image and on-prem OS updates for existing VMs.
• Perform application installations and upgrades (outside monitoring/alerting platform scope handled by SRE).
• Support production/non-production setup and operations in Azure and on-prem environments.
• Support new client onboarding and implementation projects for enterprise integration and messaging services.
• Partner with architects and developers to analyze requirements and recommend technical options.
• Gather and publish monthly application and operational metrics.
• Manage ITAP data requirements and ensure operational governance.
• Review and validate Tier 1 SOPs; create and maintain Tier 2/client SOPs.
• Raise Tier 3 tickets for platform/tooling enhancements and monitoring-gap remediation.