As a Application Enhancement Lead you will play a critical role in guaranteeing the operational efficiency, stability and availability of intricate application systems. Beyond individual contributions, you will lead the team to achieve operational success while enhancing proficiency in incident management and DevOps. You will engage directly with clients, bringing a client-facing perspective to problem-solving. A strategic viewpoint will play a key role in formulating and delivering inventive solutions that leave a lasting impact on both the team and our clients.
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Job responsibilities
- You will understand complex application systems and find your way through them to debug a business impacting issue
- You will use your skills in incident management processes and tools, application monitoring metrics and tooling to generate reports and take corrective actions
- You will leverage your knowledge regarding different logging techniques (various levels) and use them for alerting, monitoring and identifying the root cause of incidents
- You will follow standards and best practices to bring operational efficiencies, stability and availability of the system
- You will lead the planning and execution of system upgrades, migrations and maintenance activities, minimizing downtime and disruption to operations
- You will use continuous delivery practices to evolve and support high-quality software, and bring value to end customers as early as possible while working in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients
- You will efficiently use DevOps tools and practices to deploy and run software
- You will act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills
- You will apply the latest technology thinking from our Technology Radar to solve client problems
Job qualifications
- You have full stack experience and you're well-versed in C# or Java and ReactJS and are comfortable with the latest Object-Oriented technology
- You have AWS Cloud Native project experience, for instance: ECS, EKS, Lambda (serverless), Secrets Manager, API Gateway, etc.
- You have experience working with application monitoring tools such as NewRelic, DataDog, Prometheus and Grafana, understand the different metrics that go with it and are able to generate reports and take corrective actions
- You have experience working with a relational or non-relational database
- You have experience working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, Buildkite or Azure pipelines
- You have the ability to ensure that the deliverables, namely bug fixes and enhancements to the existing codebase, are high-quality and well-tested
- You can conduct system performance analysis, identify bottlenecks and implement optimization strategies to enhance system efficiency
- You can do predictive analysis and come up with proactive identification of issues working with development teams
- You have a high-level understanding of various architectures such as monolithic, layered, microservices and serverless
Professional Skills
- You have good communication and articulation skills
- You will act as a mentor for less experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and ability to inspire a team to deliver extraordinary impact together
- You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
- You can influence clients as, and when, required on various processes including incident management, support levels, scope of work, etc. and are able to communicate with detail to justify such changes
- You advocate for and implement cloud native best practices in the areas of resource optimization, monitoring and alerting
- You advocate for security best practices and implementation of the same
- You are comfortable with Agile methods, such as Scrum or Kanban
- You are willing to be part of a rotation- and need-based 24x7 available team and are able to handle multiple engagement
Other things to know
There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.
About Thoughtworks
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.
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