L2 Production Support Specialist - #2084405
Virtusa
Date: 2 hours ago
City: Belfast
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Location: BelfastExperience: 3–6 YearsRole Overview
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented L2 Production Support Specialist to ensure the stability, reliability, and performance of critical production systems. The candidate will provide second-level support, resolve incidents, manage user queries, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain application uptime and service quality.
Key ResponsibilitiesProduction Support & Incident Management- Provide L2 support for production applications, ensuring minimal downtime.
- Troubleshoot and resolve incidents, service requests, and production issues within defined SLAs.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
- Work on incident prioritization, escalation, and resolution via ServiceNow.
- Monitor system health using tools like ITRS (Gateway) or equivalent monitoring tools.
- Respond to alerts, analyze logs, and take appropriate corrective actions.
- Ensure proactive monitoring and issue prevention.
- Write and execute complex SQL queries to investigate and resolve data-related issues.
- Perform data validation, troubleshooting, and fixes in Oracle databases.
- Support database-related activities like performance tuning (basic level preferred).
- Execute and troubleshoot issues using Unix/Linux commands and shell scripts.
- Analyze application logs and system logs to identify issues.
- Manage jobs, processes, and batch executions.
- Handle user queries and requests efficiently with high customer satisfaction.
- Communicate updates on incidents and tickets to stakeholders.
- Provide functional and technical support to business users.
- Work with ServiceNow for ticket handling (incident, problem, change management).
- Maintain accurate documentation for issues, resolutions, and processes.
- Participate in change management and release activities.
- Strong knowledge of:
- SQL (advanced queries, joins, indexing concepts)
- Oracle Database
- Unix/Linux (shell scripting, commands, log analysis)
- Experience with monitoring tools like ITRS (preferred) or similar monitoring solutions
- Familiarity with ServiceNow or other ITSM tools
- Understanding of:Batch processing, scheduling tools (Autosys/Control-M – optional)
- Incident and problem management
- Production support lifecycle
- Root cause analysis & troubleshooting
- Log analysis and debugging
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication (verbal & written)
- Ability to work in rotational shifts / on-call support
- Good stakeholder management
- High attention to detail and ownership mindset
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science / IT / related field
- ITIL certification (preferred)
- Experience in Banking/Finance/Enterprise applications (added advantage)
- Willingness to work in 24/7 rotational shifts, Weekend and on-call support
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