Senior Manager, Business Application Support

Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Company Overview:

We are a leading industrial parts distribution company for products including bearings; mechanical power transmission; electrical and industrial automation; hose belting etc. with a robust custom-built application platform integrating sales supply chain inventory CRM and data integration processes. Our core technology stack includes Java COBOL and DB2 supporting mission-critical operations across multiple regions.

Role Overview:

The Senior Application Support Lead will be responsible for overseeing the support and optimization of our enterprise business applications that include a mix of custom-built systems such as OMS and industry leading SaaS applications such as Manhattan Dynamics 365 Google Cloud among others. This role will work closely with various product teams (Sales Product Management Supply Chain Finance & Inventory CRM and Data Integration) and collaborate with a global application support team spread across different Geographies.

You will lead a team of application support engineers to deliver services in an onshore/offshore based IT delivery model. You will leverage your strong technical expertise in Java Google Cloud applications Services architecture Azure Quarkus/Spring boot to ensure that business applications run smooth application drive a high level of performance and functionality and troubleshoot complex business problems. Strong leadership collaboration project management and communication skills are essential as youll act as a liaison between the business teams IT leadership and global technical delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities and skills:

• Techno functional Expertise on developing supporting and maintain critical tier 1 business applications such as sales order management payments warehouse operations inventory management systems.
• Strong experience as an onshore delivery lead working exclusively in an onsite/offshore/nearshore based model with a major IT service provider.
• Excellent Communications
• Ability to improve delivery speed solution quality by leveraging GenAI and automation tools.
• Fast learner. Were looking for someone who thrives on learning new technologies and doesnt believe in one-size-fits-all solutions.
• You have advanced knowledge of Java Java Script REACT Cloud based application development.
• Collaborate with global application support teams to resolve issues escalate critical incidents and implement solutions.
• Work closely with product teams (Sales Product Management Supply Chain Inventory CRM and Data Integration) to understand business needs and align them with technology delivery.
• Lead application troubleshooting maintenance debugging and performance tuning efforts to optimize the systems performance.
• Participate in DevOps practices with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure DevOps pipelines deployment and automation.
• Engage in incident management and root cause analysis to prevent future system disruptions.
• Participate in project management and business analysis tasks.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and system upgrades ensuring best practices and modern technologies are implemented.
• Passion. You feel ownership over everything you do; youd never call code released until youre confident its correct. You pride yourself on efficient monitoring strong documentation and proper test coverage.

• Preferred experience in these technologies:
  • Java (Spring boot Quarkus Java 7/21)
  • Java Script
  • EXTJS JavaScript framework or React
  • REACT
  • Node JS
  • SQL /DB2 skills
  • Middle tier development including experience with Stored procedures. (Full Stack)
  • Database knowledge to architect robust solutions
  • Mongo DB
  • Google Cloud Experience (PUBSUB Cloud Run GKE Cloud Storage)
  • Terraform
  • Azure Pipelines
• Experience with working with ERP systems and Supply Chain apps is a plus.
• Expertise on tools like Azure Dev Ops/GITHUB deployments

JOB DUTIES:

• Design and constructs moderately complex interfaces between ERP and legacy systems.
• Use back-end programming languages as well as front-end script languages to optimize performance scalability and security.
• Code programming logic for new or existing solutions software or applications in accordance with design specifications put in place by senior software development staff and leadership.
• Handles installation configuration development workflow design monitoring and/or upgrade of assigned software products.
• Monitors quality and performance of applications through testing and maintenance.
• Maintains up-to-date records of issues with existing code.
• Suggests viable solutions to resolve issues with existing software.
• Provide expert-level technical support for a complex custom-built supply chain applications.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Typically requires a bachelors degree in computer science software engineering or a related field.

• 10 years of experience and Java JavaScript and SQL

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS: None required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

• 2-5 Direct Reports
• 5-10 Direct Reports
• More than 10 Indirect Reports

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: Yes

COMPANY INFORMATION: Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage 401(k) tuition reimbursement vacation sick and holiday pay.

DISCLAIMER: This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.

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