IT Operations Engineer (TTD)
Pretoria - South Africa
Job Summary
Are you the person everyone calls when production goes down Do you thrive on solving complex technical challenges digging through logs analyzing APIs and keeping enterprise systems running at peak performance If you enjoy troubleshooting automation and collaborating with global teams this opportunity is for you.
Were looking for a Senior Operations Engineer to join a high-performing technology team responsible for supporting business-critical enterprise applications used across multiple markets. Youll be at the heart of ensuring stability performance and continuous improvement while working with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Behavioral Competencies
- Analytical troubleshooting
- Customer support
- Structured communication
- Service ownership
- Cross-functional collaboration
IT Service Management
- Incident Problem and Change Management
- Major Incident and Escalation Management
- ITIL principles
Application Support & Troubleshooting
- Java enterprise application support
- JVM monitoring and analysis
- Application log analysis exception handling and stack trace interpretation
- Incident investigation and production issue resolution
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
APIs & Integration Support
- REST API troubleshooting
- JSON payload analysis and validation
- Web services support and diagnostics
- Integration monitoring and troubleshooting
- Message processing reconciliation and retry management
Infrastructure & Platform Support
- SQL querying and database validation
- Networking fundamentals (DNS HTTPS Firewalls Load Balancers)
- Authentication technologies (SSO LDAP Active Directory)
Monitoring & Observability
- Grafana dashboard monitoring
- Loki log querying
- Service health monitoring
- SLA tracking and performance analysis
- Transaction tracing
Which qualifications/experience do we need for the role
- IT Degree or Diploma / equivalent working experience.
- 5 to 10 years application support experience in enterprise environments.
- Experience supporting Java applications production systems integration SQL databases and monitoring platforms such as Grafana and Loki.
- Automotive dealer management or financial services experience is advantageous.
- ITIL Foundation / other relevant certification advantageous.
- Cutting edge global IT system landscape and processes
- Flexible working of 1960 hours in a 12-month period
- High Work-Life balance
- Remote / On-site work location flexibility
- Highly motivating energetic and fast-paced working environment
- Modern state-of-the-art offices
- Dynamic Global Team collaboration
- Application of the Agile Working Model Methodology
Required Skills:
Behavioral Competencies Analytical troubleshooting Customer support Structured communication Service ownership Cross-functional collaboration IT Service Management Incident Problem and Change Management Major Incident and Escalation Management ITIL principles Application Support & Troubleshooting Java enterprise application support JVM monitoring and analysis Application log analysis exception handling and stack trace interpretation Incident investigation and production issue resolution Root Cause Analysis (RCA) APIs & Integration Support REST API troubleshooting JSON payload analysis and validation Web services support and diagnostics Integration monitoring and troubleshooting Message processing reconciliation and retry management Infrastructure & Platform Support SQL querying and database validation Networking fundamentals (DNS HTTPS Firewalls Load Balancers) Authentication technologies (SSO LDAP Active Directory) Monitoring & Observability Grafana dashboard monitoring Loki log querying Service health monitoring SLA tracking and performance analysis Transaction tracing Which qualifications/experience do we need for the role IT Degree or Diploma / equivalent working experience. 5 to 10 years application support experience in enterprise environments. Experience supporting Java applications production systems integration SQL databases and monitoring platforms such as Grafana and Loki. Automotive dealer management or financial services experience is advantageous. ITIL Foundation / other relevant certification advantageous.