Application support engineer

Apple

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About The Position

Apple Employee Systems team is seeking a Software Application Support Engineer who has a proven track record in developing and managing high quality enterprise software solutions. Our group is responsible for building and managing a suite of core application services for a number of applications. We do all this with an exceptional group of software engineers, dev-ops engineers and technical project managers, working to make a difference for our customers. To run our environment efficiently, we drive for automation and build frameworks which help ease both the end user experience and the manageability by our team. The teams direction is to strive for automation to ensure reliability at the highest level. You will work with some of the coolest people and technologies on the planet, including: GenAI, OS X, iOS, Oracle, MongoDB, Restful web services, and web platform technologies including Spring, Apache, and more. This is an exciting role, demanding a strong technology background The Employee Systems team is responsible to build Employee related business applications. You will be a generalist, able to be flexible in roles yet have an in-depth knowledge of enterprise systems and platforms to build innovative applications and custom solutions that serve all Apple Employees.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience supporting mission critical production applications in an enterprise environment AND 3+ years of Software development experience building highly scalable RESTful web services, or some combination of both.
• Java development, J2EE, and related experience is critical for this role.
• Knowledge of databases like Oracle and MongoDB, and capable of understanding SQL and query tuning as well as database performance optimization.
• Demonstrable track record of using a logical debugging methodology to solve complex production issues in a customer-facing role.
• Strong and proven track record of incident management, configuration/change management.
• Strong knowledge of SOAP and RESTful web services.
• Strong experience with monitoring tools like Splunk, Nagios, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, or similar.
• Good Oral and written english communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge in frameworks like Spring
• Knowledge of messaging services like Kafka
• Python development experience would be a plus
• Knowledge in workflow automation systems like Temporal (Autoflow) and Flink is a plus
• Functional knowledge with HR and/or Payroll products such as Workday, Oracle HCM, Salesforce, PeopleSoft, SAP Success Factors, or ADP

Responsibilities

• Help engineer and maintain innovative software applications.
• Support operations, and also work closely with the development engineers within the team to aid in architectural design and assist with implementation of complex features/fixes.
• Improve the performance, availability, scalability and monitoring of all of Employee Systems.
• Work closely with business partners, other engineering teams, quality assurance and management.
• Coordinate with a global team.
• Troubleshoot complex problems with a cross-functional team and multiple stakeholders to solve large scale production issues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed