Associate, Operations Engineer

ING•New York, NY

24d•$110,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Operations Engineer is responsible for ensuring the stability, reliability, and operational excellence of a portfolio of business-critical applications. The role combines hands-on operational management with continuous improvement responsibilities, driving efficiency, standardization, resiliency, and risk reduction across the application landscape. The ideal candidate is not just an application support engineer. They are an operations leader who can take ownership of a portfolio, create structure where needed, improve processes, build strong business relationships, and continuously increase the reliability and efficiency of the services they support.

Requirements

3-4+ years of experience in Application Support, Operations Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a similar role.
Demonstrated experience supporting business-critical applications in a financial services environment.
Strong experience managing incidents, problems, changes, releases, Disaster Recovery exercises, and production support activities.
Experience operating within regulated environments with strong audit, risk, and compliance requirements.
Proven ability to work independently and manage priorities with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

Strong SQL skills.
Working knowledge of Oracle databases.
Understanding of application architecture and system integrations.
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling.
Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and release management processes.
Scripting and automation experience (PowerShell, Python, Shell scripting or similar).
Middleware Engineering: MQ, XFB, SFTP
Basic development knowledge and ability to interact effectively with software engineers.
Understanding of: Java, Python, APIs and web services, PowerShell Automation & Scripting.
Experience with reporting and BI platforms such as Cognos and Power BI.
Experience with DevOps and automation tooling.
Exposure to cloud platforms and modern engineering practices.
Self-starter with a strong ownership mentality.
Highly organized and structured approach to work.
Proactive problem solver who identifies opportunities before issues arise.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Comfortable challenging existing processes and driving improvements.
Able to balance operational support responsibilities with strategic improvement initiatives.
Team player who can work effectively across technical and business teams.
Experience supporting multiple business applications within Banking, Capital Markets, Treasury, Lending, Payments, Finance, Risk, or Regulatory Reporting domains.
Familiarity with operational processes in wholesale banking or financial markets environments.
Experience interacting with auditors, risk teams, and regulatory stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Own and coordinate day-to-day operational activities for supported applications.
Lead and coordinate incident resolution, problem management, and root cause analysis.
Manage and support application changes and releases in accordance with change management processes.
Coordinate and execute Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity testing activities.
Monitor application health, availability, performance, and capacity.
Ensure operational processes comply with risk, security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
Identify, propose, and implement operational improvements and automation opportunities.
Drive standardization, documentation, and process optimization initiatives.
Improve team resiliency by reducing key-person dependencies and enhancing knowledge sharing.
Enhance monitoring, alerting, reporting, and operational dashboards.
Promote a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Partner closely with application developers to improve application stability, supportability, and delivery quality.
Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and application owners.
Act as a trusted advisor on operational risks, reliability concerns, and service improvements.
Coordinate effectively with infrastructure, database, security, and vendor teams when required.