
Tawantech
Senior Application Support Engineer - Tier 2
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 08/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
24/08/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Job description
In this role you will provide 24/7 production support for critical banking applications and services at TAWANTECH, resolving complex application incidents, leading troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis, and supporting major incidents. You will provide Tier 2 application and production support through rotational shifts and on-call coverage, supporting business-critical banking applications to ensure high availability and service continuity. You are responsible for leading the troubleshooting and resolution of P1/P2 incidents and major incidents, and performing detailed Root Cause Analysis to drive permanent corrective actions. Your responsibilities include monitoring application health, performance, availability, and integration status, and analyzing application, system, database, and middleware logs to identify and resolve issues. You will troubleshoot issues across Production, UAT, SIT, and Development environments, and support application releases, deployments, patches, and configuration changes in accordance with banking change-management procedures. You are responsible for coordinating with Development, Infrastructure, Database, Middleware, Network, Security, and Vendor teams to resolve complex incidents, and escalating code-level or unresolved issues to Tier 3 or Development teams with complete technical analysis. In this role you will ensure incidents and service requests are handled within agreed SLA and ITIL processes, support Major Incident Management, and provide timely technical updates to stakeholders. You will also mentor junior support engineers and provide technical guidance to the L2 support team, while maintaining technical documentation, support procedures, and operational runbooks.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Provide 24/7 Tier 2 application and production support through rotational shifts and on-call coverage
- Support business-critical banking applications and ensure high availability and service continuity
- Lead the troubleshooting and resolution of P1/P2 incidents and major incidents
- Perform detailed Root Cause Analysis and drive permanent corrective actions
- Monitor application health, performance, availability, and integration status
- Analyze application, system, database, and middleware logs to identify and resolve issues
- Troubleshoot issues across Production, UAT, SIT, and Development environments
- Support application releases, deployments, patches, and configuration changes in accordance with banking change-management procedures
- Coordinate with Development, Infrastructure, Database, Middleware, Network, Security, and Vendor teams to resolve complex incidents
- Escalate code-level or unresolved issues to Tier 3/Development teams with complete technical analysis
- Ensure incidents and service requests are handled within agreed SLA and ITIL processes
- Support Major Incident Management and provide timely technical updates to stakeholders
- Identify recurring incidents and participate in Problem Management activities
- Maintain technical documentation, support procedures, knowledge articles, and operational runbooks
- Ensure adherence to banking security, compliance, audit, and operational policies
- Support production activities and critical business operations outside normal working hours when required
- Mentor junior support engineers and provide technical guidance to the L2 support team
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- Bring 5 to 8 or more years of experience in Application Support, Production Support, or Application Operations
- Have experience working in banking, financial services, or other highly regulated environments
- Show strong experience in L2 application and production support
- Demonstrate proven experience working in a 24/7 shift-based production support environment
- Show strong experience handling P1/P2 incidents and Major Incident Management
- Demonstrate strong troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis skills
- Show good knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows environments
- Demonstrate strong SQL and database troubleshooting skills
- Have experience with REST/SOAP APIs and system integrations
- Show good understanding of middleware and application servers
- Have experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or Grafana
- Demonstrate strong understanding of ITIL Incident, Problem, and Change Management
- Show good understanding of security, access control, audit, and compliance requirements in banking environments
- Demonstrate strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience supporting Java and/or .NET enterprise applications is preferred
- Knowledge of microservices and distributed systems is preferred
- Experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps, or similar tools is preferred
- Exposure to Docker/Kubernetes is preferred
- Experience with banking integrations, payment systems, digital channels, or core banking applications is preferred
- ITIL certification is a plus