Ascendum Solutions

Technical Support Engineer

Ascendum Solutions Cincinnati, OH

Job Description

Level 3 (LV3) Support, Site Reliability, and Operations Engineer supporting a Point of Sale (POS) platform. This team is embedded within the engineering organization, partnering directly with developers throughout the SDLC rather than sitting in a separate support silo. We care more about problem-solving instinct, curiosity, and drive than a checklist of prior experience — the items below describe a strong match, not a hard bar, and candidates early in their career or without every listed skill are encouraged to apply.

  • Exposure to Point of Sale systems in enterprise environments is helpful; some experience with Java is preferred, Go is a plus
  • Any exposure to SQL or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), scripting (Shell, PowerShell, or Python), or ITSM/monitoring tooling (ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Splunk, Grafana, or equivalent) is a plus — willingness to learn these on the job matters more than prior mastery
  • Interest in or willingness to learn payment card security standards (PCI-DSS)
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to translate between business users and Technology teams
  • Familiarity with the Agile process is helpful; experience as a Scrum Master a plus
  • Willingness to speak up and challenge developers on Agile best practices and definitions of done during refinement and QA
  • Accountable for driving support tickets and emails to resolution
  • Good judgment under pressure; able to prioritize across competing support, testing, and scrum-master duties
  • In office 5 days a week; willingness to travel and provide onsite support for new go-lives, pilots, and rollouts
  • Participate in a scheduled on-call rotation (nights/weekends/holidays) for 24x7 support; PTO/leave may be restricted during peak retail periods and major go-lives
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience) preferred; prior experience in application support, operations, or engineering is a plus but not required


Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to expedite issue resolution and manage to SLAs
  • Support and maintain infrastructure and applications, including off-hours support (24 x 7) as required
  • Test infrastructure and application changes
  • Establish priorities and develop functional and programming specifications for application enhancements and modifications
  • Participate in the application technical design process; design, code, and unit test application changes using SDLC best practices
  • Complete estimates and work plans for design, development, implementation, and rollout tasks
  • Monitor systems, consoles, and performance for service interruptions or delays
  • Address and resolve infrastructure system failures
  • Execute, log, and report break/fix changes, service requests, and support activities
  • Maintain operational procedures, processes, and scripts; follow documented processes to ensure infrastructure stability
  • Own incident and problem management: drive major incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews
  • Champion engineering standards and continuously improve software delivery processes
  • Build partnerships across application, business, and infrastructure teams
  • Independently execute large projects and lead other analysts in completing projects


Top skills

  • Major Incident Management experience
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/Problem Management rigor
  • Production troubleshooting under pressure across a mixed stack


Other:

  • Currently only local travel is expected, but as new sites go live travel will expand traveling every 4 weeks.
  • Must have flexibility for on-call/off-hours work if needed.
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Contract
  • Job function

    Information Technology
  • Industries

    IT Services and IT Consulting and Retail

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