Senior Product Support Engineer

SEI is looking for a candidate who will be working as a technical support specialist primarily responsible for the production and development systems support of a suite of trading, portfolio management and reconciliation applications.  This includes support of other financial based applications hosted for several business units within SEI. This highly critical and visible role includes constant interaction with many technical and business teams. 

Tasks include major version upgrades, client implementations and conversions, break/fix and Disaster Recovery testing as well as providing for detailed technical support through research, analysis and resolution of issues.

What you’ll do:

• Manage support of legacy applications through multiple product lifecycle environments, from pilot to mission-critical production systems.
• Manage implementation and change control of custom releases in IBM z/OS environment for cross platform applications.
• Manage batch production interfaces using CA Scheduler, Connect: Direct, SFTP and IBM Tivoli.
• Manage the coordination and clarification of issues across Global Delivery model.
• Manage post implementation maintenance and production support as well as testing of COBOL programs and batch jobs.
• Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
• Efficiently plan, coordinate and track various releases (scheduled and ad-hoc), change requests, end of support compliance activities, new implementations, deconversions, migrations to name a few. 
• Assist developers and infrastructure teams in investigating critical production issues.
• Should be ready to provide 24x7 support for critical production systems.
• Must have experience in monitoring alerts/troubleshooting and providing L2/L3 support.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
• Share domain and technical expertise, providing technical mentorship and cross-training to other peers and team members.

What we need from you:

• 7+ years Support or Development experience required in various Mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, SASC, Natural, ISPF Utilities, REXX, ADABAS and VSAM databases.
• Expertise in support of cross platform applications on Mainframe platform utilizing CA Scheduler, TEP, IBM Tivoli, MS Visio, Service Now, and File-aid.
• Expertise in analyzing errors and logs in CA Scheduler, Connect Direct, SDSF, SAR etc.
• Knowledge of real time data replication between Legacy and Distributed applications.
• Knowledge of Utility design/development using REXX, File-Aid JCL commands, ISPF macros.
• Understanding of ITIL process and its components.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Flexible, team player with perseverance to deliver at any cost.
• Ability to organize and plan work independently.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities and teams.
• Experience with database development would have added weightage.
• Knowledge and experience with VMWare & VSphere
• On-call duty (rotation), flexible working all hours including weekends
• Participate in annual disaster recovery testing

What we would like from you:

•         Excellent oral and written communication skills are a critical requirement

•           Self-motivated with an ability to work well within multiple teams

•           Goal oriented with an ability to complete tasks on time and within budget

•           Ability to manage time and prioritize work depending on changing factors of projects and daily tasks

SEI’s competitive advantage

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, hybrid working environment and a work-life balance that enables you to relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our benefits include Medical Insurance, Term Life Insurance, Voluntary Provident Fund, 10 Predefined Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays in a year, Paid Time off and more.

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures—for our clients, our communities, and ourselves.  Come build your brave future at SEI. 

The position title reflected in this job description is aligned with SEI's current internal job architecture. As part of SEI's role and career framework, internal job titles may not directly correspond to external market titles and may differ from titles previously assigned during an employee's tenure or at the time of hire.

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more…

After 50 years in business, SEI is a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we’re (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, paid volunteer days, professional development assistance and access to thriving employee networks.

AI Acceptable Use in the application and interview process:

SEI acknowledges the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into individuals’ personal and professional lives.  If you intend to incorporate the use of any AI tools at any stage of the application and/or interview process, please ensure you have reviewed and adhere to our AI use guidelines.