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Manager of Application Support

Current job openings at Peterson Technology Partners
Current job openings at Peterson Technology Partners
Details
  • Req No : 105583
  • Number of Position : 1
  • Priority : High
Location

Chicago, IL 60606, USA

Employment Type
  • Work Authorization Status : greencard, uscitizen

    Location : Onsite

Technical Profile
  • Position Title : Manager of Application Support
  • Professional Experience : 7
  • Primary Skills : Application Support, Database Administration, AWS, Control-M
  • Other Skills : Helix, ServiceNow, xMatters, Bank Disaster Recovery, Change Control
  • Additional Notes : fulltime

Contact

Anna Ziaja

Anna Ziaja

anna@ptechpartners.com Peterson Technology Partners on LinkedIn

Job Description:

Salary: $140,000-$160,000 per year ( depends on experience level) & 12.5% bonus.  

This role is a hands-on people and operations leadership position responsible for supporting critical business and banking applications, with a strong emphasis on production stability, batch processing, and technical ownership.

Overall Focus:

The ideal candidate will bring a strong IT operations background with experience supporting business‑critical systems, cloud technology, and production environments during and outside standard bank hours. The team already keeps the Bank running; the focus now is to elevate maturity, drive ownership, and foster innovation within application support. This role is accountable for end‑to‑end production ownership of supported applications, including availability, reliability, and recoverability.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide people and technical leadership for a production support team responsible for:
  • System availability and stability
  • Deployments and post‑deployment support
  • Overnight batch processing and ongoing optimization
  • Establish strong ownership over the overnight batch environment, including continuous improvement, performance optimization, and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead major incidents, own escalation and post‑incident root cause analysis, and ensure corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurring issues.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for application support issues as needed (occasional evenings/weekends).

Partner closely with:

  • Application delivery teams
  • Infrastructure and cloud teams
  • Database administrators
  • Business stakeholders

Ensure effective communication both within IT and with business partners, translating technical issues into business‑relevant context, and holding delivery partners accountable for operability.

Maintain administrative access and oversight to support production changes and deployments.

Define, track, and improve operational metrics related to application stability, batch success rates, and support effectiveness.

Build team capability through coaching, development, and ensuring the right skills and behaviors are in place.

Support audit, risk, and compliance expectations typical of a banking environment, including change discipline, documentation, and control awareness.

Team Structure:

This manager will have direct responsibility for the entire application support team:

  • 2 Senior Application Specialists
  • 4 Application Support Specialists (junior level)
  • Database support:
    • 2 SQL DBAs
    • 1 Oracle DBA
  • 3 contingent workers supporting application and database needs
  • The environment is primarily SQL‑based (no in‑house Oracle systems), and some level of database understanding is required to effectively support and lead the team.

Technical Environment & Experience Needed:

  • The ideal candidate should have working knowledge of:
  • Application production support in regulated or mission‑critical environments
  • Database concepts and troubleshooting (particularly SQL platforms)
  • AWS infrastructure
  • Batch scheduling tools, preferably Control‑M / Helix
  • ITIL concepts (incident, problem, change), without needing to teach teams how to troubleshoot day‑to‑day
  • Hands‑on technical depth is less important than the ability to lead, guide, and escalate effectively.

Leadership Profile:

  • Is a strong operations and people leader
  • Can take a capable but reactive team and help them:
  • Develop stronger ownership
  • Be more proactive and innovative
  • Continue improving reliability and efficiency
  • Is comfortable supporting production environments that occasionally require off‑hours involvement
  • Balances structure, accountability, and empathy when leading teams

Preferred Background:

  • Banking or financial services experience is a major plus, as it reduces ramp‑up time in a regulated environment.
  • Experience supporting real‑world batch processing workflows is highly valued.

Work Schedule & Support Expectations:

  • Core hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Occasional evening or weekend involvement for escalations or major issues
  • This role is not primary overnight support, but provides leadership backup when needed
  • The application support team is generally reliable and responsive

Salary: $140,000-$160,000 per year ( depends on experience level) & 12.5% bonus. 

About Us

Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.

For more than 28 years, PTP has operated as one of the top IT staffing and recruiting firms in the USA—built on trust, long-term partnerships, and technical excellence.

Based in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, IL, our team of more than 500 employees and consultants is dedicated to:

  • Helping every client make the best hiring decisions possible
  • Matching professionals with the right IT jobs and career opportunities

As part of that commitment, we believe in providing clear information about how our hiring technologies work and how your data is used. The following section outlines our AI-assisted interview process and your rights as a candidate.

AI-Assisted Interview Experience (Pete & Gabi – Rebecca):

To provide a consistent, fair, and flexible experience for all candidates, we use AI-assisted tools to support parts of the interview process. This includes our proprietary AI platform Pete & Gabi, which includes AI recruiter Rebecca.

These AI hiring tools help us:

  • Transcribe interviews
  • Summarize candidate responses
  • Generate job-related insights
  • Streamline communication and scheduling

Please note that:

  • The AI does NOT make hiring decisions; all decisions are made by our human recruiters, hiring managers, or client partners.
  • The AI does not evaluate facial expressions, emotions, or physical traits; it is used only to support fairness, consistency, and efficiency.

If you prefer a non-AI interview format, we will gladly provide an alternative.

Technical or Case Interviews (Role-Dependent):

When applying for certain tech jobs, you may participate in:

  • A technical interview
  • A coding challenge
  • A case study
  • A client-specific assessment

We will always explain what to expect in advance so you can prepare with confidence.

Human Review & Selection: +

Every candidate’s profile—including interviews, conversations, and assessments—is reviewed by experienced recruiters and hiring leaders.

AI insights may assist with organization and evaluation, but final decisions are always human-driven.

Your Rights as a Candidate: +

At PTP, every candidate has the right to:

  • Request a non-AI interview path
  • Ask how your data is being used
  • Request access to transcripts or interview recordings
  • Request deletion of your AI-recorded interview
  • Receive clear, timely communication

Our goal is to ensure you feel respected, informed, and supported throughout your experience.

Our Commitment: +

For more than 28 years, PTP has focused on putting people first—candidates, consultants, employees, and clients.

We’re committed to a hiring process that is:

  • Transparent
  • Compliant
  • Equitable
  • Powered by innovative technology that enhances—not replaces—human judgment

Welcome to the future of hiring at Peterson Technology Partners.

We’re excited to learn more about you.

Equal Employment Opportunity: +

Peterson Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Manager of Application Support

Current job openings at Peterson Technology Partners
Current job openings at Peterson Technology Partners
Details
  • Req No : 105583
  • Number of Position : 1
  • Priority : High
Location

Chicago, IL 60606, USA

Employment Type
  • Work Authorization Status : greencard, uscitizen

    Location : Onsite

Technical Profile
  • Position Title : Manager of Application Support
  • Professional Experience : 7
  • Primary Skills : Application Support, Database Administration, AWS, Control-M
  • Other Skills : Helix, ServiceNow, xMatters, Bank Disaster Recovery, Change Control
  • Additional Notes : fulltime

Contact

Anna Ziaja

Anna Ziaja

anna@ptechpartners.com Peterson Technology Partners on LinkedIn

Job Description:

Salary: $140,000-$160,000 per year ( depends on experience level) & 12.5% bonus.  

This role is a hands-on people and operations leadership position responsible for supporting critical business and banking applications, with a strong emphasis on production stability, batch processing, and technical ownership.

Overall Focus:

The ideal candidate will bring a strong IT operations background with experience supporting business‑critical systems, cloud technology, and production environments during and outside standard bank hours. The team already keeps the Bank running; the focus now is to elevate maturity, drive ownership, and foster innovation within application support. This role is accountable for end‑to‑end production ownership of supported applications, including availability, reliability, and recoverability.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide people and technical leadership for a production support team responsible for:
  • System availability and stability
  • Deployments and post‑deployment support
  • Overnight batch processing and ongoing optimization
  • Establish strong ownership over the overnight batch environment, including continuous improvement, performance optimization, and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead major incidents, own escalation and post‑incident root cause analysis, and ensure corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurring issues.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for application support issues as needed (occasional evenings/weekends).

Partner closely with:

  • Application delivery teams
  • Infrastructure and cloud teams
  • Database administrators
  • Business stakeholders

Ensure effective communication both within IT and with business partners, translating technical issues into business‑relevant context, and holding delivery partners accountable for operability.

Maintain administrative access and oversight to support production changes and deployments.

Define, track, and improve operational metrics related to application stability, batch success rates, and support effectiveness.

Build team capability through coaching, development, and ensuring the right skills and behaviors are in place.

Support audit, risk, and compliance expectations typical of a banking environment, including change discipline, documentation, and control awareness.

Team Structure:

This manager will have direct responsibility for the entire application support team:

  • 2 Senior Application Specialists
  • 4 Application Support Specialists (junior level)
  • Database support:
    • 2 SQL DBAs
    • 1 Oracle DBA
  • 3 contingent workers supporting application and database needs
  • The environment is primarily SQL‑based (no in‑house Oracle systems), and some level of database understanding is required to effectively support and lead the team.

Technical Environment & Experience Needed:

  • The ideal candidate should have working knowledge of:
  • Application production support in regulated or mission‑critical environments
  • Database concepts and troubleshooting (particularly SQL platforms)
  • AWS infrastructure
  • Batch scheduling tools, preferably Control‑M / Helix
  • ITIL concepts (incident, problem, change), without needing to teach teams how to troubleshoot day‑to‑day
  • Hands‑on technical depth is less important than the ability to lead, guide, and escalate effectively.

Leadership Profile:

  • Is a strong operations and people leader
  • Can take a capable but reactive team and help them:
  • Develop stronger ownership
  • Be more proactive and innovative
  • Continue improving reliability and efficiency
  • Is comfortable supporting production environments that occasionally require off‑hours involvement
  • Balances structure, accountability, and empathy when leading teams

Preferred Background:

  • Banking or financial services experience is a major plus, as it reduces ramp‑up time in a regulated environment.
  • Experience supporting real‑world batch processing workflows is highly valued.

Work Schedule & Support Expectations:

  • Core hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Occasional evening or weekend involvement for escalations or major issues
  • This role is not primary overnight support, but provides leadership backup when needed
  • The application support team is generally reliable and responsive

Salary: $140,000-$160,000 per year ( depends on experience level) & 12.5% bonus. 

About Us

Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.

For more than 28 years, PTP has operated as one of the top IT staffing and recruiting firms in the USA—built on trust, long-term partnerships, and technical excellence.

Based in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, IL, our team of more than 500 employees and consultants is dedicated to:

  • Helping every client make the best hiring decisions possible
  • Matching professionals with the right IT jobs and career opportunities

As part of that commitment, we believe in providing clear information about how our hiring technologies work and how your data is used. The following section outlines our AI-assisted interview process and your rights as a candidate.

AI-Assisted Interview Experience (Pete & Gabi – Rebecca):

To provide a consistent, fair, and flexible experience for all candidates, we use AI-assisted tools to support parts of the interview process. This includes our proprietary AI platform Pete & Gabi, which includes AI recruiter Rebecca.

These AI hiring tools help us:

  • Transcribe interviews
  • Summarize candidate responses
  • Generate job-related insights
  • Streamline communication and scheduling

Please note that:

  • The AI does NOT make hiring decisions; all decisions are made by our human recruiters, hiring managers, or client partners.
  • The AI does not evaluate facial expressions, emotions, or physical traits; it is used only to support fairness, consistency, and efficiency.

If you prefer a non-AI interview format, we will gladly provide an alternative.

Technical or Case Interviews (Role-Dependent):

When applying for certain tech jobs, you may participate in:

  • A technical interview
  • A coding challenge
  • A case study
  • A client-specific assessment

We will always explain what to expect in advance so you can prepare with confidence.

Human Review & Selection: +

Every candidate’s profile—including interviews, conversations, and assessments—is reviewed by experienced recruiters and hiring leaders.

AI insights may assist with organization and evaluation, but final decisions are always human-driven.

Your Rights as a Candidate: +

At PTP, every candidate has the right to:

  • Request a non-AI interview path
  • Ask how your data is being used
  • Request access to transcripts or interview recordings
  • Request deletion of your AI-recorded interview
  • Receive clear, timely communication

Our goal is to ensure you feel respected, informed, and supported throughout your experience.

Our Commitment: +

For more than 28 years, PTP has focused on putting people first—candidates, consultants, employees, and clients.

We’re committed to a hiring process that is:

  • Transparent
  • Compliant
  • Equitable
  • Powered by innovative technology that enhances—not replaces—human judgment

Welcome to the future of hiring at Peterson Technology Partners.

We’re excited to learn more about you.

Equal Employment Opportunity: +

Peterson Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

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