Job Description

Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
As a Service Assurance Engineer in our Mission Control organization, you will be essential in providing enterprise services to ensure high levels of product availability for the customers and partners of American Express.
Onboarding new technologies. Observability. Drive issue resolution (triage, troubleshoot, resolve). Lead teams as needed to drive resolution. Incident communications.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in computer science, computer science engineering or related technical experience. 4+ years of varied experience in software engineering. Experience with identifying application/infrastructure risks and mitigation strategy and the ability to work with a team to ensure risks are mitigated. Experience with debugging techniques for root cause analysis of issues. Experience working with monitoring tools - application performance monitoring, AIOps or an equivalent tool to improve overall efficiency. ITIL solid understanding: Event, Incident, Release, Problem and Knowledge Management. Experience in one or more of the following: programming languages, networking, Linux/Windows, mainframe, middleware, databases, cloud. Proficient verbal and written communication skills. Soft skills - analytical thinking, curiosity, continuous learning and improvement attitude.

Preferred Qualifications

Performance troubleshooting and tuning, experience implementing high availability solutions like Always on, Clustering, Mirroring etc. DevOps knowledge for highly available IT infrastructure. Building live production APIs and services. Experience with automation development. Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods. Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing. Experience in technology for the banking and payments industries.
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Role tech stack
Python


Bash


PowerShell


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Ravi Radhakrishnan
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Tech overview
Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

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Our tech teams power large scale platforms and products, enabling over 100 million global consumers and businesses.
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Progress as either a people leader or technical expert, while increasing your domain expertise within a high-performing team.
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Use the latest languages, technologies, and delivery practices, and demonstrate your skills at internal hackathons, open-source days, and developer events.
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Python


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