L2 Support Engineer
Job Description:
We're looking for a hands-on L2 Support Engineer who will support the stability and availability
of trading and risk systems by investigating and resolving production issues escalated from L1.
The role focuses on incident triage, analysis, and resolution using established tools and
runbooks, while partnering closely with L3 and engineering teams for complex or systemic
issues. L2 support plays a critical role in reducing incident impact and maintaining high service
quality.
Responsibilities
Handle L2 production support escalations: investigate incidents, perform impact
analysis, apply known fixes or workarounds, and escalate to L3/engineering when
required.
Perform in-depth triage and troubleshooting using logs, metrics, dashboards, and
diagnostic tools to restore service quickly.
Execute and maintain runbooks, operational procedures, and standard remediation
steps; suggest updates based on incident learnings.
Collaborate with L3 support and engineering teams during major incidents, providing
analysis, data, and validation support.
Proactively identify recurring issues and contribute to problem management by raising
defects, tracking root causes, and validating fixes.
Support incident communication by providing timely updates to stakeholders in clear,
non-technical language when required.
Contribute to support readiness by validating alerts, sanity-checking monitoring
dashboards, and flagging gaps or noise.
Participate in on-call and weekend support rotations as per team schedule, following
established escalation and handover processes.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) with 2+ years of experience in production
support, application support, or site reliability roles.
Working knowledge of Java or a similar language, with the ability to read code, analyze
stack traces, and perform basic debugging.
Comfortable working in Linux environments, including log analysis and basic bash
commands/scripts.
Solid understanding of incident management and ticketing workflows, including
prioritization, SLA awareness, and escalation protocols.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and a structured
troubleshooting approach.
Clear and professional communicator, able to collaborate eectively with L1, L3,
engineering, and business stakeholders.
Demonstrated ownership mindset: drive incidents to resolution within defined scope
and timelines.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting financial, trading, or risk systems in a production environment.
SQL proficiency for basic data validation, reconciliation, and incident investigation.
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus,
AppDynamics, or similar).
Exposure to microservices-based systems and distributed architectures.
Basic understanding of Fixed Income or Capital Markets workflows (Rates, Credit, FX,
Commodities).
Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments, including CI/CD awareness and
release support.
Work Model and Schedule
Hybrid work model, collaborating closely with L1, L3, engineering, and trading support
teams.
On-call and weekend rotation as per team schedule; advanced notice will be provided,
with compensatory time-o per company policy.