Senior Application Support Engineer
Listed on 2026-02-16
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IT/Tech
IT Support, Technical Support
Encino Building #2, 5707 Southwest Parkway, Austin, Texas, United States of America
Job DescriptionPosted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Kestra Holdings offers industry-leading wealth management platforms for independent wealth management professionals nationwide. Kestra is dedicated to empowering independent financial professionals—including traditional and hybrid RIAs—to grow their businesses and deliver exceptional client service. We combine advanced business management technology with personalized consulting to provide unmatched scale, efficiency, and support. Our advisor-focused culture is built on innovation and advocacy, enabling advisors to offer comprehensive securities and investment advisory solutions to their clients.
Kestra does not provide immigration sponsorship, including H‑1B visa sponsorship or PERM‑based employment authorization. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored immigration support.
Lead with Purpose. Partner with Impact.
Kestra is seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior L2 Application Support Engineer to join our Application Support & Reliability team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage deep technical expertise, strong analytical capabilities, and strategic insight to ensure the stability, performance, and reliability of Kestra’s mission‑critical applications. You will lead complex investigations, mentor teammates, influence best practices, and partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, and business stakeholders to deliver exceptional service.
Whatyou’ll Do
- Serve as a senior technical resource for L2 support, independently triaging, diagnosing, and resolving the most complex incidents across Kestra’s custom and third‑party applications including web, API, and data services built on Azure App Service, Functions, Container Apps, Service Bus, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage, and Data Factory.
- Analyze telemetry, logs (IIS, application logs, Kusto/KQL), and performance metrics (Azure Application Insights, Monitoring) to uncover root causes, identify systemic patterns, and anticipate emerging issues.
- Lead problem‑management efforts by identifying recurring issues, evaluating long‑term risks, and recommending strategic improvements to architecture, processes, monitoring, and tooling.
- Collaborate with engineering squads and SREs to reproduce defects, provide detailed findings, and influence the prioritization of fixes and enhancements.
- Take full ownership of support tickets from intake through resolution prioritizing effectively, communicating proactively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, and ensuring timely closure aligned with SLAs.
- Document technical designs, troubleshooting patterns, and knowledge artifacts to strengthen team capability and accelerate future resolution.
- Mentor junior and mid‑level support engineers, guiding them through complex investigations, best practices, and strategic thinking.
- Act as a go‑to resource for cross‑team collaboration, bridging communication between support, engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.
- Support integration troubleshooting for third‑party APIs, SSO (OAuth/OIDC), and file transfer processes.
- Proactively communicate updates, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Uphold Kestra’s core values Make it Happen, One Team, Serve in every interaction and deliverable.
- Provide periodic off‑hours or on‑call support as part of a shared rotation.
- 5-10 years of experience in application support, technical support, Dev Ops, or software engineering, with a proven track record of leading complex investigations and driving improvements.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated success supporting distributed applications in Azure or hybrid cloud environments.
- Strong proficiency with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Kusto/KQL.
- Advanced SQL skills and experience with relational (SQL Server) and No
SQL (Cosmos DB) databases. - Strong understanding of web application architecture, RESTful APIs, and cloud-native patterns.
- Hands-on…
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