Senior Manager, Business Application Support

Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.

We are a leading industrial parts distribution company for products including bearings; mechanical power transmission; electrical and industrial automation; hose, belting etc. with a robust custom-built application platform integrating sales, supply chain, inventory, CRM, and data integration processes. Our core technology stack includes Java, COBOL, and DB2, supporting mission-critical operations across multiple regions.

The Senior Application Support Lead will be responsible for overseeing the support and optimization of our enterprise business applications that include a mix of custom-built systems such as OMS and industry leading SaaS applications such as Manhattan, Dynamics 365, Google Cloud among others. This role will work closely with various product teams (Sales, Product Management, Supply Chain, Finance & Inventory, CRM, and Data Integration) and collaborate with a global application support team spread across different Geographies.

You will lead a team of application support engineers to deliver services in an onshore/offshore based IT delivery model. You will leverage your strong technical expertise in Java, Google Cloud applications, Services architecture, Azure, Quarkus/Spring boot to ensure that business applications run smooth application, drive a high level of performance and functionality, and troubleshoot complex business problems. Strong leadership, collaboration project management and communication skills are essential, as you’ll act as a liaison between the business teams, IT leadership and global technical delivery teams.

• Techno functional Expertise on developing, supporting and maintain critical tier 1 business applications such as sales, order management, payments, warehouse operations, inventory management systems.
• Strong experience as an onshore delivery lead working exclusively in an onsite/offshore/nearshore based model with a major IT service provider.
• Excellent Communications
• Ability to improve delivery speed, solution quality by leveraging GenAI and automation tools.
• Fast learner. We’re looking for someone who thrives on learning new technologies and doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions.
• You have advanced knowledge of Java, Java Script, REACT, Cloud based application development.
• Collaborate with global application support teams to resolve issues, elevate critical incidents, and implement solutions.
• Work closely with product teams (Sales, Product Management, Supply Chain, Inventory, CRM, and Data Integration) to understand business needs and align them with technology delivery.
• Lead application troubleshooting, maintenance, debugging, and performance tuning efforts to optimize the system’s performance.
• Participate in Dev Ops practices, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure Dev Ops pipelines, deployment, and automation.
• Engage in incident management and root cause analysis to prevent future system disruptions.
• Participate in project management and business analysis tasks.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and system upgrades, ensuring best practices and modern technologies are implemented.
• Passion. You feel ownership over everything you do; you'd never call code "released" until you’re confident it’s correct. You pride yourself on efficient monitoring, strong documentation, and proper test coverage.
• Preferred experience in these technologies:
  • Java (Spring boot, Quarkus, Java 7/21)
  • Java Script
  • EXTJS JavaScript framework or React
  • REACT
  • Node JS
  • SQL /DB2 skills
  • Middle tier development including experience with Stored procedures. (Full Stack)
  • Database knowledge to architect robust solutions
  • Mongo DB
  • Google Cloud Experience (PUBSUB, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Storage)
  • Terraform
  • Azure Pipelines
• Experience with working with ERP systems and Supply Chain apps is a plus.
• Expertise on tools like Azure Dev Ops/GITHUB deployments

• Design and constructs moderately complex interfaces between ERP and legacy systems.
• Use back-end programming languages, as well as front-end script languages to optimize performance, scalability, and security.
• Code programming…