Application Support Engineer III

About Working at Commerce

Building a career here is more than just steps on a ladder. It’s about helping people find financial safety and success, helping businesses thrive, and making sure people and their money are taken care of. And our commitment doesn’t stop there. Our culture is about our people, the ones in our communities and the ones that work with us.

Here, you’ll find opportunities to grow and learn, to connect with others, and build relationships with the people around you. You’ll have the space and resources to grow into the best version of yourself. Because our number one investment is you.

Creating an award-winning culture doesn't come easy. And after 160 years, we know Commerce Bank is only at its best when our people are. If this sounds interesting to you, keep reading and let’s talk.

Annual Salary: $91,000.00 - $ (Amount based on relevant experience, skills, and competencies.)

At Commerce Bank, innovation and creativity are the driving forces behind our IT team's success. We are catalysts of transformation who power applications, secure networks, and implement cutting‑edge initiatives that propel our business units forward. The banking industry's rapid evolution provides us with an exciting opportunity to continuously learn, grow, and harness new technologies that elevate the experience for our customers.

What sets Commerce Bank apart is our company culture and leadership, areas in which we continually invest. This commitment fosters innovation, enhances customer and employee experiences, while reinforcing our belief that our diverse team is our greatest competitive advantage. We actively seek candidates who share our passion for technology and bring fresh perspectives to the table. A diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints allows us to develop truly innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our banking community.

Join us in shaping the future of banking technology. At Commerce Bank IT, you'll find a culture of equity, belonging, and endless opportunities to make a lasting impact. Help us drive innovation that raises the bar for our industry.

The main purpose of this job is to serve as a technical resource whose primary role is to prepare the application environment for receipt and implementation of one or more applications, implement and configure software, automate implementation activity whenever possible to minimize manual intervention, monitor, validate and repair the application in all environments, interface with development teams and vendors as necessary to report defects and receive fixes for implementation, coordinate with other IT support units for services not directly provided by the support team.

• Develop and maintain automation scripts with advanced skills in Linux, Puppet, Kubernetes, Kabana, and Python
• Provide independent technical support for application issues and outages, coordinating with development teams and vendors to resolve problems
• Monitor advanced on‑going reporting of end user issues according to IT service level expectations resolving when possible and escalating / involving others when direct resolution is not possible
• Maintain and review advanced security certificates and provide the IT response for environmental security vulnerabilities
• Manage the advanced creation and support of job scheduling functions required for the application
• Mentor, share skills, knowledge, and expertise within team and across the IT organization
• Support advanced application installation, configuration, and progression through multiple environments
• Manage the advanced creation and implementation of environmental and application alerts
• Prepare advanced environments for testing of new code releases and support testing activity through operational validation manually and with automated testing tools
• Perform other duties as assigned, including regular rotating on‑call responsibilities and release deployments

• Advanced understanding of common application runtimes including Java, .NET, Tomcat, JBoss, Apache or others as appropriate
• Advanced understanding of modern technology…