Job Title:

Application Reliability Operations Analyst – L1

Role Summary

The ARO L1 Analyst provides first line operational
support for business‑critical applications. The role focuses on monitoring,
alert handling, initial triage, basic troubleshooting, user assistance, and
timely escalation, ensuring reliable and reliable application operations. L1
works closely with L2/L3 teams and follows runbooks, SOPs, and ITSM processes
to maintain service continuity.

Key Responsibilities

Monitoring & Alert Handling
- Monitor
application and system health using approved monitoring tools.
- Acknowledge
and respond to alerts within SLAs.
- Perform
basic triage, identify impacted components, and check application
availability.
- Identify
common Java-related errors/exceptions from logs.
- Monitor
batch jobs (Autosys or equivalent) and perform approved restarts.

Initial Troubleshooting & Recovery
- Execute
basic scripts (Shell/Python/PowerShell) for health checks, log collection,
and validations.
- Perform
standard recovery actions as per runbooks and SOPs.
- Validate




application health after restarts or changes.

Incident Management & Escalation
- Log,
categorize, and update incidents accurately in ServiceNow or similar ITSM
tools.
- Resolve
issues within L1 scope; escalate to L2/L3 with complete diagnostic
context.

User Support & Documentation
- Assist
users with basic issues such as access, navigation, and configuration.
- Contribute
to KB articles, SOP updates, and shift handover notes.

Compliance & Collaboration
- Follow
security, access control, and audit requirements.
- Work
with L2/L3, development, and support teams to improve operational
processes.

Technical Skills
- Basic
understanding of Java application components (JVM, heap, threads –
high-level).
- Basic
Unix/Linux commands.
- Ability
to execute Shell/Python/PowerShell scripts.
- Familiarity
with monitoring tools (Grafana, Splunk, AppDynamics).
- Knowledge
of networking basics, batch operations, database basics

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