Application Support Engineer

at  Alogent

Alogent is the market leader in providing item processing, document management and digital banking solutions to credit unions and banks with over 25 years’ experience in providing the technology, support, and expertise to overcome business challenges in financial institutions. Our partnership-based approach to working through business issues has been recognized by our clients and partners, resulting in long-term relationships as their business needs evolve. Alogent continues to forge ahead through the creation of specialized technologies and services that utilize imaging and automation to achieve proven results. Our goal is to be the premier financial technology partner to financial institutions everywhere.
The company is headquartered in Peachtree Corners, GA, with regional teams across the United States.
Job Overview:
The Application Support Engineer works with customers assisting them in resolving technical and operational issues regarding Alogent products. Excellent communication, analytical, troubleshooting, and organizational skills are crucial, in addition to a desire to understand how our solutions drive value and improve the lives of our clients.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 3+ years experience in a technical application support role
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server (preferred) or other relational database technologies
• Experience with Web Applications hosted in IIS
• Experience with a bash scripting/terminal emulation environment, e.g. Cygwin, Powershell
• Excellent written and verbal communication, prioritization, and organization skills
• Networking knowledge – TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, addressing, subnets LAN/WAN/Router/Firewall a plus
• Excellent understanding of the Client and Server architecture and troubleshooting methodologies and technologies
• Excellent understanding of HTTP Requests with WCF, SOAP, XML
• Excellent understanding of .Net Application structure and configuring .Net Application configurations
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
• C#/.Net programming/debugging experience a plus
• Platform performance monitoring/evaluation a plus
• Familiarity with technical operations in a Credit Union or Bank environment a plus.
• Practical experience supporting financial core products, e.g. Episys (Symitar), Correlation, DNA a plus
• Technical degree or equivalent experienc

THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE INTENDED ONLY TO DESCRIBE THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE JOB, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE LIST OF POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 3+ years experience in a technical application support role
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server (preferred) or other relational database technologies
• Experience with Web Applications hosted in IIS
• Experience with a bash scripting/terminal emulation environment, e.g. Cygwin, Powershell
• Excellent written and verbal communication, prioritization, and organization skills
• Networking knowledge – TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, addressing, subnets LAN/WAN/Router/Firewall a plus
• Excellent understanding of the Client and Server architecture and troubleshooting methodologies and technologies
• Excellent understanding of HTTP Requests with WCF, SOAP, XML
• Excellent understanding of .Net Application structure and configuring .Net Application configurations
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
• C#/.Net programming/debugging experience a plus
• Platform performance monitoring/evaluation a plus
• Familiarity with technical operations in a Credit Union or Bank environment a plus.
• Practical experience supporting financial core products, e.g. Episys (Symitar), Correlation, DNA a plus
• Technical degree or equivalent experience

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to work with possible distractions in the work environment
• May require sitting, standing, or being on phone calls for long periods of time
• Must be able to work weekends, nights, and on-call shifts
• Available to support customer requests outside of business hours on an on-call rotational schedule
• Ability to travel when required

Responsibilities:

• Develops, manages & maintains client relationships
• Provides customer service to clients using a case tracking system for notes & management
• Provides expertise and coordinates unique and complex troubleshooting efforts between clients, engineering, development and development support and operations staff
• Reproduces reported software bugs/issues as required for case resolution
• Interfaces with technical development resources and internal client services personnel to determine the nature of non-routine and complex problems and implements remedial procedures for customer. Interacts with external, as well as internal clients for the purpose of data gathering, assisting with solution design, and ensuring development of solutions that meet or exceed client expectations
• Installs new and upgrades existing software releases for mission-critical software into test and production environments
• Resolves deployment related issues for clients and internal resources for test and production environments
• Identifies workarounds for issues where possible
• Identifies and reproduces software defects and documents them for development resources
• Understands and meets contractual commitments with regard to support for clients
• Holds meetings as required with assigned clients
• Creates/documents knowledgebase and/or training articles
• Available to support customer requests outside of business hours on an on-call rotational schedule and as needed for pre-scheduled after-hours activities
• Performs other related duties as directed by Lead Application Support Engineer or manage