Negotiable Salary
TAWANTECH
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Job Summary: The Tier 1 Application Support Team Lead oversees a team responsible for frontline support of banking applications. In this role, you’ll manage incident handling, coordinate with escalation teams, and ensure customer-impacting issues are resolved quickly and effectively. The role combines hands-on troubleshooting, leadership, and incident coordination. 🔹 Key Responsibilities: 🧑💼 Team Leadership & Coordination Supervise Tier 1 analysts to ensure proper shift coverage and ticket ownership. Assign and prioritize support tasks to align with SLA and business priorities. Mentor and develop team members with ongoing coaching and feedback. 🛠️ Application Support Operations Oversee first-level troubleshooting for core banking applications (e.g., Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, CRM, UPI). Assist team in resolving common issues: login failures, app crashes, session timeouts, payment errors, etc. Provide technical guidance and ensure quality in ticket resolution. 🚨 Incident Management Act as the first point of contact for incidents, ensuring they are logged, categorized, and prioritized correctly. Coordinate the response to high-impact or major incidents, including team notification, interim fixes, and communication updates. Ensure incident status updates are provided to stakeholders until resolution or escalation. Document incident timelines and assist with post-incident reviews or root cause summaries. Monitor ticket queues and alert back-end teams for recurring patterns or emerging issues. 🧾 Ticketing & Reporting Maintain high-quality records in the ticketing system (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira). Track and report on ticket metrics: SLA compliance, incident response times, first contact resolution (FCR). Recommend improvements based on recurring issue trends. 📚 Knowledge & Documentation Maintain team SOPs and troubleshooting guides for known issues. Review and update knowledge base articles regularly. Train new team members and ensure uniform standards across the team. Requirements Skills & Experience: 3+ years in IT/application support, with at least 1 year in a team lead role. Strong understanding of banking applications and end-user issue patterns. Experience handling technical incident workflows and escalation procedures. Excellent verbal/written communication and coordination skills. Basic knowledge of logs, SQL queries, or API issues is a plus. Able to remain calm and organized under pressure during incident response.