Application Support Engineer - Saudi National - Riyadh, KSA

Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Application Operations Engineer to support the stability, availability, performance, and continuous improvement of enterprise applications. The role covers application operations across incident, problem, change, release, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and service improvement activities. Key Responsibilities • Manage L2/L3 functional incidents , including participation in incident bridges and escalation management. • Perform incident and problem management , including incident trend analysis and implementation of permanent fixes. • Develop and manage Service Improvement Plans . • Support release schedule and planning activities. • Plan and coordinate Change Requests (CRs) , including risk and impact assessments. • Perform application-layer change implementation and conduct post-implementation reviews. • Handle application configuration requests. • Monitor application performance and availability . • Perform event correlation and investigate application-related events. • Manage application capacity and performance . • Develop and test application recovery procedures . • Configure application backups and execute application and data restores . • Participate in and execute Disaster Recovery (DR) tests . • Perform OS, database, and middleware hardening activities. • Apply patches and updates to application components. • Maintain accurate CMDB records for application components. • Collaborate with relevant technical teams to ensure application stability and service availability.