- Job Description: Digital Support Analyst (Level 1.5/Level 2)
- Digital Service Management & Operations
- Position Overview
- We are seeking a highly motivated Digital Support Analyst (Level 1.5/Level 2) to help establish a modern, structured digital support and services model. This role will serve as a critical triage and diagnostic layer between the service desk (L1) and engineering teams (L3), transforming support from a reactive intake function into a proactive, insight-driven operations capability.
- Reporting to the Director, Digital Service Management & Operations, this role will focus on incident triage, monitoring, troubleshooting, and release-aware diagnostics across a complex, integrated application and cloud environment.
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- Context & Mission
- The current support model operates as a broad, centralized intake layer covering end-user support, applications, and cloud infrastructure, but lacks:
- · Dedicated monitoring (“eyes-on-glass”)
- · Structured triage and diagnostic capability
- · Deep technical ownership at the L1/L2 layers
- This role is designed to:
- · Introduce structured L1.5/L2 triage and investigation
- · Improve incident quality and escalation effectiveness
- · Enable proactive monitoring and operational stability
- · Support a high-frequency release environment
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- Key Responsibilities
- 1. Incident Triage & Technical Investigation (Core Focus)
- · Act as the primary L1.5/L2 triage layer, analyzing alerts, incidents, and system anomalies.
- · Perform initial troubleshooting and diagnostics before escalation to L3 teams.
- · Develop structured problem statements with actionable insights for engineering teams.
- · Interpret and analyze:
- o API responses and endpoint behavior
- o Application errors (e.g., HTTP 500s)
- o Latency and performance degradation
- o Infrastructure and database indicators (CPU, memory, query performance)
- · Participate in incident bridge calls, providing real-time technical insights.
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- 2. Monitoring & “Eyes-on-Glass” Operations
- · Support the development of a dedicated monitoring capability.
- · Continuously monitor systems using observability/APM tools (e.g., Datadog, GCP, Idera).
- · Correlate alerts and identify patterns, anomalies, and early warning signals.
- · Shift operations from reactive escalation → proactive issue detection and prevention.
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- 3. Cross-Functional Troubleshooting
- · Investigate issues across integrated front-end, back-end, and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP environments).
- · Perform cross-stack analysis, recognizing that issues may span multiple systems.
- · Provide context-aware insights (e.g., dependency-related failures like external platform issues).
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- 4. Release-Aware Support & QA Mindset
- · Collaborate with the Release Manager and DevOps teams on frequent (multi-weekly) releases.
- · Correlate incidents with:
- o Recent deployments
- o Configuration changes
- o Feature rollouts
- · Apply a QA-oriented mindset to validate system behavior post-release.
- · Support hypercare and post-release monitoring activities.
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- 5. Runbooks, Knowledge & Process Maturity
- · Execute and continuously improve runbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- · Document:
- o Troubleshooting steps
- o Known issues
- o Root cause indicators
- · Drive standardization of triage and escalation processes.
- · Contribute to problem management lifecycle and post-incident reviews (PIRs).
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- 6. Service Management & ITIL Alignment
- · Operate within ServiceNow (incident, change, and problem management) and Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket).
- · Improve:
- o Ticket quality
- o Categorization and prioritization
- o Escalation readiness
- · Support CAB readiness activities by providing operational insights.
- · Contribute to defining an L1–L2–L3 escalation framework.
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- 7. Automation, AI & Continuous Improvement
- · Leverage emerging AIOps and automation capabilities for:
- o Alert correlation
- o Root cause identification
- · Identify opportunities to reduce manual triage effort.
- · Collaborate on improving integration between:
- o ITSM (ServiceNow)
- o Monitoring/observability tools
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- Required Qualifications
- · 3–6 years of experience in application support, production support, or digital operations.
- · Strong troubleshooting experience in complex, integrated environments.
- · Hands-on experience with:
- o Monitoring/APM tools (Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, etc.)
- o Incident management platforms (ServiceNow preferred)
- · Ability to interpret:
- o Logs, APIs, and system metrics
- o Performance and error patterns
- · Solid understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change).
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- Preferred Qualifications
- · Experience in cloud environments (GCP, Azure, or AWS).
- · Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- · Familiarity with:
- o CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Dynamics)
- o Job orchestration/batch processing tools
- · Experience in high-availability, customer-facing digital systems.
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- Key Competencies
- · Strong analytical and diagnostic mindset
- · Ability to move beyond escalation to true problem investigation
- · Curiosity and ownership in understanding root causes
- · Effective communication in high-pressure incident scenarios
- · Ability to work across applications, infrastructure, and QA domains
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- Team Structure & Operating Model
- · Reports to: Director, Digital Service Management & Operations (Javier Mercado)
- · Works alongside:
- o DevOps & Engineering teams (CI/CD, releases, platform ownership)
- o Release Manager (new role)
- o Service Desk (L1) and Engineering (L3)
- · Part of building a dedicated L1–L2–L3 support model
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