Senior Principal Application Support Engineer & Shift Lead – Operations

Lilly

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10-14+ years application support experience
Incident command and major incident response
Root cause analysis and problem management
This role serves as the senior-most operational authority responsible for the health, stability, and operability of production systems within a global healthcare leader

Job Summary

  • This role serves as the senior-most operational authority responsible for the health, stability, and operability of production systems within a global healthcare leader.
  • The position requires leading end-to-end support operations, including major incident command, shift leadership, and driving continuous reliability improvements across distributed applications.
  • Candidates must demonstrate exceptional communication skills under pressure while mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional teams to prevent incidents rather than just responding to them.

Matching Summary

This role serves as the senior-most operational authority responsible for the health, stability, and operability of production systems within a global healthcare leader.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Appropriate adjustments provided for non-standard hours

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10-14+ years application support experience
  • Incident command and major incident response
  • Root cause analysis and problem management
  • Python or Bash scripting for automation
  • Monitoring tools like Datadog Splunk ELK
  • Shift leadership in regulated environments

Nice-to-have

  • Experience operationalizing SLIs SLOs error budgets
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines
  • Leading globally distributed support teams
  • Influencing enterprise-wide operational standards
  • Infrastructure as Code concepts

Key Requirements

  • 10-14+ years of experience in Application Support or SRE
  • Deep hands-on troubleshooting across cloud platforms and databases
  • Proven ability to operate in regulated and enterprise environments
  • Availability for non-standard work hours including weekends and holidays

Work Rights

Not specified

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