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Citi

Lead Application Support Manager – Assistant Vice President

Citi

. Lead the application support function for critical fraud detection and prevention systems.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ITSMJavaMicroservicesPythonSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead the application support function for critical fraud detection and prevention systems.
  • Drive the resolution of production incidents, ensuring minimal business impact.
  • Implement and manage problem management processes to identify, investigate, and resolve the root causes of recurring incidents.
  • Drive initiatives focused on enhancing system reliability, performance, scalability, and resilience.
  • Establish, monitor, and report on Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs).
  • Provide leadership and technical guidance in diagnosing complex technical issues, performing deep-dive analysis, and troubleshooting problems across various technology stacks and integrations.
  • Oversee and approve application changes in coordination with development and release management teams.
  • Oversee the implementation and optimization of robust monitoring and alerting systems to proactively detect anomalies, performance bottlenecks, and potential outages.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for business stakeholders and senior management regarding application health, incident status, and operational improvements.
  • Identify opportunities for process automation, tooling enhancements, and operational efficiencies within the application support function.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • A minimum of 12 years of professional experience in IT, with at least 5-7 years in an Application Support Management role within the banking or financial services industry.
  • Proven track record of successfully leading and managing application support teams for complex, mission-critical systems in a 24/7 environment.
  • Expert-level proficiency in IT Service Management (ITSM) principles, with deep experience in Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Service Request Fulfillment.
  • Hands-on experience with application monitoring tools, performance diagnostics, log analysis, and alerting platforms in a distributed microservices environment.
  • Strong technical background with experience supporting applications built on technologies such as Java Spring Boot, Python, and middleware like TIBCO.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage senior stakeholders, distributed teams, and high-pressure production incidents.
  • Experience with ITIL framework and certification (e.g., ITIL Foundation).
  • Ability to perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventive actions effectively.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  • If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.
  • View Citi’s EEO Policy Statement and the Know Your Rights poster.

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Hard Skills & Tools
application support managementincident managementproblem managementchange managementservice request fulfillmentroot cause analysisJava Spring BootPythonTIBCOperformance diagnostics
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationinterpersonal skillsstakeholder managementteam managementtroubleshootinganalytical skillsprocess automationoperational efficiencyhigh-pressure incident management
Certifications
ITIL Foundation