As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
Job Title: Application Administrator
Locations: 100% Remote – East Coast Only
Hours: 4:00pm – 12:00am ESTAbout the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled individual to work in a fast-paced environment with leading-edge technology and be part of a dynamic team supporting SS&C’s SaaS offerings. The Application Administrator will use his/her creativity and technical expertise to coordinate and execute all activities related to Production environments, including scripting automation, monitoring, response, and troubleshooting.
Why Join SS&C
SS&C combines proprietary technology with deep industry expertise to support complex financial and health care operations. Our teams design, implement, and operate solutions that help clients manage data, automate processes, and scale their businesses with confidence.
You will work with industry experts, modern platforms, and evolving technologies, gaining exposure to real-world operational challenges and large-scale enterprise environments.
How You Will Make an Impact
SS&C Eze offers best in class service to accompany our product suite and our Client Solutions team is at the heart of it all. We’re in search of someone with interest in technology and the financial markets to join our team as a Solutions Analyst I. The Solutions team serves as both the initial point of contact for our hedge fund and asset management clients as well as passionate product experts leading the way in setting the bar for customer satisfaction. We leverage cutting edge technology to deliver a creative, unique, high-touch approach to client service. We invest heavily in our team with a comprehensive training program, peer coaching, and hands-on management to provide you the necessary skills and tools for your career at Eze Software.
Required Experience
- Note the required hours of this role are Monday through Friday from 4 PM to 12 AM Eastern Time. Occasional weekend coverage for maintenance activities (typically during the morning) is required as well
- Provide first level technical support for various SS&C hosted applications to ensure uptime and service level objectives are met
- Ensure SS&C’s operations, such as application job scheduling and server operations work properly and meet business and client expectations
- In the event of an incident or failure, participating in repair and restoration of processing and systems availability in coordination with other departments to achieve a normal operational status
- Lead or assist root cause analysis efforts and work with others to prevent future recurrences
- Excellent understanding and working knowledge of Windows and/or Linux operating systems
- Working knowledge of Encryption tools such as PGP, GPG, and GNU
- SFTP server configuration and troubleshooting
- Knowledge of scripting technologies and/or willingness to learn
- Monitor application availability and performance
- Work with peers and customers to troubleshoot infrastructure, application, database, and network related issues
- Coordinate/communicate with various teams on tasks and escalations using Agile methodologies
- Participate in 24x7 escalation/rotation support as part of the larger team
- Support new virtual and cloud solutions that improve SS&C service offerings
- Ensure change management procedures are followed in a timely manner
- Participates in the creation and maintenance of relevant documentation
- Participates in Disaster Recovery validation scenarios
We’d like to meet you if you:
- Are a self-starter
- Have strong problem-solving skills
- Highly dependable
- Consistently follow through and deliver on commitments
- Maintain a positive attitude
- Are professional and possess excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Want to work with cloud computing
- Are passionate about technology
- Have the desire and ability to learn new things fast
- Have the ability to think on your feet
- Want to be part of an efficient and effective team
What Sets You Apart
- BS or MS Degree in Computer Science or similar degree
- Some professional experience or a prior internship
- Team player - Recognizes the bigger picture and understands the value of teamwork
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Any knowledge of the VAX VMS Operating Systems is a major plus
- Any knowledge of Kubernetes and/or Container technologies is a major plus
- Experience supporting complex internal and client facing environments is a major plus
- Experience with troubleshooting Microsoft products and protocols is a plus
- Experience working with enterprise applications is a plus
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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.
Actual base salary will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, prior experience, education, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.New Jersey: The expected base salary for the position is between 70000 USD to 80000 USD. Massachusetts: The expected base salary for the position is between 70000 USD to 80000 USD.
In addition, employees in this role may be eligible for consideration on an annual basis for a discretionary bonus and/or equity awards, such as restricted stock units or stock options, based upon individual and business performance at the company’s discretion.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
Skills Required
- Work Monday–Friday 4:00 PM–12:00 AM EST with occasional weekend maintenance coverage
- Provide first-level technical support for SS&C hosted applications to meet uptime and SLOs
- Ensure application job scheduling and server operations function to meet business/client expectations
- Participate in incident repair and restoration of processing and system availability
- Lead or assist root cause analysis efforts and implement preventative actions
- Excellent understanding and working knowledge of Windows and/or Linux operating systems
- Working knowledge of encryption tools such as PGP, GPG, and GNU
- SFTP server configuration and troubleshooting
- Knowledge of scripting technologies and/or willingness to learn scripting
- Monitor application availability and performance
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, application, database, and network related issues
- Coordinate and communicate with teams using Agile methodologies
- Participate in 24x7 escalation/rotation support as part of the larger team
- Support new virtual and cloud solutions that improve service offerings
- Ensure change management procedures are followed in a timely manner
- Participate in creation and maintenance of operational documentation
- Participate in Disaster Recovery validation scenarios
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or similar
- Some professional experience or a prior internship
- Team player with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of VAX VMS operating systems
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and container technologies
- Experience supporting complex internal and client-facing environments
- Experience troubleshooting Microsoft products and protocols
- Experience working with enterprise applications
SS&C Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SS&C Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by SS&C Technologies.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave policies are described as generous, including flexible or unlimited vacation and broadly positive views of PTO as a meaningful part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a notable strength, with repeated references to a 401(k) plan with company matching as a valued component of rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity and stock-related incentives are highlighted as a bright spot, with stock incentives described as excellent in some roles and contributing positively to perceived total rewards.
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What We Do
SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 22,000+ employees in over 150 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.
