Sr Applications Operations Engineer

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Durham, NC, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Aerospace • Energy
The Role
Lead day-to-day support and maintenance of customer-facing applications, respond to incidents and monitoring alerts, drive root-cause analysis and improvement projects, manage vendor relationships, mentor team members, prepare support documentation, and collaborate with product owners to ensure operational readiness and high customer satisfaction.
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Job Description SummaryResponsible for supporting and maintaining multiple user and customer-facing applications and related data processing platforms and services.
Ensures the user-facing business applications are consistently available and are highly performant meeting customer needs.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:
Execute day to day application maintenance, processing and user support
Responsible for responding/delegating support cases from application customers
Troubleshoot application alerts from monitoring tools and follow SOPs to resolve or escalate appropriately
Drive customer communication during critical events and lead retrospective meetings
Drive a higher level of customer satisfaction by improving support team quality, knowledge, and training
Drive root cause investigation implementing any learnings or improvement opportunities
Drive projects that improve customer experience, application process or performance with minimal guidance
Assist & own the preparation of end user support documentation and knowledge
Proactively plan for upcoming changes
Provide mentorship and guidance to team members
Inform and train all support teams on new/changed processes/services and drive operational process rigor
Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders
Ensure support team readiness and availability
Investigate the possibilities of automation for self-service of end user support
Manage and lead the enhanced service collaboration vendor & other in-house support tech team
Partner with product service owners on new service introductions, change, and transition to operations
Manage and drive relationship with suppliers reviewing innovative ideas and improving resolution, by reducing the need to escalate to vendors

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 2 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 5 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 7 years of professional experience

Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement:

-Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics Technical Expertise:

Experience with the product
Understand concepts of setting and driving technical direction
Familiar with elements of gathering functional requirements
Understand technical standards & concepts to apply to project work
Interest in current and emerging technologies demonstrated through training, job experience and/or industry activities
Business Acumen:
Understand key cross-functional concepts that impact the organization; is aware of business priorities and organizational dynamics
Leadership:
Coach and mentor team members.
Familiar with concepts of costing hardware and software components. Works to assure work is on-time and within budget
Deliver tasks on-time with alignment to architectural goals. Can identify and raise issues, risks and benefits
Participate in change initiatives by implementing new directions and providing appropriate information and feedback
Personal Attributes:
High level of energy and enthusiasm with the ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment
Demonstrated customer focus – evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer; builds strong customer relationships; creates processes with customer viewpoint; partners with customers
Change oriented –actively generates process improvements; champions and drives change initiatives; confronts
Ability to work with global teams, act independently and as part of a team
Apply values, policies, procedures and precedent to make timely, routine decisions of limited, clear choice
Open-mindedly to new perspectives or ideas. Consider different or unusual solutions when appropriate
Resolve day-to-day issues related to strategy implementation. Escalate issues that impact the client and/or strategic initiatives
Strong analytical and strong problem solving skills - communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates information/data to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve
 

Note

To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.
This Job Description is intended to provide a high level guide to the role. However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 2+ years OR Associate's degree with 5+ years OR High School Diploma with 7+ years of professional experience
  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; employer will not sponsor visas
  • U.S. Person status (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, asylee/refugee) due to access to export-controlled information
  • Experience supporting and maintaining user- and customer-facing applications, including incident response, troubleshooting, monitoring, and case management
  • Experience driving root-cause investigations, implementing corrective actions, and delivering process improvements
  • Experience mentoring or providing guidance to team members and leading retrospectives or post-incident reviews
  • Experience working with vendors, managing service collaborations, and coordinating escalations to improve resolution
  • Familiarity with gathering functional requirements, planning changes, and investigating automation/self-service opportunities

GE Aerospace Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Aerospace and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Aerospace.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs, behavioral health support, and some on‑site healthcare options. Wellbeing programs emphasize physical, emotional, and social support and are often characterized as part of a top‑notch package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company contributions, long‑term financial planning tools, and vesting provisions. Legacy pension benefits remain for eligible employees despite the plan being frozen.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time‑off offerings include paid vacation, holidays, sick time, personal days, and flexible work arrangements, with permissive PTO noted for some salaried roles. Family support includes generous parental leave and adoption assistance.

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