Senior Production Support Engineer (Contract-to-Hire)

<p><em>Please note: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. </em></p> <h3>Company Overview</h3> <p>We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.</p> <p>If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.</p> <p>Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.</p> <h3>Senior Production Support Engineer (Contract-to-Hire)</h3> <p>The Senior Production Support Engineer handles incident triage, issue reproduction, environment support, release support, integration failures, defect coordination, and pod escalation support. This impactful role will serve as a key onshore partner to Product and Engineering during live incidents, high-priority releases, and ambiguous production issues. <strong>Please note, this position will begin as a six-month, temporary contract, with the possibility of converting to full-time employment pending performance during the contract period. </strong></p> <p>This position will ideally be based in one of our US offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week (also eligible for remote candidates).</p> <p>This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.</p> <h3>What You'll Do:</h3> <p><strong>Incident Response & Triage </strong></p> <ul> <li>Handle incident triage, issue reproduction, support diagnostics, and escalation management across production systems and workflows</li> <li>Investigate application, integration, configuration, and environment issues with a focus on restoring service and clarifying root cause</li> <li>Support high-priority incidents that require close coordination with engineering, product, or business stakeholders<strong> </strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Pod & Release Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Act as a close day-to-day support partner to pods during live releases, stabilization periods, and production issue follow-up</li> <li>Support release-watch activities and confirm production-readiness checks are executed consistently</li> <li>Help identify support risks before they become material incidents</li> </ul> <p><strong>Problem Management </strong></p> <ul> <li>Document incidents clearly, coordinate handoffs to Engineering, and help ensure issues are tracked through resolution</li> <li>Improve runbooks, issue patterns, and support evidence to increase repeatability and speed of response</li> <li>Partner with QA and Engineering to reduce escaped defects and recurring support pain points</li> </ul> <p><strong>Business-Aware Support</strong></p> <ul> <li>Translate technical issues into clear business impact statements for finance-sensitive workflows</li> <li>Help distinguish true defects from data issues, process exceptions, or user enablement gaps</li> <li>Escalate material issues quickly and clearly</li> </ul> <h3>You Have:</h3> <ul> <li>5+ years of production support, application support, systems support, or software operations experience</li> <li>Experience with modern appli