The role The Application Operations Lead is responsible for ensuring the stable, secure, and efficient operation of a portfolio of enterprise applications, with a strong focus on applications running on Java, Microservices etc. across cloud and on-premise environments. The role provides operational leadership, drives service excellence, oversees BAU delivery, and works closely with development, platform, architecture, and vendor teams to ensure applications remain reliable, supported, and aligned to business outcomes. ●

- Lead a team of engineers to manage Application Operations, Production Support. ●

Experience leading application support teams in a managed services or enterprise environment. ●

Experience supporting Java/J2EE applications, Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, and enterprise integration services. ● xperience supporting microservices-based architectures, API platforms, and distributed application environments. ●

- Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, API troubleshooting, integration patterns, and service dependencies. ●

Experience troubleshooting Java applications, including JVM monitoring, performance tuning, log analysis, and production issue resolution. ●
- Good understanding of DevOps practices, release management, environment management, and deployment automation. ●

Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure. ●

Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog, AppDynamics, ELK, or similar. ●

- Working knowledge of ITIL Service Management processes,



including Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management. ●
- Robust stakeholder management, leadership, customer engagement, and communication skills.

Your responsibilities will also include gathering system and user requirements, building modules and testing features before release.

To be successful in this role you will have: ● 8+ years of experience in application development and support. ●

Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, ECS, Docker, and container-based platforms. ●

Experience with API Gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, or MuleSoft. ●

Experience with GitOps practices and deployment tools. ●

Experience supporting cloud-native and event-driven architectures in regulated enterprise environments. ●

- Solid understanding of ITIL and SDLC processes, with focus on reliability engineering ●
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills ●
- Comfortable working in high-availability production environments (24/7 support models) If you only meet some of the requirements for this role, that's okay…We value a diverse range of backgrounds & ideas and believe this is fundamental for our future success. So, if you have the curiosity to learn and the willingness to teach what you know, we'd love to hear from you.

Bonus points if you have: ●
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or relevant field. ●

Experience handling transition of complex applications from legacy framework to modern cloud platform(s)

📌 Java Application Operations Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Wipro
📍 Sydney