Senior Application Engineer
Giesecke + Devrient GmbHAbout the role
Job Summary:
The Dedicated Support Engineer (SE) supports operational and technical service excellence for a key telecom customer—AT&T—by managing day-to-day activities related to the AirOn360 Consumer (SM-DP+) eSIM platform. The role includes deep troubleshooting, proactive system monitoring, customer engagement, coordination of change and maintenance windows, and technical documentation. The SE acts as a technical liaison and service expert, with 4th-level support responsibilities, and drives operational improvements and reliability for AT&T.
Important skills for the Sr. Application Engineer are advanced technical and software application knowledge of services provided by G+D and AT&T, as well as service management knowledge.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related technical/engineering field
- Software development experience
- Experience from working with automation/scripting related to software application
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in technical operations, systems engineering, or application support
- Experience with telecom, mobile platforms, or secure software environments preferred
- Familiarity with ServiceNow ticketing systems, structured change processes, and customer-facing dashboards
- Experience with troubleshooting complex activation flows and platform anomalies
- Preferably ITIL certified
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of ITIL-based service management
- High technical competency in SaaS secure platforms and mobile technology
- Ability to analyze root causes and drive long-term technical improvements
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to document platform behavior, trends, and system changes clearly and effectively
- Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams
- Strong ownership, accountability, and responsiveness
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Proactive mindset and ability to handle ambiguity in a dynamic service environment
- Comfortable collaborating with both internal teams and external partners
- Project management skills
- Advanced technical skillset in the software application area
- Ability to integrate, install and configure software
- Technical ability to understand service portfolio and mobile technology in general
- Market trends (e.g. SaaS, Cloud, Virtualization, Digitalization)
- Technical skillset in the software application area
- Ability to troubleshoot software
- Knowledge of complex software solutions
Essential Functions:
Platform Support & Troubleshooting
- Provide 4th-level support for escalated tickets from AT&T’s customer care
- Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting in both production and lab environments
- Open, manage, and track G+D internal incidents and Service Request Queues (SRQs)/ Requested Items (RITMS)
Monitoring & Analysis
- Proactively monitor platforms using customer-facing tools (e.g., ePortal)
- Identify traffic anomalies and system errors
- Conduct regular platform health reviews and recommend continuous improvements
Change & Maintenance Coordination
- Participate in scheduled maintenance windows as part of a shared rotation
- Maintain and communicate a calendar of Maintenance Windows
- Coordinate certificate renewals and monitor critical service dates
Reporting & Documentation
- Create monthly reports covering device download trends, fraud alerts (FirstNet, Cricket, Prepaid), and batch metadata completeness
- Maintain
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