Senior Production Support Analyst - Payments
Citi
IT, Customer Service
Senior Production Support Analyst - Payments
Job Req Id:
26968001
Location(s):
Seef, Manama, Bahrain
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
Jun. 04, 2026
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Job Overview
Senior Production Support Analyst - Payments
Job Description:
We are seeking a seasoned and highly motivated Production Support Lead to guide our payments hyper-care team. This role is pivotal in ensuring the unwavering stability, integrity, and performance of our mission-critical payment systems. The ideal candidate is a proactive leader and a sophisticated problem-solver with a robust technical background, exceptional communication skills, and a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, global environment. You will be responsible for not only technical resolution but also for leading a team and managing high-stakes stakeholder interactions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership & Management:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of production support analysts, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
- Manage team schedules, on-call rotations, and performance to ensure 24/7 coverage and optimal team effectiveness.
- Escalation & Incident Command:
- Act as the primary point of command for major incidents and escalations from various stakeholders, including senior leadership and key clients.
- Drive complex investigations across multiple technical and business teams, ensuring accountability and swift progress toward resolution.
- Stakeholder & Client Communication:
- Own and manage the communication flow during critical incidents, providing clear, timely, and regular updates to all stakeholders, including executive leadership.
- Serve as a senior technical point of contact for clients on significant issues, expertly handling escalations and reinforcing confidence.
- Technical & Strategic Oversight:
- Proactively oversee the monitoring of end-to-end payment flows, using tools like ITRS Geneos and Grafana, to anticipate and prevent issues.
- Utilize deep analytical skills to identify systemic issues, recurring trends, and opportunities for strategic improvement, driving initiatives to enhance system stability.
- Process & Documentation:
- Ensure the team creates and maintains clear, comprehensive documentation for all processes, issue resolutions, and system knowledge, establishing best practices.
- Ensure the team creates and maintains clear, comprehensive documentation for all processes, issue resolutions, and system knowledge, establishing best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience:
- Significant experience in a production support role.
- Significant experience in a production support role.
- Technical Proficiency:
- Strong hands-on experience with SQL (e.g., SQL Developer) and MongoDB (e.g., Compass).
- Demonstrated expertise with enterprise monitoring tools, specifically ITRS Geneos and/or Grafana.
- Deep experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) ticketing tools, such as ServiceNow.
- Leadership & Communication:
- Proven ability to lead a technical team, manage schedules, and handle escalations.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to command a room and articulate complex technical issues to diverse audiences, from engineers to C-level executives.
- Proficiency with standard corporate communication channels including Outlook and Microsoft Teams.
- Analytical & Drive:
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of driving root cause analysis for complex issues.
- A self-motivated leader with a strong sense of ownership, eager to drive initiatives and perform with composure under pressure.
Desired Qualifications:
- Domain Knowledge: Extensive experience in the payments domain is highly desirable.
- End-to-End Understanding: A deep, architectural understanding of the entire payment processing flow.
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