Application Support Engineer Job Vacancy at Yas, Dar es Salaam October 2026

Job Title: Application Support Engineer

Overview

Key Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electronics, or another technology-related field.
• Experience: At least 2–3 years of work experience in a business applications support role will be an added advantage.
• Technical Prerequisites:
  • Knowledge of system administration on UNIX, Windows, and/or Linux operating systems.
  • Working knowledge of database programming (PSQL, TSQL) will be an added advantage.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide support on critical applications in the company.
• Definition, execution, and maintenance using server-side scripting engines.
• Gather and analyse application logs and performance metrics and work with team members to troubleshoot and debug application issues.
• Identify process improvements for support-related functions and other processes such as testing strategy.
• Identify and implement improvements to application logging, reporting, and monitoring.
• Participate in post-mortem discussions around software-related production incidents and communicate about technical issues and resolutions.
• Work with 3rd party vendors as needed on vendor-related support requests and issues.

Competences & Skills

• Good knowledge in system integration and standards.
• Proven ability to be flexible and work hard, both independently and in a team environment, in a high-pressure on-call environment with changing priorities.
• Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Perl).
• Working knowledge of system administration on UNIX, Windows, and/or Linux operating systems.
• Team player with a high level of integrity.

Notice: “We are committed to equal employment opportunities and unbiased treatment of all individuals in all employment practices. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted”.