JOB DESCRIPTION
Version Control
Date JD last amended : 09.12.25
Owner of JD : Erich Teufel
JOB TITLE : Application Support Engineer Corporate IT
Business Unit / Function : IT
Reports to : Erich Teufel
Direct no. of reports : n / a
Collaborations (work with / support) : Accounting, Infrastructure and Operations, Finance
Location (entity code and cost center) : TE050599 Service Delivery Central Services
Job type : Perm
Workload : Full time
AWM Designation (natural habit classification) : Collaborator
AWM % or days in hub office : 20
SOX Controller : [No]
SOX Preparer [No]
Purpose of the role
The holder of this position is responsible for supporting all Global Blue business applications assigned to the holder.
As part of the application support team the position cooperates with internal departments and external vendors to constantly improve the delivery of Global Blue’s business applications.
Responsibilities
- resolving assigned incidents within SLA
- providing 2nd and basic 3rd level support for the assigned IT services
- initiating and driving problem management activities in order to permanently remove incident root causes
- cooperating with external vendors and internal departments who act as additional 3rd level support
- maintaining effective communication channels with all parties involved
- provide procedures, check lists and other documents for GBIT Service Center (1st level support) and other stake holders (feed the solutions and known errors database)
- plan, document and perform changes and extensions for the applications managed
Additional : Division of work in percentage (please note that this is subject to change depending on business) :
Administration – 10 %Reports Management – 5 %Customer Service - 85 %Main KPI’s
Ensure tickets are being handled within the appropriate SLAContinued review of Monitoring ProcessReview and renewal of Application / Work documentationSox requirements are fulfilled and delivered as requiredProject deliverables done on timeActive participation in trainingCompetencies
relevant IT and / or business administration related education concludedcustomer service orientedoperational "hands-on" attitudebroad-based general IT competencestrong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skillsindependent and self-motivating personalityhigh quality standard levelsexcellent English language skills (oral & written)excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and team skills, including the ability to work effectively with multinational contactsgeneral willingness to travelability and willingness to work as “on call” engineer (24 hour on call duty)ability to manage and respond to changes in prioritiesSkills
hands on experience in supporting business applications in large or medium scale environmentsexperience in collaboration with software development teams or outsourcing contractorswork experience within an international environmentgood database know how of either MS SQL or Oraclebasic ability to debug VBA and .net codesupport experience for Payment-, Financial- or Accounting-solutionsQualifications and education requirements
minimum 2-4 years of professional experience in an application support rolerelevant IT and / or business administration related education concludeddesirable : support experience Citrix based applicationsdesirable : experience in end user trainingdesirable : ITIL certification