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Course Outline
Week 1: Core Foundations
- Day 1: Introduction to Banking Applications
- Overview of core banking modules
- SLAs, compliance standards (PCI DSS, uptime requirements)
- ITSM workflows covering incident, problem, and change management
- Day 2: Java Production Essentials
- JVM internals, memory management, and garbage collection basics
- Analyzing Java exceptions
- Optimizing JVM performance for banking workloads
- Day 3: Unix Fundamentals
- File structure and navigation techniques
- Essential commands: ps, top, df, tail, grep, awk, sed
- Foundations of shell scripting for automation
- Day 4: Logs & Monitoring
- Interpreting transaction and audit logs
- Utilization of tools such as Splunk, ELK, and native log parsing
- Practical exercise: Troubleshooting a failed fund transfer
- Day 5: Ticketing & Escalation Process
- Workflow management using ServiceNow and JIRA
- Escalation matrix progression (L1 → L2 → Development)
- Best practices for RCA and documentation
Week 2: Advanced Troubleshooting & Real-Time Simulation
- Day 6: App Server & API Debugging
- Fundamentals of WebLogic and Tomcat
- Analyzing API failure codes (401, 500, 504)
- Addressing JDBC pool issues and timeouts
- Day 7: DB Troubleshooting
- Diagnosing slow queries, locks, and deadlocks
- Using SQL profiling tools such as EXPLAIN and SHOW PROCESSLIST
- Practical exercise: Resolving a database deadlock
- Day 8: CI/CD, Release & Rollback
- Overview of Jenkins
- Analyzing release failure scenarios
- Executing rollbacks and post-deployment validation
- Day 9: War Room Simulation
- Role assignments: incident lead, communications, and technical fix
- Live troubleshooting scenario involving login failures
- Conducting RCA, taking war room notes, and updating stakeholders
- Day 10: Capstone & Review
- Comprehensive review of tools, logs, escalation, Unix, and DB concepts
- Final challenge and quiz
- Certification and feedback session
Optional Add-Ons
- Basics of Kafka/MQ troubleshooting
- APM Tools: AppDynamics/Dynatrace
- Introductory Kubernetes concepts (pod restarts, logs)
- SRE metrics: SLIs, SLOs, MTTR
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A solid grasp of core Java programming concepts.
- Practical experience operating within Unix-based systems.
- Working knowledge of support workflows in enterprise application contexts.
Target Audience
- Support Engineers
- Java Developers transitioning into support-focused roles.
- Production Support Analysts operating within banking environments.
35 Hours
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