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Week 1: Core Foundations

  • Day 1: Introduction to Banking Applications
    • Overview of core banking modules
    • SLAs, compliance requirements (PCI DSS, uptime)
    • ITSM workflows (incident/problem/change)
  • Day 2: Java Production Essentials
    • JVM internals, memory management, and GC basics
    • Analysis of Java exceptions
    • JVM tuning strategies for banking workloads
  • Day 3: Unix Fundamentals
    • File structure and navigation
    • Essential commands: ps, top, df, tail, grep, awk, sed
    • Shell scripting basics for automation tasks
  • Day 4: Logs & Monitoring
    • Interpreting logs (transaction, audit)
    • Tools: Splunk, ELK, and native log parsing
    • Practical exercise: Troubleshooting a failed fund transfer
  • Day 5: Ticketing & Escalation Process
    • Tools: ServiceNow and JIRA workflows
    • Escalation matrix (L1 → L2 → Dev)
    • RCA and documentation best practices

Week 2: Advanced Troubleshooting & Real-Time Simulation

  • Day 6: App Server & API Debugging
    • Basics of WebLogic and Tomcat
    • Interpreting API failure codes (401, 500, 504)
    • JDBC pool issues and timeout management
  • Day 7: DB Troubleshooting
    • Slow queries, locks, and deadlocks
    • SQL profiling tools: EXPLAIN, SHOW PROCESSLIST
    • Practical exercise: Resolving a database deadlock
  • Day 8: CI/CD, Release & Rollback
    • Jenkins overview
    • Analyzing release failure scenarios
    • Rollback procedures and post-deployment validation
  • Day 9: War Room Simulation
    • Role assignments: incident lead, communications, technical fix
    • Live troubleshooting scenario (login failure)
    • RCA, war room notes, and stakeholder updates
  • Day 10: Capstone & Review
    • 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
  • Basic Kubernetes concepts (pod restarts, logs)
  • SRE metrics: SLIs, SLOs, MTTR

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of core Java programming principles
  • Practical experience with Unix-based operating systems
  • Acquaintance with support workflows in enterprise application environments

Audience

  • Support Engineers
  • Java Developers transitioning into support roles
  • Production Support Analysts working in banking environments
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