Production Support Lead Jobs

Production Support Lead jobs are open across financial services, healthcare, retail technology, and enterprise software, at every level from mid-career to senior lead, with specializations in incident management, ITIL-based operations, and application reliability. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.

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Overview

Open roles14
Top stateGeorgia
Top employerJPMorganChase
Top cityBuchanan, GA
Work type43% On-site
Top industryTechnology

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Production Support Operations Team Lead
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Production Support Operations Team Lead
Fiserv
Marietta, Georgia
Factory & Production Work
Manufacturing Operations
Quality Control
High school diploma or GED
10,000+

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Senior .NET Production Support Lead
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Senior .NET Production Support Lead
Cognizant
Hartford, Connecticut
Automation QA
Cloud & DevOps
DevOps
$70k - $117k/yr
Hybrid
10,000+

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Technology Support Lead - Pre-Production Problem and Coordination Management Lead
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Technology Support Lead - Pre-Production Problem and Coordination Management Lead
JPMorganChase
Columbus, Ohio
Manufacturing Operations
Project Management
Quality Control
10,000+

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Manufacturing Production Support Lead (1st Shift)
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Manufacturing Production Support Lead (1st Shift)
Tindall Corporation
Buchanan, Georgia
Factory & Production Work
Manufacturing Operations
Quality Control
High school diploma or GED
1,001-5,000

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Manufacturing Production Support Lead
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Manufacturing Production Support Lead
Tindall Corporation
Buchanan, Georgia
Customer Service
Customer Success
Customer Support
High school diploma or GED
1,001-5,000

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Production Support Lead Job Market

Who's Hiring

JPMorganChase2 open roles
Tindall Corporation2 open roles
SkillNet Solutions2 open roles

Top Industries Hiring

  • Technology & Software

What Employers Look For

The qualifications that appear most often in production support lead jobs.

  • 5+ years of experience in IT production support or application operations
  • Proficiency with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar platforms
  • Strong knowledge of ITIL incident, problem, and change management processes
  • Experience leading or coordinating cross-functional teams during major incidents
  • Scripting ability in Bash, Python, or PowerShell for automation and triage tasks
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical field

Tips for Your Production Support Lead Job Search

Quantify your incident response impact

Hiring managers want numbers, not narratives. On your resume, replace vague phrases like 'resolved issues quickly' with specifics: mean time to resolution, volume of P1 or P2 incidents handled per month, and uptime improvements your team achieved under your coordination.

Highlight on-call and escalation ownership

Many production support lead candidates undersell their on-call experience. Explicitly name the rotation structure you owned, how many engineers you managed during escalations, and any runbooks or playbooks you authored that reduced repeat incidents.

Apply early to roles that fit

Migrate Mate lists production support lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.

Filter openings by tech stack match

Production support lead roles vary sharply by environment. Prioritize openings where your monitoring tools, scripting languages, and middleware platforms overlap at least sixty to seventy percent with the job description to avoid screening rejections on technical fit.

Prepare for the war-room scenario question

Expect at least one interview question that walks through a major outage. Rehearse a specific incident using the situation-task-action-result structure, emphasizing how you coordinated across development, database, and infrastructure teams under time pressure.

Negotiate on-call compensation separately

Base salary negotiation often overlooks on-call stipends, which are frequently negotiable for lead roles. Ask the hiring manager how the on-call rotation is structured and whether a separate stipend or comp-time policy is in place before accepting any offer.

Production Support Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions

Which companies are hiring the most production support leads?

The companies hiring the most production support leads right now include JPMorganChase, Tindall Corporation, and SkillNet Solutions, with the largest share of openings in Georgia, California, and Ohio, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services and enterprise software firms consistently post the highest volumes of production support lead roles nationwide.

How many production support lead jobs are remote?

About 57% of production support lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the role's reliance on digital monitoring tools rather than on-site hardware. Sub-areas like application support coordination and incident command tend to be most remote-friendly, while roles tied to on-premises infrastructure or regulated data centers more often require on-site presence.

How do you become a production support lead?

Start by building several years of hands-on experience in a production support analyst or engineer role, developing deep familiarity with incident triage, escalation procedures, and monitoring platforms. Pursue ITIL Foundation certification to formalize your process knowledge. Take on informal leadership responsibilities, such as coordinating bridge calls or mentoring junior analysts, to demonstrate readiness for a lead title. Document measurable outcomes to build a credible case for promotion or external applications.

Can you get hired as a production support lead without prior lead experience?

Yes, some employers will hire strong senior analysts into a production support lead role if you can demonstrate informal leadership experience. Focus your resume on times you owned incident bridges, wrote runbooks, or trained newer team members. Target mid-sized companies or teams building out their support function, where the lead role is being created rather than backfilled, since those hiring managers are more open to candidates stepping up from an individual contributor background.

What does the production support lead interview process look like?

Most processes run three to four rounds. An initial recruiter screen confirms your background and availability. A technical interview covers your tooling experience, scripting basics, and how you approach root cause analysis. A scenario or case round presents a simulated outage and asks how you would lead the response. Final rounds typically involve a conversation with an engineering director or head of operations focused on your cross-team communication style and past incident outcomes.

Where can I find and apply to production support lead jobs?

You can find and apply to production support lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level, tech stack, and industry preference, then apply directly to each one that fits.

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