IT Operations Specialist

407 ETR • Vaughan, ON

53d • $65,000 - $85,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As an IT Operations Specialist you will be responsible for monitoring Batch process, System and applications, escalating incidents to next level support as necessary, service requests and problems.

Requirements

• 3+ years practical experience with Operations and Monitoring practices
• 2+ years working experience with ServiceNow or comparable IT Service Management toolsets
• 2+ years practical experience using batch scheduling tools such as IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent training and experience
• Familiar with operational monitoring technologies and trends
• Familiar with Knowledge Centered Service principles

Nice To Haves

• Salesforce experience an asset
• SAP experience an asset
• Experience with the incident and problem management lifecycles

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time and batch related process execution to ensure processes are completed within established timelines
• Proactively monitor system performance and anticipate operational improvements to ensure smooth and consistent business outcomes
• Participate in manual verification of business processes outcomes where automation opportunities exist while working with the Monitoring team to address gaps
• Provide initial triage, investigation and resolution of incidents. This may include deploying automated code to production, automated recovery scripts and runbook execution
• Ensure all incidents are properly reported, addressed, updated and closed in accordance with predetermined Service Levels, Incident and Problem Management processes
• Coordinate internal 407 IT teams to address systems related issues in an efficient and collaborative manner
• Manage communications with third party support vendors including working with their Service Desks, coordinating technician conference calls and creating, updating and monitoring incident and request records in their IT Service Management tools
• Create and distribute operational reporting to provide operational transparency
• Available to work 12hr shift within a continental rotation in 24x7 environment with a hybrid support model

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level