Administrator, Senior System Support

ACT Consulting has an immediate need for Senior System Support Administrator with our direct client, a large health insurance company.

Please take a moment to review the job description. If this is something you are interested in, please send a copy of your resume to vishal@act-info.com or contact us at 803-760-7676 for additional details.

ACT Consulting is a U.S. owned and operated staffing company providing our clients with candidates on a national basis for contract, contract to hire, and direct hire engagements. Our clients are comprised mostly of Fortune 1000 companies, primarily in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering, Professional, Accounting and Finance

• Job Title: 4497 - Senior System Support Administrator
• Location: Columbia, SC
• Duration: 9 months on W2
• On- Site during 5-6 week training, 2 days onsite after training

Duties:

• Provide system/production support and monitoring for applications, batch cycles, releases, projects, installations, etc. Participate in work sessions for System Support and problem resolution.
• May provide coordination in workload transition tasks.
• 25% Perform/Support installation, configuration, administration, implementation, scheduling and/or tuning/modification of applications. Provide support for moderate to complex system/production performance concerns. Collaborate with various internal groups and external vendors to ensure all specifications are met and problems are resolved as they arise.
• 25% Assist in analysis of problems/issues. Perform corrective actions whenever possible to fix applications that end abnormally and/or notify technical support for resolution. Communicate with applications on-call persons to repair applications that ended abnormally. Consult with senior level peers on projects of greater complexity.
• 15% Evaluate system performance in real-time as well as via reports for release related issues. Monitor and report on scheduled batch and online applications for successful/unsuccessful execution. Review all abnormal results/issues to production processing from previous cycles and verify that they have been logged/resolved. May run necessary system backups.
• 15% Verify Production and Test environments are up and functioning properly. Perform testing responsibilities as need. Review and/or create documentation for accuracy, future problems, and company standards.
• 15% Participate in work sessions and walkthroughs for quality and production implementations, releases, data conversion projects and/or disaster recovery exercises. Attend implementation meetings to determine impact to system availability and assignment of team resources for these implementations.
• 5% Look for improvement opportunities in the cycles and in procedures. May create new programs to automate the release process where possible. Assist and provide recommendations in applications enhancement projects.

Skills:

• Comprehends data storage techniques, database philosophy, database management, and programming techniques.
• Strong understanding of the requirements for maintaining production systems and the effect of program changes. Understands how to use structured techniques in new program development.
• Strong understanding of development, quality assurance, and integration methodologies.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work well under pressure and as part of a team.
• Pays attention to detail.
• CICS, JCL, DB2 and Systems Support

Required Software and Other Tools:

• Strong knowledge of relevant operating systems, programming languages, and/or development/productivity tools and their usage in the company.

Work Environment:

• Fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24X7 to support the technical business needs of the customer. Customer-focused, project-oriented applications support environment.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree. or 4 years of job related work experience or 2 years of job related experience plus an associate's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other job related degree

Required Work Experience:

• 4 years of technical experience with systems analysis, design, and/or programming experience or other job related IT experience.