Enterprise Systems Monitoring Tech

 Clearance  - Position of Public Trust Clearance 

Shift: Rotational (Day/Night shift)
Work Schedule Requirements: This could change to be full time on site as required.
Current: resource would be required to be in the office 4 days a week.
Description:
The Monitoring Systems Administrator performs complex functional activities and project management for the USPS. They will be expected to regularly exercise independent judgment, as well as high level of analytic skill, in solving complex technical problems for the USPS in the Windows and Linux based monitoring environments. This individual serves as the focal point for problem resolution by interacting with USPS employees and (multiple) equipment and application vendors to ensure proper application installation and operation, and problem resolution. The individual will also serve as the trainer and mentor to the Monitoring Systems Administrator, junior position at various times. This individual will be expected to work independently with a minimum of guidance or direction. This individual may be required to work long and varied schedules to support diverse and complex USPS production environments.
We are seeking an Enterprise Systems Monitoring Tech to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Eagan, MN. This is an on-site position with no telecommute possibilities. (Currently allowing hybrid remote 1 day/week)
The ideal candidate will have past incident management / help desk experience and great written and oral communication skills. We are looking for someone who is organized and have the ability to lead incident calls bridges. Confidence with Linux as a user on the command line is a plus. Candidates will also need to identify network related outages, so knowledge of networking is a strong plus.
NOTE:
Day Shift: This position requires a work schedule of 7:00 am – 3:00 pm CT/3:00 pm – 11:00 pm CT
Night Shift: This position requires a work schedule of 11 pm – 7:00 am CT. Shift will include weekends and days off are TBD (most likely Wednesday/Thursday). New Hires will need to work first shift (M-F) - days for at least the first two weeks for training purposes. Exact details will be discussed with candidate during interview.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Monitor day to day operation of large-scale computing infrastructure involving 300+ applications.
• Determine cause of alarm and take appropriate actions including logging alert, create service ticket and notify stakeholders.
• Initiate, maintain, and manage critical incident phone bridges (WebEx, Zoom)
• Act as service incident lead for issues including maintaining incident tickets, notification of executive leadership and follow up on resolution.
• Assist in triage and incident management with collection and analysis of performance metrics
• Assist development team in deployment activities by executing change requests or tasks maintaining SOX compliance
• Compose and send notifications to management for incidents.
• Monitor and execute incident and change requests.
• Able to type and communicate in an effective manner

Basic Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
• High School diploma or equivalent and 5 years additional experience OR Bachelor’s degree and minimum 1 year IT experience.
• Past experience with help desk or Incident management.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of networking
• Basic understanding of Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Ability to identify and relay information and symptoms detected by monitoring tools.
• Ability to read and follow detailed instructions or procedures.
• Effective communication skills
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Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or associated discipline
• Familiarity working with enterprise monitoring products
• Working knowledge of IT Service Desk model.
• Experience working in large-scale IT environment.
• Experience in Critical Incident Management, including communication with various levels of executive management (i.e. VP) via phone or email.