Role: TrakSYS Support Engineer
Work location: Richmond, VA
Duration: 9+ Months
Job Description:
The TrakSYS Support Engineer is responsible for providing technical support, maintenance, and enhancements for TrakSYS-based MES solutions. The role involves diagnosing and resolving system issues, supporting end users, monitoring performance, and ensuring seamless MES operation across manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
· Provide Level 1 / Level 2 Support for TrakSYS MES application.
· Monitor system performance and ensure continuous up time.
· Identify root causes and coordinate fixes with development team, ERP team, WMS team, Infrastructure team, Network team or Vendor team and business users.
· Query and analyze TrakSYS SQL Server database table for investigation and resolve data-related discrepancies to maintain data accuracy.
· Troubleshoot TrakSYS integration issues with ERP (e.g., SAP), WMS (e.g., BlueYonder), and PLCs (e.g., KepServer OPC).
· Troubleshoot TrakSYS configurations (e.g., Modules, Services and Workflows) and apply changes.
· Handle incident management and services requests through ticketing tools e.g., ServiceNow.
· Maintain support documentation, change logs, and knowledge base articles.
· Track SLAs, KPIs, and recurring issues for continuous improvement.
· Support scheduled maintenance, upgrades, and deployments.
What are the Mandatory skills and skill proficiencies required for this position?
· Hands on experience on TrakSYS MES (version 12 is a plus).
· Understanding of TrakSYS architecture and core configurations.
· Knowledge of C#/.Net, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
· Knowledge of SQL Server (queries, stored procedures).
· Knowledge of IIS, Windows Server, and network basics.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Good communication skills.
· These positions will involve working night shifts and may also require travel between the two sites (Richmond, VA & Hopkinsville, KY as needed."