Application Expert

This technical position within an Enterprise Technical Solutions team will provide daily application support, new project implementation, and life cycle management of the middleware and application portfolio.

A successful candidate will have a wide breadth of technical skills to bridge the support and project gaps between infrastructure, IT application development staffs and corporate IT support teams.

 

 

Principal Accountabilities:

Implement and support complex enterprise level based applications

Evaluate, propose, and recommend technology solution alternatives

Troubleshoot complex issues, and choose best solutions and courses of action

Research problems & solutions independently using multiple subject matter experts

Make independent decisions regarding on-the-spot operational and application corrections, workloads, and operations within standardized practices and procedures

Make recommendations regarding procedures, project scope, deadlines, budgets, and new technology initiatives

Work as an IT liaison with various Vendors and internal support teams

Identify requirements, manage project scope and coordinate for justifiable solutions

Stay current on industry trends, technology developments, and compliance components 

 

 

Required:

Bachelors degree, preferably in Computer Science, MIS, or Engineering (equivalent professional experience considered)

Previous successful application support experience

Consultative approach to problem solving, someone who is routinely the application technical 'go-to' person

Professional experience in supporting complex global enterprise applications

Professional experience in enterprise application installations, upgrades, system copies/client refreshes, performance tuning, security setup, application patching, & backup and restore functions

Strong interpersonal skills, with a team-oriented approach

Ability to apply multiple technologies to business problems (enterprise design)

Good written and verbal communication skills

Ability and past experience producing technical documentation

Ability to work successfully in both a team environment and independently

 

 

Preferred:

Experience with ERP systems or any of the following applications: Hyperion Financials, TRIM, Oracle Web Content Management, Hivedome ITAS, Microsoft IIS, IBM Websphere, CA Unicenter Autosys job scheduler, and PeopleSoft

2+ year(s) experience with scripting languages such as MS VB, asp, perl or vbscript

Knowledge of database technologies such as Oracle and SQL server

Knowledge of network infrastructure technologies

Knowledge of multiple operating systems, such as Unix/Linux & Microsoft Server OS's

Crisis Management experience

Experience in technical architecture/infrastructure design & documentation of such design

Previous experience with multiple remote location support (global corporation)

 

This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with very serious and genuine intention to hire the consultant after 3 - 6 months