What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Application Engineer position at Alamance-Burlington School System?
POSITION TITLE |
Systems Application Engineer |
SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT |
Technology/Operations |
SALARY |
Grade TECH74 |
FLSA STATUS |
Non-Exempt |
REPORTS TO |
Lead Systems Engineer & Executive Director of Technology |
SUPERVISES |
None |
WORK WEEK SCHEDULE |
8 AM- 5 PM |
WORK HOURS |
40 |
NUMBER OF MONTHS PER YEAR |
12 |
Required Skills
- Strong experience in enterprise applications control toolset
- Strong Troubleshooting abilities
- Learns and Understands software and hardware requirements of varied departmental systems
- Demonstrated ability to be the subject matter expert in supporting, maintaining, and administering complex applications including a Learning Management System
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and negotiation skills
- Demonstrated soft skills such as presentation of ideas and clearly articulating the concepts to peers and senior management
- Self-motivated, able to work independently, and takes initiative
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Outstanding attention to detail with superior time and project management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully with a diverse group of customers
- Ability to learn new content areas and new skills quickly and well-required
- Professional attitude and work habits
- Understands business functions related to the application
- Ability to research and work through ambiguous work situations
Desired Skills
- Hands-on experience in process automation, best practice approach, technology efficiency, and effectiveness.
- Experience with monitoring tools is a plus.
- Experience in failover, high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuance.
- Experience in a programming language
- Experience with server technologies
- Experience with network technologies
- Desire to learn and grow in the Information Technology field
Duties and Responsibilities
- Tests, debugs, implements, and supports applications for specific programs.
- Assists in the modification of certain products and/or customer/internal systems to meet the needs of the client and/or end-user
- Monitor software applications, document and analyze problems, and publish maintenance schedule
- Set up administrator and user accounts
- Develops and verifies access to applications
- Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products
- The candidate shall serve as part of a team responsible for maintaining systems availability rate of 99%
- Troubleshoot and resolve any reported problems
- Develop process automation and create and maintain system documentation
- Work closely with application development teams and vendors to tune and troubleshoot applications
- Provides second level of technical support for all corporate systems and software components
- Provide Level 3 type support for applications. Provide remote support before and after normal working day timeframe, in times of urgency
- Liaise with vendor support on all issues
- Fully responsible for problem management activities such as issue resolution and root cause analysis
- Daily monitoring and maintenance activities