Sr. Systems Analyst - Sitescope

Opentext - The Information Company

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.

The OpenText Corporate Digital Applications department is seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent analytical, problem and customer service skills to operationally support, build, and implement OT-on-OT Digital Products within OpenText global infrastructure and application monitoring.

As a SiteScope system analyst and administrator, your primary role will be to support and configure SiteScope (SiS), within the OpenText ITOM environment. In addition, you be looking to expand your skills and help support and integrate other monitoring and event management applications such as Application Performance Management (APM), Business Process Management (BPM) and Operations Bridge Manager (OBM). In addition to the operational role, you will be required to support future configurations and project related activities for new tenants, or continued DevOp development. The role requires comprehensive systems administration, operational support, and configuration skills.

Operational Support

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide Level 3 support to ITOM SiS tenant(s) for all incident alerts received from monitoring systems, tickets, and end-users.
• Document and improve procedures, knowledge articles for use by OpenText global IT Operational Teams.
• Support the response to Major Incidents to ensure a timely restoration of service.
• Data quality, dashboard, and report configuration in SiS and SMAX.
• Driving governance, standardisation and scalability across the ITOM environment.
• Support change and release management activities by executing documented procedures.
• Perform diagnostics to remediate detected and reported incidents.

System Configuration, Setup, And Project Delivery

• SMAX
• XML / REST Event, topology, and metrics
• Reporting:
• Measurement threshold scripting
• ASCII Log File / SNMP traps
• On / Off-Cloud installation and configuration of all Sitescope requirements:
• Performance dashboards
• NNMi and NOM
• Event dashboards
• Integration:
• Policy Creation:
• UCMDB
• Able to take business requirements and provide solutions, documenting designs and communicating directly with business functions, project delivery and BAU activities.

• Enhancements
• Known issues
• Knowledge
• Reporting
• Integration and upgrades in-line with all ITOM tooling including SMAX and 3rd party products.
• Bug fixes
• Administrator:
• Manage, support all future releases covering:
• Configuration
• Release Management:
• Runbook automation updates
• Supporting all requests either via projects of BAU SMAX requests for all activities that cover:

Desired Qualifications

• Creative problem solving and analysis skills with an ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to gaps to meet the needs of the business.
• Ability to comprehend and follow documented guidelines and procedures.
• Working knowledge of IT4IT framework.
• Monitoring and Event Management tooling environment
• 4+ years of previous IT experience in IT Operating applications and Service Management specifically around ITOM products.
• ITIL v4 accredited.
• Testing and Transition
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, such as Kanban and the ability to work within an agile framework.
• Service Management Design
• Configuration Management
• Good understanding of both on-Cloud and off-Cloud environments.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to organise and prioritise several tasks at one time.

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