Systems Engineer Level II

POSITION OVERVIEW 
Responsible for assisting design, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide Operations Support Systems (OSS) applications and their associated operating systems and databases.  Responsible for Application Administration of OSS applications supporting all Charter Divisions.  Participation in full life-cycle of systems engineering activities of high-quality, scalable solutions.  
 
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION 

• Contributes to design sessions with OSS Architects, Requirements Analysts, IT Operations and OSS Systems Engineers

• Reviews existing integration capabilities, data sources, and proposed solution designs for feasibility, cost and functionality

• Creates detailed design documents and functional specifications for new applications / services and for enhancements to existing systems / services

• Creates work effort estimates for assigned tasks and support prioritization and release management

• Develops of core code modules, unit test tools and release notes for enhancements and bug fixes

• Installs, administers, configures and maintains OSS applications including operating systems and related software

• Provides 'on call' support to resolve OSS application issues after normal business hours

• Uses established change management processes, requiring operational procedures be performed with minimal customer impact, (i.e. during established maintenance window) 

  Works with database administrators to configure, tune and maintain databases in variety of languages

• Documents systems configurations and upgrades

• Designs and implements change control policies and disaster recovery plans

• Monitors and assists in managing applications, device availability, network conditions and system reliability and performance, service and program maintenance and storage resources

PERFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 to 5 years Application Development experience in relevant areas
• 2 to 3 years Network OSS application experience
• 2 to 3 years System Administration experience 
• 2 to 3 years Database support and development experience
• 2 to 3 years Experience in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)      

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATES & LICENSES
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Office Environment
• 'On Call' support, on a rotation basis