IT Operations Monitoring Analyst

Company: Costco
Location: Issaquah
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

The IT Operations Monitoring Analyst is responsible for monitoring and assessing potential issues relating to critical IT applications, systems, and devices. This role will monitor all incoming alerts using various tools and perform actions based on predefined instructions. This position includes performing 1st and 2nd level troubleshooting, manual alert correlation, and resolving issues as required.

The successful candidate must understand how different types of Costco systems integrate together and be able to pinpoint where the actual issue is occurring. The IT Operations Monitoring Analyst must also be able to determine which issues are false positives and document/work with other teams to get these types of alerts suppressed.

*Pay based on experience.

Job Duties/Essential Functions

--- Develops a comprehensive understanding of the applications and infrastructure within the eCommerce environment and how they impact employees or members.

--- Stays informed of production changes to determine the impact of alerts, applications or device functionality.

--- Coordinates across teams, collaborating closely with peers to ensure the appropriate focus and sense of urgency is applied to all issues.

--- Troubleshoots, reproduces, and documents issues and other pertinent information in Incidents.

--- Contacts Costco locations in order to troubleshoot power outages and devices or application issues; able to communicate technical jargon to those that are not technical in a way that is understandable.

--- Uses technical writing skills to create and maintain Knowledge Base articles.

--- Prepares and distributes turnover documents.

--- Handles incident queues and performs various tasks, and determines business impact according to ITIL Incident Management guidelines.

--- Handles ad hoc requests and completes frequent required training and adapts to changing procedures as required to support the business.

--- Participates in the ongoing process of investigating, troubleshooting, and providing resolution to technical issues during extended shift hours in a 24x7x365 environment.

--- Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.

Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.

--- Computer, phone, printer, copier, fax

Non-Essential Functions

--- Assists in other areas of the department as necessary.

--- Assists in other areas of the company as necessary.

Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.

--- Same as essential functions

Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications

Required:

--- 1 years' experience working on an Operations style team and/or Service Desk responsible for troubleshooting networking devices, server issues, and large-scale business critical applications which includes eCommerce and SAP environments.

--- 1 years' experience with ITIL processes including: Incident, Problem, Change, and Knowledge Management; must have experience creating and handling critical incidents.

--- Proficient in troubleshooting and analysis of network, applications, systems, and device issues.

--- Ability to work independently or collaborate with others in an intense and dynamic work environment.

--- Attention to detail, maintains high quality work while handling a large volume of alerts; is able to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

--- Experienced in professional written and oral communications, including technical writing, phone etiquette, and customer service skills.

--- Process-oriented; understands the organizational benefits of processes and the need for compliance.

--- Suggests or implements improvements to team processes and procedures.

--- Shows initiative and has a strong desire to share knowledge with others.

--- Experience mentoring and training coworkers on new or changed procedures.

--- Identifies and tracks project issues and dependencies, ensures follow-through and appropriate actions are taken to complete the project on time.

--- Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays to support a 24X7X365 environment.
Recommended:

--- Degree in Computer Science (or a related technical field) or equivalent relevant work experience.

--- ITIL Foundations Certification preferred.

--- Experience triaging issues with servers, web services, networking devices, SAP, Java-based applications, and large eCommerce platforms.

--- Remains calm in high stress situations such as handling alert storms and business critical issues.

--- Basic understanding of monitoring and alerting of: Application health, system availability, latency, performance, and end-to-end monitoring.

--- Working knowledge of various applications, network monitoring, and alerting software.

--- Basic knowledge of scripting languages, including Javascript, Google Apps Scripting, HTML, and Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL).

--- Successful internal candidates will have spent one year or more on their current team.

Other Conditions

--- Management will review the Job Analysis for this position prior to a job offer.

Required Documents

--- Cover Letter

--- Resume

--- Last two performance reviews

--- Attendance records for current year (Do not include absences covered by paid sick/personal time, FMLA or other protected absences.)

California applicants, please click here to review the Costco Applicant Privacy Notice.

Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.

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