Operations Support Analyst 2 - Toronto, Canada - City of Toronto

City of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Job ID: 43799

Job Category:
Information & Technology

Division & Section:
Technology Services, Technology Services Delivery

Work Location: 703 Don Mills Road

Job Type & Duration:
Full-time, Permanent Vacancy

Hourly Rate and Wage Grade:
$ $42.88, TFS196, Wage Grade 11

Shift Information:
Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week. Mandatory rotating shifts including overnight, weekends, and long weekends

Affiliation:
L79 Full-time

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: 23-Jan-2024 to 7-Feb-2024

Major Responsibilities:

Liaises with Operations Support Analysts, Technical Support Specialists, end users and others to ensure the effectiveness, availability, reliability and security of Information & Technology systems and services.
Provides help desk services, responding to user needs and requests, troubleshoots, creates, deletes and resets userids/passwords, maintains records and logs and ensures overall server availability.
Responds to unscheduled system shutdowns and emergency situations, evaluates user impacts and initiates recovery procedures and escalates the emergency situation accordingly.
Monitors the Data Centre physical environment, to ensure security of physical access, and adequate environmental control.
Performs system administration and operation, including backups and recoveries, loading and unloading tapes and other media, plotter operation and maintenance of operational logs.
Prepares summary reports of problem or service interruption and accompanying trend analyses.
Reviews the effectiveness of operational standards, procedures and processes and recommend changes.
Performs repairs and adjustments or arranges for repair by external service company.
Accepts, processes and distributes materials to and from the Data Centre, including printout, tape and other data media, computer systems and network equipment; maintaining records and inventory control.
Maintains hardware facilities documentation and records.
Responds to requests regarding user requirements and enquiries about technical problems relating to backup and archiving from staff in internal user departments and local municipalities.
Provides support to the Parking Tag Operations processing centre.

Key Qualifications:

Postsecondary education in Computer Science or a related discipline, or an approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Experience with Net backup Administration in a multiplatform IT environment.
Experience in a Call Centre environment demonstrating a strong customer service focus, diagnosing and solving computerrelated problems in a large, diverse computing environment.
Experience with ServiceNow & Service Desk, NetBackup, xMatters, Unix and Windows Servers

You must also have:

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work cooperatively and professionally with City staff at all levels.
Ability to analyze and document hardware and software, and communicate problems to senior staff, communicating with computer users in both business and technical terms.
Ability to work independently and/or in a team environment.
Knowledge of network communication technology and systems management software.
Familiarity with information technology concepts, including hardware platforms, office tools, networking and all IT infrastructures. Adaptable to new processes and technology as required.
Knowledge of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes.
Ability to travel to remote Data Centres within the City of Toronto as required.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite tools.
Must be flexible to work overtime as needed, often on short notice.

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