at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Enterprise Operations Analyst
Recruiting Location
US-IL-Chicago
Department
Information Technology
Summary
As a member of the NOC, the Enterprise Operations Analyst is part of a team who are responsible for providing 24 x 7 365 infrastructure and applications management, support and monitoring of IT systems. Using IT Operations monitoring and management tools, the analyst will provide technical troubleshooting, oversight, and escalation for complex network, server, and storage incidents. Enterprise Operations Analysts will support Enterprise Applications, Architecture and Infrastructure with hardware break/fix, vendor interaction, maintenance, and system updates. The Enterprise Operations Analyst will serve as the Incident Manager for major incidents that require coordination of communications, tracking of issues and escalation to management.
Duties and Responsibilities
Monitor the performance and health of the Firm's infrastructure using a variety of tools to identify and determine next steps.
Provide triage or basic troubleshooting to help identify issues by following outlined (SOP) standard operating procedures and escalate appropriately.
Document all actions in accordance with standard company policies and procedures
Maintain ongoing communication during major incidents to keep all stakeholders aware of relevant information and next steps.
Perform basic systems testing and operational tasks (installation of patches, network connectivity testing, script execution, etc.)
Work with internal and external technical and service teams to create and/or update knowledge base articles
Meet daily and monthly performance standards, including MTTR, abandon rates, incident response time, etc. from ServiceNow
Complete and distribute complete transition report to management and incoming shift on a daily basis
Develop and implement changes to processes to ensure continuous process improvement and effective governance.
May occasionally need to lift, carry or move equipment up to 25 pounds
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (Duties) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email staffrecruiting@sidley.com (current employees should contact Human Resources).
Education and/or Experience:
Required:
High school diploma or equivalent
Knowledge of ITIL Foundations
Knowledge of common information architecture frameworks
Excellent troubleshooting, reporting monitoring skills
Flexibility to work after hours on a 24 x7 365 team
Preferred:
A. /B. S.
1 year of relevant work experience
NOC/Command Center and/or IT Operations experience
ITIL Foundations certification
Configuring and troubleshooting VMware/VSphere
Support and use of monitoring systems (SolarWinds, SCOM, Pingdom, Hostmonitor)
Storage monitoring and administration experience
Experience with Windows Server scripting tasks (batch, VBscript, Powershell)
Microsoft System Center Suite experience
Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco products
Other Skills and Abilities:
The following will also be required of the successful candidate:
Strong organizational skills
Strong attention to detail
Good judgment
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others
Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion
Able to work under pressure
Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities
Sidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Sidley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, veteran status and any other factor protected by applicable law.
