Essential Functions
• Provide overall vision and direction for a specific area of Northwest’s technical
• Assist with planning, organizing, directing, prioritizing, and evaluating workloads for team members
• Lead, mentor, and provide opportunities to team members for education and advancement
• Liaise with and provide training and support to team on complex technical issues
• Complete projects by coordinating resources and timetables with staff members
• Ensure that policies and procedures for the proper operation of all systems and platforms are followed
• Meet with manager to plan and discuss projects, work efforts, support issues and timelines
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Perform analytical, technical, and administrative work in the planning, design, installation, documentation, and administration of infrastructure solutions
• Lead the day-to-day operational support for core server and tier 3 application infrastructures
• Design, build, patch, tests (check for compatibility issues, conducts QA) and deploy systems and platforms meeting customers’ needs and specifications
• Coordinate testing and application of ongoing software patches or upgrades
• Lead in planning and implementing changes to infrastructure with the goal of enhancing performance, resiliency, and efficiency
• Create and maintain documentation (diagrams, procedures, etc) for enterprise server topologies and system or application configurations
• Lead the configuration and maintenance of core Enterprise Applications, including but not limited to lending systems, teller systems, enterprise content management, communication and contact center platforms, etc
• Perform complex software and operating system upgrades, storage and server implementations, data migration and disaster recovery operations
• Configure security settings or access permissions for groups and individuals
• Provide technical support to other technicians, engineers, administrators or users by troubleshooting complex problems related to server or platform functionality and performance
• Design and configure monitoring for systems and applications
• Propose modifications to Knowledge Management System processes and procedures, which will be leveraged by the Support Services team members as they troubleshoot issues on a daily basis
• Work with business applications owners, vendors, consultants, contractors, and IT personnel
• Work with and manages vendors performing activities on behalf of Information Systems
• Keep management informed of critical customer facing issues and ETA’s to resolution
• Assist in budget preparation, cost analysis, and long-range planning including proactively assessing needs and providing recommendations
• Adhere to infrastructure and applications security procedures
• Work periodic nights and weekends