Evening Shift Command Center Operations Administrator (DATA PROCESSING ADMIN SPECIALIST - UMP)

Position Title: Data Processing Admin Specialist - UMP

Agency :  Department of Innovation and Technology 

Posting Date: 07/12/2024
Closing Date: 07/25/2024 
Salary:   $4,766 -$6,632  
Job Type:   Salaried 
County:   Sangamon  
Number of Vacancies:   1  
Plan/BU:   RC028   

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

Posting Identification Number  39832

 

 

Are you looking for a rewarding career with an organization that values their staff? The Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is seeking to hire qualified candidates with the opportunity to work in a dynamic, creative thinking, problem solving environment. This position serves as the Day Shift Command Center Operations Administrator performing mainframe operational tasks such as startups, shutdowns, system dumps (tasks, system, spool, etc.), and sysplex coupling facility structure. In this role you will serve as a designated lead worker and coordinator to lower-level staff involved in monitoring various systems. In addition, you will monitor mainframe and server environments to ensure appropriate availability and resource status. If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities, and experience, we invite you to apply for this position to join the DoIT Team!  If you possess these knowledges, skills, abilities, and experience, we invite you to apply for this position to join the DoIT Team!

 

As a State of Illinois employee, you receive a comprehensive benefits package including:

 

• Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.
• Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position)
• 10 -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment)
• 12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year
• 3 paid personal business days per year
• 13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan
• Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
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For more information regarding State of Illinois Benefits follow this link: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/benefits/Pages/default.aspx

Essential Functions

30% Under direction, serves as the Day Shift Command Center Operations Administrator for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT): 

• Serves as a technical specialist coordinating a complex, multiple system computer operation.
• Directs lower-level staff involved in operating the enterprise computing systems to ensure systems, operating platforms, subsystems, application, networks, and peripheral hardware are operating properly using various systems and software tools and commands. 
• Performs mainframe operational tasks such as startups, shutdowns, system dumps (tasks, system, spool, etc.) and sysplex coupling facility structure.
• Moves, restores and monitors system performance and measurements.
• Performs online maintenance, makes system changes by following system checklists, and performs assigned system updates and Initial Program Load (IPLS).
• Completes reports regarding success or failure of job/systems and provides results to the appropriate duty manager identified on the provided call lists.
• Performs tasks as directed in the data processing guide.