IT Specialist I/II

This role provides support for corporate Transmission and Distribution applications. The primary responsibility is application development, maintenance and support of Entergy's Power Delivery Applications. These applications are a mix of Third Party applications and In House developed applications. Custom applications support many business functions for the Power Delivery organization that support day to day operations and span many functions. Third Party applications include GIS Applications ( GE's Smallworld, ESRI, EPOCH and others). This role will be filled as an IT Specialist I or II

Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility:

• Provide operations support, ensuring production systems and devices are online and available; this includes non-business hours on-call support.

• Provide and maintain Power Delivery systems application availability, ensuring that applications are active and operating as defined in service level agreements.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical degree or Experience Equivalent

Minimum experience required of the position:

• IT Specialist I: 0-2 years of work experience in IT application support

• IT Specialist II: 2+ years of work experience in IT application support

• Title is dependent on Experience and Skillset

Desired experience for the position:

• Experience in software design lifecycle with emphasis on development, support, and troubleshooting.

• Experience and strong skills in interfacing with management and the ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical senior managers.

Critical Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Very good communication skills both written and verbal.

• Proficient in most of following languages: C#, VB, VB.Net, MSSQL, Oracle, JavaScript, VBScript. ASP.NET, Python

• C++, API and Rest Services is desired, but not required.

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

• Ability to support real-time systems in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to support cyber security activities such as, system hardening, patch management, and configuration management.

• Ability to support multiple Windows environments over a large network and troubleshooting Web-Service's and Windows Service's.

• Knowledge of security controls testing, security audits, and security assessments

• Ability to troubleshoot Windows and or Unix Operating Systems and correct issues.

• Ability to perform critical analyzes an issue with other team members and come to the most reasonable and least impactful direction.

Leadership Style/Characteristics:

• Highly motivated and ability to work with little direct supervision.

• Ability to implement process improvements where needed to streamline process workflow without being requested by business.

• Effective Teamwork and Inclusion (e.g. works collaboratively, builds collaborative relationships)

• Good written and oral communication skills

**Additional Responsibilities:** As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties., As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties. **Please note:** Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position. **Job Segment:** Testing, Developer, Power Systems, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Technology, Energy, Security