Manager - Software Engineering - SMAX

Job Description

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANYAs the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.ÿThe Opportunity: This position involves being part of a dynamic team environment responsible for the SMAX system at OpenText.ÿ Working closely with business stakeholders you will be part of a team that delivers advanced configurations that provide a world class experience for our internal application users and deliver enhancements that make internal operations more efficient.The OpenText Corporate Digital Applications department is seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent analytical, problem solving and customer service skills to operationally support Service Management Automation X (SMAX).As a SMAX systems analyst and administrator, your primary role will be to support and configure multiple SMAX tenants, but also other ITOM systems which are integrated into SMAX. In addition to the operational role, you will be required to support feature configuration and project related activities.ÿYou are great at:

• Manage and guide a highly technical team in accomplishing the day-to-day activities.
• Plan and prioritize the work and resources for on time deliverables.

• Provide Level 3 support to SMAX tenant incident alerts received from monitoring systems, tickets, and end-users.
• Support the response to Major Incidents to ensure a timely restoration of service.
• Perform diagnostics to remediate detected/reported incidents.
• Driving governance, standardization, and scalability across the ITOM environment. ÿ
• Document and improve procedures, knowledge articles for use by OpenText global IT Operational Teams.

System Configuration, Setup, and Project Delivery:

• The DevOps Analyst will be required to support all feature development and technical configuration of SMAX including:
  • Extensive experience of Studio
  • Endpoint and external systems integration
  • Master Data
  • Custom Lists
  • Virtual Agent
  • Smart Analytics and Service Portal
  • Service Catalogue & Offering rules and form fields.
  • Process, workflow, and data loads
  • Survey, SLAs, Models, and templates
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Systems integration knowledge of other systems including OPB, OO, OBM, CMDB is preferable.
  • Able to take business requirements and provide solutions, documenting designs and communicating directly with business customers.
• Reporting:
  • Event dashboards
  • Performance dashboards
• Release Management:
  • Integration and upgrades in-line with all ITOM tooling in and 3rd party products.
  • Manage, support all future releases covering:
    • Enhancements
    • Bug fixes
    • Known issues.
• Administrator:ÿ
  • Supporting all requests either via projects of BAU SMAX requests for all activities that cover:
    • Configuration
    • Knowledge
    • Reporting
    • Runbook automation updates

What it takes:ÿ

• A bachelor?s degree, college diploma or equivalent experience in software development
• 10+ years of previous IT experience in IT DevOps Teams.
• Work as part of a Team.
• Application Production Support, or similar environment.
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas:
  • Service Level Management
  • Service Management Design
  • Configuration Management
  • Testing and Transition
• Ability to comprehend and follow documented guidelines & procedures.
• Proven analytical & problem-solving skills & the ability to organize and prioritize several tasks at one time.
• ITIL v4 accredited.
• Working knowledge of IT4IT framework.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies, such as Kanban and the ability to work within an agile framework.
• Good understanding of both on-Cloud and off-Cloud environments.
• Creative problem solving and analytic skills with an ability to identify, develop and implement solutions to gaps to meet the needs of the business.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.

OpenTexts efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at 1-800-499-6544.

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