Sr Applications Administrator (System/tools/Platform/saas)

Atmos Energy Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Atmos Energy Corporation seeks an experienced IT professional to manage middleware and application landscapes, focusing on IBM MQ Broker, scheduling tools, and cloud administration. You will script using PowerShell, Python, and Linux, and contribute to AI application development and integration.

The role involves mentoring staff, automating processes, and ensuring SOX compliance through standardized controls and robust backups. Strong communication and SQL skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Technology or related field; 4 years of experience supporting Java-based applications, JBoss, Tomcat, IBM MQ Broker, job scheduling tools, single sign-on tool, monitoring tools, Unix shell scripting and SQL (SQL Server and Oracle).
• Excellent communication skills to interact with senior management on technical matters.
• Proficiency in SQL (SQL Server and Oracle) and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Create, monitor, manage, troubleshoot and patch application landscapes and transport code changes between landscapes to support various applications.
• Utilize advanced administration and troubleshooting techniques to complete complex assignments.
• Mentor and support IT staff; explore automation to reduce human error and standardize processes.
• Keep up with new technologies and their workplace relevance; research and implement enhancements.
• Coordinate tasks across multiple projects and teams as needed.
• Define and implement standards for application implementation and SOX compliance.
• Provide risk assessments for IT security functions affecting availability and integrity.
• Design control functions to maintain separation of duties for SOX controls.
• Review landscapes and recommend changes to ensure efficiency and integrity.
• Create documentation to support maintenance, changes and recoverability.
• Evaluate and test backup and recovery procedures to ensure data integrity.

Skills

IBM MQ Broker

Power Platform administration

Azure administration

PowerShell

Python

Linux

AI application development

UC4 scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Technology or related field

Tools

IBM MQ Broker

Job description

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Details of experience administering middleware tools like IBM Broker/MQ
• Details of experience in Microsoft power platform administration , Azure administration
• Details of experience in scripting using powershell , python , linux
• Details of experience in AI Application Development & integration
• Details of experience in administering scheduling tools like UC4
• Total number of years of experience ( 8 – 12 years of minimum experience)

Primary Duties

1. Create, monitor, manage, troubleshoot and patch application landscapes and transport code changes between landscapes in order to provide support of various applications. Reviews growth and performance of landscapes to avoid outages or degradation of service levels.
2. Utilizes advanced administration and troubleshooting techniques to complete complex assignments or to solve difficult problems.
3. Mentors, coaches and supports other IT staff to improve technical abilities; and assist in completion of challenging assignments. Explores ways for automation to reduce the human-error factor and to achieve process standardization.
4. Keeps abreast of the latest technologies, and enhancements. Understands and communicates the relevance and application in the workplace. Researches and implements enhancements and new technologies as required.
5. Simultaneously assigned to multiple projects. Coordinates tasks with other project team members as appropriate.
6. Defines and implements standards for implementation and administration of applications, and compliance with SOX requirements.
7. Provides risk assessments regarding development and maintenance of Information Technology security functions that protect information availability and integrity.
8. Plans and designs control functions to maintain segregation of duties for SOX controls.
9. Reviews landscapes and makes recommendations for changes, to assure efficiency and integrity of information.
10. Creates documentation to support the maintenance, change and recoverability of information.
11. Evaluates and tests the integrity and recoverability of application and data by reviewing and testing proper back-up and recovery procedures.
12. Earns and maintains certification in related application administration areas.
13. Acquires and maintains deep knowledge of the cloud architecture which includes knowledge of the impact of database and application design and architecture decisions and how they affect organization’s operating costs.

Minimum Requirements & Skills

• Educational/Experience Level: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Technology or a related field and 4 years of experience in supporting Java based applications, JBoss, Tomcat, IBM MQ Broker, Job scheduling tool, Single sign on tool, monitoring tools, Unix shell scripting and writing SQL (SQL Server and Oracle).
• Communication Skills: Requires the ability to communicate politely, clearly and effectively with internal and/or external customers at a high level such as senior management on matters of a technical and/or complex nature.
• Numeric Skills: Requires the ability to perform analyses involving ratios, percentages and simple statistical methods.
• Computer Skills: Requires working knowledge of various software applications to create documents, reports and/or graphics and support databases.
• Work Conditions: Works in an office environment. Requires occasionally performing activities including, but not limited to, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting.

Atmos Energy Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Job Family

Applications Atmos Energy Corporation, a natural gas-only distributor, is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South. As part of our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, we are modernizing our business and infrastructure while continuing to invest in safety, innovation, environmental sustainability and our communities. Atmos Energy manages proprietary pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas.