Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid 

Legal Entity: Entergy Texas, Inc.-GTX 

The primary location for this position is New Orleans, LA but The Woodlands, TX may be considered. Sponsorship is not provided.

Job Summary/Purpose

The official title of this position will be IT Consultant.

The Infrastructure Applications team supports a range of tools to provide monitoring and observability services to the entire enterprise.  The consultant will be expected to work closely with other teams in a multi-vendor, multi-shore environment to help identify and close observability gaps in order to continuously improve customer experience.

Strong preference will be given to candidates with AWS-native monitoring knowledge and experience.The consultant will be expected to provide subject matter expertise and day-to-day support for various enterprise tools, including:

• Broadcom (CA) toolsets (e.g., DX AIOps, NetOps, Spectrum, UIM, Nimsoft, DX APM, etc.)
• Broadcom (CA) Workload Automation (Autosys)
• xMatters

Education, Skills, and/or Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting or developing applications in an enterprise environment, with particular emphasis on monitoring/observability solutions.
• Solid knowledge of application, server, and network design.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues in a timely manner.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to appropriately prioritize and manage workloads in a remote environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing IT projects in an outsourced development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to handle stressful situations calmly and effectively.
• Experience implementing and managing monitoring solutions in a cloud environment is a strong plus (particularly AWS).

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain monitoring tools and related technologies.
• Actively participate in cross-team investigations to identify gaps in observability and propose solutions to close those gaps.  This will include after-hours support for high priority issues.
• Manage vulnerabilities throughout our tools portfolio in accordance with established policies/procedures.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and best practices, evaluating and implementing new tools and techniques to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of our monitoring services.
• Work seamlessly alongside a group of outsourced partners.
• Maintain detailed knowledge of our operational practices.
• Provide regular input to the department’s strategic roadmap.
• Follow ITIL processes for incident, change, problem, and vulnerability resolution.
• The following skills and technologies are considered a strong plus:
  • ServiceNow (Incident, Request, and Configuration Management)
  • Process automation
  • Continuous Improvement methodologies
  • Application Performance Monitoring (APM) experience
  • Experience with application or infrastructure development, support, or monitoring within major cloud platform(s) (e.g., AWS, Azure, etc.)
  • Splunk platform administration experience (e.g., design, installation, index management, etc.)
  • DevSecOps or FinOps toolsets

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans || Texas : The Woodlands 
Job Function: Information Technology
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: Level II
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 117851
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

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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.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information.  41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

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WORKING CONDITIONS:
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.