Principal IT Systems Analyst
Tempe, AZ, US
Requisition ID: 18028
Join us in building a better future for Arizona!
SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.
Why Work at SRP
At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.
SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:
- Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
- Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
- Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
- Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
- Short and long-term disability plans
- Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
- 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking
Summary
The principal analyst’s role is to architect, design, implement, and maintain endpoint solutions across technology domains both on premise and in the cloud. The principal analyst provides leadership and vision in endpoint architecture, strategy, and service offerings as it relates to infrastructure, automation, applications, information, and security. The principal will also assess the impact of future business needs on existing and future services and architectures.
This individual will possess the necessary skills to analyze complex issues as well as design/implement solutions which provide key visibility into the health and performance of the IT systems that help our company operate efficiently.
The position requires a deep technical understanding of the infrastructure stack as well as application performance. This role also requires the ability to approach complex issues and lead troubleshooting efforts across diverse teams.
What You'll Do
- Implement proactive monitoring capabilities and establish related alarming and reporting.
- Administration of event management and system monitoring platforms.
- Monitor and research application and system performance issues, produce trending and reporting related to application performance, event management, capacity management, including on premise and cloud resources.
- Project Leader responsible for planning, scheduling, and monitoring projects.
- Identify trends and root causes of challenges, determines solutions, and makes recommendations for management consideration.
- Troubleshoot and solve problems in a time-critical environment, working simultaneously on a variety of tasks with varying degrees of complexity.
- Applies SRP and IT processes/methods, practices, and techniques to deliver solutions.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for major incidents, heat moratorium, and Root Cause Analysis and other activities as needed.
What It Takes To Succeed
Tools/Software familiarity:
- OPNET Agent
- Ixia Aggregators
- Cloudlens
- Keysight Vision Orchestrator (KVO)
- Riverbed Aternity
- Riverbed AppResponse
- Riverbed Portal
- Riverbed Netprofiler
- Riverbed SteelCentral Transaction Analyzer Packet Trace Warehouse
- Riverbed SteelCentral Packet Analyzer Plus
- Riverbed Steelhead appliance
- Cisco AppDynamics
- ScienceLogic SL1
- ScienceLogic Powerflow
- Statseeker
- Service Now
Additional Experience (Not required, nice to have):
ExtraHop
Application development/support knowledge
Experience
Minimum of 10 years cumulative and progressive post-degree experience
Minimum 3+ years Network Experience
2+ years of experience with Wireshark
Education
Hybrid Workplace
SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona. We are taking steps to protect the health and well-being of all team members, and by following a number of health and safety protocols, to reduce the risk of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement
To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.
Work Authorization
All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.
Nearest Major Market: Phoenix