Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
Job Title: System Administrator II
Job Location: Bengaluru, India
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific to contribute to a meaningful mission with stable growth.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- Typically requires 3+ years of relative experience in Mainframe Batch & Console operations.
- Knowledge and use of job scheduling software - CA-7 / CA-11 products.
- Hands-on experience in z/OS environment – MVS, JES2, ISPF, JCL.
- Fundamental instructions on MVS, JES2, DB2, and CICS.
- PRE/POST IPL Procedure – Shutdown/Startup sequence for IDMS, DB2, and CICS.
- Handle console messages, WTOR’s, and resolve contention issues.
- 2-year technical education beyond high school, equivalent work experience, or a combination of both.
- Flexibility to work any shift assigned, including weekends and holidays.
- Capability to work extra hours or different shifts as required, potentially with limited advance notice.
- Must be reliable, dependable, and flexible to changing shifts.
- Ability to learn newer technologies in support of the job.
- Balance multiple simultaneous tasks in dynamic and fast-paced situations, prioritize them accordingly, and react quickly to issues.
- Ability to follow implicit instructions and "think creatively" when solving issues.
- Established proactiveness and persistence; adept at working autonomously and seeing projects to the end.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good collaboration skills.
- Initiative to find opportunities for improvement or add business value.
- Must be able to walk, sit, and/or stand for extended periods.
- Ability to travel to other sites if needed (encouraged to be a very low percentage of time).
Strongly preferred but not required:
- Prior experience in an IT Operations support role.
- Familiarization with ITIL processes (Event, Incident, Change, Problem, etc.).
- Experience using ServiceNow or other incident ticket tracking systems.
- Experience using major telecommunications' vendor’s ticketing systems.
- Experience using Orion SolarWinds, Splunk, Datadog, or other Event Management/Monitoring tools.
UNIX and/or Windows server experience
Entry-level cloud experience.
ITOC staff at Thermo Fisher Scientific manage artifacts for audits and adhere to IT policies.