Senior Application Administrator

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Location: 

8401 Greenway Blvd.
Suite 230
Middleton, WI 53562 (Map it! )

Employee Type: 

Full-Time

Industry: 

Telecommunications

Contact:

Shana Longley

Phone:

608.664.8938

Description

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. ("TDS") is a diversified Fortune 500® telecommunication services provider with almost $5 billion in revenue and over 7 million customers. TDS provides wireless, local, long-distance, Internet, satellite television and high-speed data services to residential and business customers in 36 states through our U.S. Cellular and TDS Telecom brands.

The Senior Application Administrator is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, supporting, developing and implementing key business applications, systems, and interfaces.  Additionally, the Senior Application Administrator is responsible for mentoring less experienced staff.

This position offers an excellent opportunity to positively impact the TDS family of companies.  The Senior Application Administrator provides complex project work in support of the enterprise-wide activities in Corporate Development, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Service Development, Stakeholder and External Services, and Risk Management.

 Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field -OR- 4+ years relevant combination of education and professional work experience
• 3+ years experience in a systems administrator role working with a relevant combination of the following:  scripting/programming languages (VB.net, VBScript and PowerShell), Microsoft Windows, UNIX, SAN, Messaging, Enterprise software applications and Client technologies
• Experience in providing technical leadership for medium to large projects or initiatives</li>
• Ability to be part of an on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Relational Database Management System concepts and software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies</li>
• Experience developing canned and ad-hoc reports and writing reporting solutions in SQL developer, Access, etc
• Oracle databases; PL/SQL, Microsoft SQL Server; SQL, and exposure to Financial applications
• Knowledge of HTML and Java Script
• Knowledge of SharePoint Server Technologies
• SAP R/3 or ECC 6.0 a plus
• Ability to document, communicate, and implement innovative solutions
• Experience leading small to medium projects or initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in technical and non-technical terms
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
• Knowledge of test planning, coordination and execution