Senior System Application Analyst / Administrator

Job Title: Senior System Application Analyst / Administrator
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Duration: 8+ Months
Rate: All Inclusive (We are looking at a rate of $57/hr but will consider higher for the Perfect candidate)

This Application Administration position will be responsible for a variety of web-related support and administration functions within the NSC Web Infrastructure Services organization.

Will be dedicated to supporting the P&C Microsoft Windows web environments and applications.

The successful candidate will, at a minimum, meet the following technical and soft skill requirements:

This position may be filled as a Sr. Analyst based upon experience.

*Web Servers (IIS 5.0/6.0) support and configuration.
*Application implementation/deployment and performance monitoring and tuning.
*Fundamental understanding of the following concepts: Secure Sockets Layers, Secure Certificates, Load Balancing, Application Tuning, TCP/IP, DNS, LDAP, HTML, XML, JAVASCRIPT, VBScript, firewalls and multi-tiered architectures.
*In-depth working knowledge of: IIS 5.0/6.0 and COM +.
*Demonstrated experience with delivering and supporting large scale production web applications and dealing with the challenges of a highly complex web infrastructure (e.g. compatibility, scalability, and performance.)
*Proven knowledge / expertise in VB 6 application development concepts.
*Knowledge of web application structure (distributed
computing, design patterns, model view controller architecture,exception handling, etc).
*Extensive working knowledge of VB 6 and ASP. .
*Significant experience in understanding and articulating high-level design specification and or technical / application architecture documents.
*Excellent end-to-end understanding of VB 6 development processes and techniques in order to drive the resolution of testing defects and Production incidents, with the proven ability to perform and lead root-cause analysis and risk analysis which result in the recommendation of optimal solutions and quality defect tracking.
*Daily activities involve trouble ticket resolution, application defect analysis and testing support which requires strong problem solving and analytical competencies.
*Some after hours and weekend support required.
*Must be a team player and comfortable in a large support role.
*Must have strong Customer Service disciplines and excellent communications skills in order to support and maintain *24x7* uptime for Enterprise web applications.
*Must have strong problem solving skills.

Required Technical Skill:
IIS
COM
ASP
Application Development
Windows System Administration
System Administration
Quality Center
VM Ware
EXS
SQL Server
SQL Queries
TCP/IP
VIsual Basic
Change Management
Incident Management
Management Processes and Procedures