Job Description

CLOSES: October 28, 2020 SALARY: DOQ **This position is currently remote during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Opportunity for an IS Operations Systems Analysts to join our IS Operations team here at Avista. Our Operations team consists of well-rounded, career minded technologists geared towards supporting our Customer, Back Office and Operational technologies. We also support Integrations and Data systems. These teams are responsible for the overall performance and stability of our production application environments. Stability and Optimization are our primary goals. Although we’re posting and hiring for the Back Office operations, we apply a team based approached to our day-to-day efforts, leveraging the skills and knowledge base of individuals across the organization. If you’re interested in joining a great team with a great company, we’re interested in you.

Primary duties include supporting and troubleshooting of client based and client-server Enterprise applications. This position will act as the subject matter expert (SME) in support of Oracle EBS and related systems. As an eBS SME you will be a part of the Back Office team, which supports our Accounting and Finance platforms (EBS, Budget, Power Plan, ECM), our HR platforms (Ultipro, SumTotal) along with SharePoint and CATSWeb

Some skills that will be needed to succeed in this role:

• Ability to triage incidents, perform Root Cause Analysis, communicate events and status to stakeholders

• Debug and support customer and commercial client server applications

• Perform routine maintenance of security patches, service account password changes, monitor for and investigate production issues, and much more.

• Advance Oracle SQL, intermediate PL/SQL, XML, and/or XSLT

• Familiar with Oracle WF, Oracle Reports, Oracle BI Publisher, FNDLoad, SQL*Loader, Cognos Reporting

As we are a Utility, we support systems and a customer base that require 24x7x365 support. Participation in a formal on call rotation is expected.

This position is located at our headquarters in Spokane, WA but is currently a work from home position due to the pandemic. You will be working on site in the Spokane office once it is safe to return.

REQUIREMENTS

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Science, Engineering or related field. Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a related field.

• Minimum 3+ years of experience with Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1 and above

• Experience providing technical and/or functional support for least two of the following tracks:

  • Oracle eBS Financial Management including Account Receivables, Account Payables, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, General Ledger modules

  • Oracle eBS Project Management including Project Management, Project Costing and/or Project Billing modules

  • Oracle eBS Supply Chain Management and/or ASCP including Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management modules

• Demonstrate knowledge in understanding application architecture, security model, module-specific database schemas, relational tables, and common APIs/staging tables in eBS

• Hold fundamental knowledge in business acumens surrounding the Finance, Supply Chain, and Project Management areas.

• Experience working with Oracle Support and knowledge bases such as Oracle Metalink and Oracle ETRM

• Familiar with Oracle patching strategies and recommended best practices

• Familiar with PowerPlan, Oracle EPBCS

TO APPLY

Complete an online application and attach your resume and cover letter to your profile. ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE ATTACHED TO YOUR APPLICATION AT THE TIME OF SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION FOR REVIEW. No documents can be attached after you click "Submit".

PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENING REQUIREMENTS Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test, background check and motor vehicle records review.   

AVISTA’S COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Avista is committed to the goal of Equal Opportunity Employment and Affirmative Action. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, sensory, mental or physical disability (unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification), Veteran status or any other classification protected by nondiscrimination law.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. Avista will make reasonable accommodation to assist a qualified person with a disability in the job application, interview process, and to perform the essential functions of the job whenever possible, where undue hardship would not be created for Avista. Please let us know if you would like assistance.

Company Description

Life at Avista Includes: Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage free telemedicine program, retirement benefits, incentive based wellness program, Time-off programs including military absences, adoption support, In-house gym and locker rooms, onsite medical clinic ergonomic workstations, Guckenheimer dining service, tuition benefits, continuing education, and training. Avista is involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy. We provide energy services and electricity to 360,000 customers and natural gas to 321,000 customers in a service territory that covers 30,000 square miles in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and parts of southern and eastern Oregon, with a population of 1.5 million. Avista is an operating division of Avista Corp. www.myavista.com