Technology Support Specialist
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Job Description
Healthy Careers Start Here
At Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, we encourage professional growth in a challenging and fast-paced atmosphere. Our 'be healthy' culture promotes health and wellness at all levels of the Company, and we provide our employees with the time, tools and resources to commit to a healthy lifestyle.
Job Summary – The Technology Support Specialist is responsible for operating and monitoring all centralized Data Center computer systems and peripheral equipment, production job scheduling on the Mainframe, Service Desk functions that involve promoting production software changes submitted by the application support staff, logging user questions and issues, problem determination, and logging, assigning, and tracking issues using our Service Management Software. This position also involves monitoring for infrastructure and security related alerts to be addressed by the appropriate teams.
Job-Specific Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Technology or Business related field is required.
- Experience in operations of the following areas is desirable:
- Service Management systems in a Help Desk environment
- Automated job scheduling systems
- Automated change control
- Previous experience in an IT related field is a plus.
- Strong verbal and written interpersonal and communication skills.Superior telephone etiquette and an ability to deal effectively with customers, vendors, peers, and management.
- Excellent PC experience using spreadsheets, word processors, and databases.
- A working knowledge of the healthcare business environment and processes is preferred.
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is an Equal opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that is worth approximately one-third of the salary compensation. Our benefits program is among the best in the health care field. We are looking for employees who can bring their experience, expertise and dedication to work for our customers.