BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

IT Operations Center Technician

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee  •  Chattanooga, TN (Remote)  •  1 hour ago
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Job Description

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring an IT Operations Center Technician for our IT Operations Center Team!

In this role, you will help ensure the stability and reliability of critical enterprise systems by monitoring production environments, supporting scheduled and unscheduled batch processing, responding to operational alerts, and performing first-level incident triage and remediation. You'll be part of a collaborative operations team responsible for monitoring system health, troubleshooting failed jobs and operational exceptions, supporting workload scheduling requests, and helping resolve issues that impact business-critical services.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, a customer-focused mindset, and a willingness to learn. This role is ideal for someone looking to start or grow their IT career while gaining hands-on experience in enterprise operations, systems monitoring, incident response, and troubleshooting. Candidates who are dependable, process-oriented, and enjoy solving problems in a team environment will be especially successful.

Ideal candidates for the role will bring

  • Ability to follow established procedures and work effectively in a fast-paced operational environment

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities

  • Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously

  • Willingness to learn and grow within an enterprise IT environment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior experience in IT support, help desk, technical support, or a related technology role

  • Exposure to systems monitoring, incident management, or production support activities

  • Basic understanding of networking, operating systems, or enterprise technology environments

  • Experience working in a customer service or operations-focused environment

  • Experience troubleshooting technical issues and escalating incidents appropriately

Note:

  • This is a remote, work-from-home position, but the final round of interviews will take place on-site in our Chattanooga, TN office

  • This role supports a Tuesday through Saturday schedule from 3:30 p.m. to midnight EST

  • This role supports a 24/7/365 operation; occasional overtime and holiday coverage will be required

  • Sponsorship is not available for this role

Job Responsibilities

  • Performing first-level triage of events, such as running scripts to restart system processes and services.
  • Analyzing, diagnosing, and resolving system errors, malfunctions, mis-configurations, and job stoppages to maintain services, enhance capabilities, and prevent system outages.
  • Processing output produced from nightly batch.
  • Renaming, cataloging, and un-cataloging data sets on tapes and disk.
  • Must be able to work flexible shifts in a 24x7x365 work environment, including mandatory rotating weekend, holiday, and overtime assignments.

Job Qualifications

Education

  • Associates Degree in Business, Computer Science or equivalent work experience required. (Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested).

Experience

  • 1 year - Technical experience including knowledge and proven understanding of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) required

SkillsCertifications

  • Working knowledge of mainframe processes and workload automation tools, enterprise monitoring tools, trouble ticketing systems, Windows Operating Systems, and Unix operating systems (AIX, Solaris, or HPUX)
  • Proficient in MicroSoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint)
  • Proven analytical and problem solving skills and ability to perform non-routine analytical tasks
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Conflict management and resolution skills
  • Adaptive to high pace and changing environment

Number of Openings Available

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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BCBST will recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin,citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee via-email, the Internet or any other method without a valid, written Direct Placement Agreement in place for this position from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee HR/Talent Acquisition will not be considered. No fee will be paid in the event the applicant is hired by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee as a result of the referral or through other means.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

About BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

As Tennessee's largest health plan, we've been helping Tennesseans find their own unique paths to good health for more than 70 years. More than that, we're your neighbors and friends – fellow Tennesseans with deep roots of caring tradition, a focused approach to physical, financial and community good health for today, and a bright outlook for an even healthier tomorrow.

Our mission is simple: peace of mind through better health.

We're an independent, not-for-profit, locally governed health plan company – meaning we live and work alongside our Tennessee business customers and plan members. Our 6,000 employees across the state have built our strong reputation for integrity, excellent service and community leadership.

But we are also part of the BlueCross BlueShield Association, a nationwide association of health care plans. Because of this, our plan members have access to the same quality health benefits while traveling or living out of state that they have while in Tennessee.

© 2018 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc., an Independent Licensee of the BlueCross BlueShield Association.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Chattanooga, TN
Year Founded
1945
Website
bcbst.com
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