Requisition ID: 124928 Sponsorship Available: No Relocation Assistance Available: No **Goodyear. More Driven.** **Primary Purpose of the Position** The Application Systems Consultant is a technical position involving intermediate to advanced support of production application systems. The role will be heavily involved with administering the manufacturing application systems and underlying operating systems to meet customer needs. It also involves consistent collaboration with members of the applications, operating system, and database teams as well as plant personnel to ensure 24/7 system availability. Application Systems Consultants help keep production servers patched and monitored, participate in the off-hours on-call rotation, and manage helpdesk tickets as needed to provide outstanding customer service. **Principle Duties and Responsibilities** + Perform section lead responsibilities, including staff planning, performance reviews, controls reviews and application support reviews. + Will be involved with the planning, installation, patching, documentation, implementation and configuration of these Applications and related components. Will be responsible for creation of procedures to support 24/7 availability requirements. + Responsible for managing the functional/technical aspects of Solution Manager, assist during the developing and setup of the Scenario and Business Process structure. Drive the Solution Maintenance and configuration Project documentation. + Implementation of Service Desk and interface to HP Service Manager. Implementation of CHARM and OSS integration. Ensure that the SAP Solution Manager Toolset is kept in sync regarding the process. + Supports multiple production applications and/or middleware components of complex nature with little support or assistance. May be involved with support of Enterprise-wide, mission-critical applications or middleware (i.e. Boltons). **Education and Certifications** + **Required:** Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, Engineering or related discipline. **Experience** + 4-6 years of experience in IT including 3-5 years’ experience in application/middleware administration preferred. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities** + Advanced knowledge of several currently used applications or middleware components. + Understanding of networking technology, protocols and operating systems. + Strong troubleshooting skills. + Organizational skills. Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 71,000 people and manufactures its products in 55 facilities in 22 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to . Goodyear is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need reasonable accommodation to complete the online application, or any other part of the employment process, please contact the Goodyear Candidate Care Line at 330.796.4500. Click for more information about Equal Employment Opportunity laws, and for additional supplementary information.