Manager - Systems; On-Site​/Local

Position Overview:

The primary responsibility of the Manager - Systems is to lead and manage the Systems, and Database Engineer teams as well as oversee the security, reliability, performance, availability, and scalability of the entire IT Infrastructure.

All duties are to be performed in accordance with departmental and The Venetian Resort’s policies, practices, and procedures.

• Oversee the prioritization and allocation of work across the Systems, and Database Engineer teams to ensure the systems and database platform is available to the Infrastructure Teams and to the agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Work collaboratively with the Business and IT to recommend aligned solutions in order to support the business goals and Company objectives.
• Coordinate and collaborate on incidents and service requests with other resources including Solution Analysts, Development, Infrastructure, iSeries, Storage, QA, and Network.
• Escalate application service requests to appropriate resource or vendor. Follow up to ensure timely response.
• Administer infrastructure resources - servers, clusters, networking (DNS, LTM, and DHCP), databases, and OS platforms (Windows, Linux).
• Prioritize service requests.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Architects to negotiate and prioritize minor projects and collaborate with resource management for Infrastructure Analysts assigned to major projects.
• Assign resources to smaller scale projects that add minor functionality, enhance existing capabilities, install minor package software/hardware upgrades and patches, or correct bugs depending upon scale and complexity of upgrade.
• Provide onboarding and on-going training for Database and System Engineer Team Members. Implement effective strategies to improve performance

• Analyze service requests and maintain performance metrics to identify areas for continuous improvement. Implement a strategy to execute the improvement plan. Provide status reporting and results of continuous improvement efforts.
• Oversee the full technology and software lifecycle development and implementation program and technical activities to ensure successful project execution and meeting requirements.
• Participate in Crisis Management, continuous improvement and knowledge management.
• Schedule resources to ensure 24x7, coverage of all critical applications.
• Align resources to specific platforms/subject matter expertise.
• Manage queue of service requests to ensure timely response and effective support.
• Continuously build out knowledge base of systems support troubleshooting resolutions and information to support intelligent decisions, self-learning, reasoning and explanations for corrective actions taken.
• Coordinate service request activities that require multiple providers, including third party contractors, client business units, and any support personnel that require parallel or serial actions.
• Manages responsibilities for the department to include: hiring of new Team Members, promotions, creating a work environment that promotes teamwork, performance feedback, discipline, recognition and termination.
• Cross-train and develop skills of staff to include succession planning.
• Manage delivery of minor projects to ensure they are on time and on budget.
• Safety is an essential function of this job.
• Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• 21 years of age.
• Proof of authorization/eligibility to work in the United States.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Nevada Gaming Control Board registration and any other certification or license, as required by law or policy.
• 6+ years of relevant Information Technology experience.
• 5+ years of relevant management experience.
• Demonstrated experience in service desk tools and workflow processes, ITIL Service Delivery and Support, preferably with a formal ITIL qualification or certification, installation, Configuration, System Maintenance, Performance and Capacity management of both OLTP and OLAP environments, design and…