Search Engine Administrator - American Technology Consulting

Title:Search Engine AdministratorLocation:One John Deere Place Moline IL USA 61265Interview:WebcamDescription:Major Purpose: Works on a product team and supports product design by planningits work, coordinating with others, and writing and testing code to delivermoderately complex functionality on a complete product or significant portion ofa product it supports. This level develops simple designs to solve well-definedproblems with guidance from more senior team members. May assign, coordinate andreview portions of the work to support personnel; Makes decisions withinestablished guidelines subject to review by supervisors; Executes high levelapplications to more complex problems. Major Duties:? Develops, codes,configures, and tests programs and systems. ? Evaluates and implementsenhancement design solutions to improve cost, quality, and performance ofsoftware applications. ? Analyzes assignments and determines softwarespecifications that must be fulfilled to achieve objectives. ? Executesnecessary documentation, as directed, or needed. ? Collaborates with otherrelevant stakeholders and team members to ensure that features meet businessneeds. ? Follows industry-standard agile software design methodology fordevelopment and documentation. Skills, Abilities, Knowledge: ? Ability toanalyze, translate, and define business requirements into technical solutions. ?Excellence in verbal and written communication forms with emphasis on persuasivecommunication, tact and negotiation. ? Ability to apply engineering principlesand concepts for designs. ? Ability to manage many competing priorities/requestsin a fast-paced environment Education: ? Degree in an Engineering/Technologydiscipline or equivalent experience. - University Degree (4 years or equivalent)? Degree in an Information Technology discipline or equivalent experience. -University Degree (4 years or equivalent) Work Experience: ? Previous experiencein programming/software development. (1 - 3 years) ? Software developmentprocesses experience. (1 - 3 years) ? Participating in Agile Development (1 - 3years) ? Experience working in an Agile Environment (1 - 3 years)This position will be part of a Global IT Scrum Agile Delivery Team. This rolewill support and maintain the search engine for Deere.comJob responsibilities:- Specialize in working within IBM Watson Foundational to ensure crawling,indexing, and query capabilities are meeting customer expectations.- Work within established guidelines such as coding and versioning standards,workflow automations, and change/incident/vulnerability/problem management- Responsibility for periodic on-call support of reported High/CriticalIncidents related to Search Engine Application and InfrastructureSkill Set Requirements:- Experience administrating/supporting applications hosted within LinuxInfrastructure- Experience working with Search Engines (IBM Watson, Solr, ElasticSearch,OpenSearch, etc.)- Demonstrated technical problem-solving abilities- Demonstrated ability to work independently to deliver solutions and documentresolution steps/observations- Experience with communicating technical decisions and their rationales tostakeholders and development teamsWhat makes your candidate stand out:- 2+ years practical experience with enterprise search technologies (IBM Watson,OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Solr)- Ability to work with cloud databases and complex environments requiring highperformance and scalability