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The Senior Business Systems Analyst will be a member of NBCUniversal's Video Platform Software Engineering organization, concentrating on Ad Sales technology. The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for ensuring our Ad Sales business can perform their day-to-day activities utilizing our integrated systems. This role provides front-end user support, back-end monitoring and troubleshooting for a variety of systems which assist with functions such as sales, planning, pricing, campaign management, traffic/operations, creative, promotions, ad serving, delivery and billing.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take ownership of all types of tickets from a queue to analyze and follow up on requests while meeting established SLA's.
• Work in a team setting with counterparts on solving issues at hand but also able to work solely while providing updates to stakeholders throughout the process.
• Understand how issues impact the business and escalate critical issues when necessary.
• Document and follow standard operating procedures for production troubleshooting and incident management.
• Leverage AI tools to aid in issue resolution and documentation.
• Understand system design to be able to guide others on complex business logic and troubleshoot calculation, integration, and backend data issues.
• Identify and manage defects and work with vendors and engineering teams to resolve and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with varying teams to understand system functionality and architecture to solve issues, document in a knowledge base and gain an overall better understanding.
• Analyze process and system issues and suggest areas for improvement and solutions, such as automation opportunities.
• Determine alerts monitors and logging needed to identify problems before they occur help troubleshoot and prevent issues.
• Works occasional evenings during special events.
• Rotating weekend on call shifts for urgent issues and provide backup coverage as needed.

• Minimum 5 years of experience working in an ad sales system
• Experience with a unified ad business management platform (eg., Operative.One) 
• Experience troubleshooting software, system integrations, and other technology issues.
• Experience with SQL 
• Experience with customer interactions and maintaining positive relationships
• Willingness to have a flexible work schedule to meet operational and special event coverage needs

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, IS, or similar technical discipline.
• Self-motivated and accountable, with a high level of commitment to responsibility.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; ability to work across multiple groups.
• Experience with providing automated solutions (scripting, testing, RPA, etc.).
• Experience working with modern technology solutions (API's, data streams, microservices).

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to be performed from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee's residence. #LI-Remote

This position is eligible for company-sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. You can learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

Salary range: $85,000 - $105,000

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

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