Network Operations Center (NOC) Analyst at AppDirect in Pune, India

Job description

• The Network Operations Center (NOC) Analyst is an active participant in network incident management for managed WAN interfaces and managed security sites with circuits varying in size from T1’s to DS3, which employ technologies such as AVPN, ADI, MPLS, Multilink T1s, Ethernet, Cellular and Broadband. The role relies heavily on knowledge and understanding of monitoring and ticketing platforms to effectively troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• The NOC Analyst interacts regularly with and is an advocate for all customers with whom he/she is working and who have subscribed to AppDirect’s Managed Network Services. This position requires a strong customer focus and an ability to deal with different customer requirements and priorities.
• The successful candidate for this position will effectively utilize prior education and demonstrated work experience to make an immediate, independent contribution to the Network Operations Center team.
• The NOC is an integral part of AppDirect’s 24x7x365 operational environment. This position may require occasional shift rotation to cover holidays, weekends, and other normal scheduling requirements as needed to support the business. Flexibility to work any shift as needed is required.

Responsibilities

• Own, triage, and resolve customer network (WAN/LAN) related trouble tickets to successful completion
• Detection, tracking, and restoration of customer’s network connectivity via their data circuits and/or equipment
• Remotely troubleshoot and configure WAN equipment, including routers, firewalls, switches, and load balancers from various vendors
• Engage, escalate, and work with carriers and other 3rd parties when needed as part of service restoral
• Participate in incident command bridges, hypercare, and major incidents when required
• Understand and use network monitoring tools such as Zenoss or Logic Monitor to assist in troubleshooting or analyzing network issues and performance
• Converse with technical and non-technical contacts depending on the situation.
• Perform effective ticket management including but not limited to queue management, timely ticket documentation, proper hand-off to other analysts, teams, 3rd parties, etc., communications to customers, ticket resolution
• Adhere to established Service Level Objectives and/or Service Level Agreements
• Work both autonomously and also as part of a team, assisting, when necessary, on identifying and diagnosing issues

Requirements

• Required
• Minimum of two (2) years of WAN/LAN implementation and support/troubleshooting experience
• Well-versed in TCP/IP protocols and able to troubleshoot issues remotely
• Strong understanding of the OSI Model, SD-WAN, Transport, and TCP/IP
• Demonstrable experience with routing and troubleshooting routing issues with BGP, IGRP, RIP, and OSPF
• Must be knowledgeable in NAT, access lists, policy-based mapping, traffic shaping, and priority queuing
• Must have supported data networks and telecommunications functions in mid-size enterprises, including VPN, ADI, MPLS, Ethernet, Cellular, Broadband, Wireless (WWAN), Multilink T1s
• Must have experience in command line configuration using two or more of the following product lines: Cisco, SonicWall, Juniper, ADTRAN, Meraki, Fortinet, or other relevant technologies
• Knowledgeable with DNS, DHCP, VRRP, HSRP, VLANs, and Inter-VLAN routing.
• Knowledge of network monitoring and traffic capturing tools
• Must be conceptually familiar with security-related terms, and technologies, encryption, authentication, IPsec, VPN tunnels including GRE, and controlling traffic
• VoIP knowledge and experience is a plus
• Ability to interact, communicate, and collaborate with internal/external customers, service providers, and field technicians
• Strong verbal communication and documentation skills
• Strong process improvement and customer-focused skills
• Large enterprise LAN/WAN environment or telecommunications company experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline
• Experience working in a Managed Services organization a plus
• Experience with ServiceNow and monitoring tools such as Logic Monitor or Zenoss
• Possess or be working towards ITIL v3 or v4 Foundations Certification
• Relevant technical certifications a plus, i.e., CCNA, Network+, etc.
• Conceptual knowledge of Security Operations or experience is a plus

Skills

Required

• TCP/IP protocols
• OSI Model, SD-WAN, Transport, and TCP/IP

Preferred

• ITIL v3 or v4 Foundations Certification