NOC Engineer

Globalconnectsynergy; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 892,800 - 1,339,200; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Karachi is looking for a Network Support Engineer to ensure 24/7 uptime of network systems. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering, with 5-7 years of experience, preferably in a VoIP environment. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, monitoring network systems, and providing first-level customer support. CCNA/CCNP certification is preferred. This role requires excellent technical knowledge of networking protocols and device configurations.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years relevant work experience required.
• Hands-on experience of Quality of Service in a VoIP environment.
• Excellent knowledge of IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP.

Responsibilities

• Provide first level support to customers for service-related issues.
• Monitor and resolve network systems, servers, and infrastructure issues.
• Detail tracking of customer service needs in ticketing systems.

Skills

TCP/IP

Routing & Switching protocols

VoIP protocols

Network Management tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

CCNA/CCNP certification

Tools

Windows Server 2012 R2 & 2016

VMware

Juniper configurations

Cisco configurations

Job description

Monitors and maintains network systems, servers, and critical infrastructure to ensure 24/7 uptime andperformance. Troubleshoots network issues, escalates incidents when necessary, and works to quicklyresolve outages or degradations in service.

RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS

• First level support to Internal / External customers for all service-related issues.
• Log all help desk activity into Service Desk Management System.
• Escalate Service Desk issues to appropriate Supervisor/Manager when necessary.
• Detailed tracking of each customer's service needs ticketing system.
• Respond to client requests, notifications, and out of service events generated by monitoring tools.
• Follow-up with customers to ensure all issues/needs have been resolved/met.
• Proactive monitoring and timely issue resolution of production systems.
• Proper escalation of issues to management and vendors according to established guidelines andpolicies.
• Performing remote troubleshooting through diagnostic techniques and pertinent questions.
• Troubleshoot including pulling logs, analyzing logs, simulating customer?s environment to duplicateproblems.
• Recognize and escalate more difficult problems to Tier II support.
• Primary point of contact of third-party service providers who will be contacted forinterconnections, issues, outages, and troubleshooting.
• Occasional visits to POP / Client End.
• Hardware configuration and validation of network related devices such as xDSL modems, networkinterface devices, Layer 2/Layer 3 switches, firewalls, routers, microwave radios, voice, VoIP, SIP,PRI, hosted voice, and analog voice services.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 5-7 years? relevant work experience.
• Preferably a CCNA/CCNP certified candidate

EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Knowledge of TCP/IP, Layer2 and Layer3 devices and general network theory.
• Understating of Routing & Switching protocols, complex transport system hardware and softwarearchitectures.
• Familiarity with various operating systems and platforms (e.g. windows server 2012 R2 & 2016,windows 10, VM ware environment)
• Excellent understanding of technologies, operating systems, networking, anti-virus, back-ups,systems and firewalls.
• Can troubleshoot and design complex router configurations; specifically, Juniper, Cisco, Maipu andMikrotik configurations.
• Hands on experience of Quality of Service in a Voice Over IP environment and VOIP protocols such asSIP, RTP/SRTP including TLS.
• Skilled with Network Management tools (Monitoring, flow analysis, graphing).
• Experience as a Windows and Linux systems administrator, technical support or similar, of whichshall have involved the support and provisioning of Cloud workloads, preferably in Azure / Amazon /Google Cloud.
• Excellent knowledge of IPv4, IPv6, OSPF, BGP, and MPLS/LDP, DNS DHCP, VPN & NAT.