IT Operations Analyst

MSM Technology; Mississippi; On-site; USD 43,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

MSM Technology is seeking a vigilant 24/7 monitoring professional to provide incident response for enterprise ops. You will monitor health and availability, perform initial troubleshooting, triage incidents, and coordinate restoration with technical teams.

Responsibilities include documenting incidents, facilitating communications, and supporting root cause analysis for recurring issues in a fast-paced environment. DHS background check is required and a rotating shift schedule applies.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience and minimum 3 years of related work experience.
• U.S. citizen capable of DHS background investigation.
• Willingness to work a rotating two-week shift schedule (day/night).

Responsibilities

• Monitor production environments for alerts, interruptions and performance issues.
• Perform initial troubleshooting, incident triage, and incident management activities.
• Coordinate with owners and engineers to restore services quickly.
• Document incident activity, timelines, and decisions; prepare after-action reports.
• Support root cause analysis and develop improvement actions.

Skills

ServiceNow

Incident management

Shift work

Networking basics

Education

BA/BS degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Description

This position provides 24/7/365 monitoring, alerting, and incident response support for enterprise operations, systems, and services. The successful candidate will monitor the health and availability of the production environment, identify unscheduled interruptions to systems and services, and perform initial troubleshooting, incident triage, and incident management activities.

Job Type

Full-time

Description

This position provides 24/7/365 monitoring, alerting, and incident response support for enterprise operations, systems, and services. The successful candidate will monitor the health and availability of the production environment, identify unscheduled interruptions to systems and services, and perform initial troubleshooting, incident triage, and incident management activities.

This role supports service restoration efforts by coordinating with technical teams, facilitating communications, documenting incident activity, and supporting root cause analysis for service disruptions across the organization. The position requires strong technical judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively in a fast-paced operational environment.

• Experience using ServiceNow or similar IT service management and ticketing platforms.
• General knowledge of network and infrastructure technologies, including firewalls, switches, Windows servers, Linux servers, AWS, and Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Two to four years of experience in a large-scale computing environment, network operations center, security operations center, or enterprise operations center.
• Experience supporting incident management, service restoration, and operational communications.
• Provide continuous 24/7/365 shift-based monitoring coverage for enterprise systems, applications, and services.
• Monitor production environments to identify system alerts, service interruptions, performance issues, and other operational events.
• Identify, document, report, track, and manage incidents through established incident management processes.
• Perform initial troubleshooting and resolve routine technical issues without requiring management intervention or escalation to senior technical specialists.
• Analyze, assess, document, and support resolution of software, hardware, network, and service outages.
• Review, respond to, and resolve events reported by customers, system alerts, or monitoring tools.
• Coordinate with service owners, system administrators, network engineers, application teams, and other subject matter experts to support timely restoration of affected services.
• Facilitate technical bridges, ad hoc conference calls, and incident coordination meetings during service interruptions.
• Capture detailed meeting notes, incident timelines, troubleshooting actions, decisions, and follow-up items.
• Prepare after-action reports, incident summaries, and supporting documentation for operational review.
• Support root cause analysis activities for incidents, problems, and recurring service interruptions.
• Follow established Standard Operating Procedures, escalation paths, and operational playbooks.
• Escalate complex, high-impact, or unresolved issues to management and appropriate technical teams as needed.
• Develop and recommend process improvements, mitigation strategies, and technical approaches to address recurring operational issues.

Requirements

Available for shift work:

• Day shift (6:00 AM-6:00 PM) or night shift (6:00 PM-6:00 AM), following an alternating two-week schedule:
• Week 1: Sunday-Tuesday (36 hours)
• Week 2: Sunday-Wednesday (48 hours)
• This rotating schedule includes 8 hours of overtime every other week, paid at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate (time and a half).
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience and minimum 3 years of related work experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass a DHS background investigation.

Salary Description

$31.25 - $37.50