Network Operations Analyst

Inherent Technologies; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Inherent Technologies is seeking a Network Operations Analyst for an on-site role in Syracuse, NY. The position involves monitoring network health, triaging incidents, and supporting 24x7 operations.

The Analyst1 will prioritize alarms, provide diagnostics, and escalate to senior staff as needed while maintaining clear communication with management and internal customers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of network surveillance experience.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Able to document issues with a high level of accuracy.
• Multitask in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting and the OSI model.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize alarms and incidents to fulfil SLA commitments.
• Deliver proactive technology monitoring and implement corrective action.
• Provide diagnostics and updates to management and teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and sponsor system changes.
• Coordinate and route incidents, calls and tickets within the NOC.
• Monitor the alarm activity and track incidents to meet response times.
• Create and update tickets with accuracy and provide shift turnover.

Skills

Network surveillance

Incident management

TCP/IP knowledge

Communication skills

Documentation

Education

Associate degree in Networking or related field

Job description

• Occasional on-demand travel, expenses will be reimbursed.

Position: Network Operations Analyst

Location: Syracuse, NY***Onsite***

Duration: 1 Year

Job Responsibilities

• Occasional on-demand travel, expenses will be reimbursed.
• Shift timings: Rotational

Shifts

3rd Shift - Sunday 10PM - Monday 9AM, Monday 10PM - Tuesday 9AM, Tuesday 10PM - Wednesday 9AM, Wednesday 10PM - Thursday 9AM

2nd Shift - Wednesday 1PM - 12AM, Thursday 1PM - 12AM, Friday 1PM - 12AM, Saturday 1PM - 12AM

2nd Shift - Sunday 1PM - 12AM, Monday 1PM - 12AM, Tuesday 1PM - 12AM, Wednesday 1PM - 12AM

Position Summary

The NOC Analyst1 position is the first point of contact related to network health management. The person in this position is required to work in a team environment, under limited supervision and reports to the Network Manager. Due to the nature of environment 24x7 support business, the Analyst1 will be on site for network surveillance and event management.

Team provides communication, information, and resolution on all network related events to management and our internal customers. As the first point of event management; the NOC Analyst1's goal is to provide an efficient and effective response to Network issues via triage, escalation, resolution, and follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Ability to prioritize alarms and incidents in order to fulfil SLA commitments
• Deliver proactive technology monitoring and implement corrective action to ensure optimal performance.
• To provide diagnostics and technical updates on incidents to other members of the operations and engineering teams and senior management.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and sponsor the introduction of system changes to improve efficiency.
• Work well within our NOC team and have the ability to work shift pattern.
• Proactively monitor technology solutions to ensure events are captured and resolved before they become an incident, whilst in the event of a major service outage, liaise with all relevant departments to undertake emergency fault diagnostics to resolution.
• Escalate issues to Senior Staff/Shift Lead/Shift Manager
• Perform incident documentation by creating tickets. Incident documentation includes selection of the affected party, prioritization of the incident, filling in the mandatory fields such as type and time of incident and a brief description.
• Update internal customers and management regarding the status of their inquiries or issues
• Research and resolve issues such as documentation requests, repeat issues, customer follow-up as appropriate, recommend any process improvements and provide shift turn over status.
• Be the front line to NOC's technical support staff by coordinating and routing incidents, calls and tickets
• Monitor the alarm activity through the Network Management - monitoring system
• Track incidents where applicable to verify that response times and availability requirements established in the SLA are met.
• Create and update tickets with 100% accuracy, following established procedures
• Execute projects given by Management
• Personal Training and Career development

Knowledge Requirements

• Requires a minimum of 2 years of network surveillance experience or related fields of study.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Must be able to document issues with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced and demanding environment.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting and the OSI network model