Onsite NOC Engineer — Mission-Critical Network Ops

American Unit, Inc; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

American Unit, Inc. in Omaha, NE is seeking a NOC Engineer / Network Engineer for a fully onsite role focused on incident management and network operations. You will monitor, triage, and resolve outages across routers, switches, WAN, and related telecom infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has strong networking fundamentals, Linux experience, and the ability to work fixed 2nd or 3rd shift Sunday–Thursday or Tuesday–Saturday, with effective communication during incidents and documented runbooks.

Qualifications

• Monitor and support network operations from a NOC environment, responding to incidents and outages.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, routing, switching, and core network protocols.
• Coordinate with telecom vendors, ISPs, and internal teams to resolve issues.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support network operations from a NOC environment, responding to incidents, alerts, outages, and service-impacting events.
• Troubleshoot network connectivity, routing, switching, and core network protocol issues.
• Configure, administer, and maintain routers, switches, and related network infrastructure.
• Coordinate with telecom vendors, ISPs, utility providers, and internal teams to resolve connectivity and service issues.
• Provide initial triage and escalation for microwave radio communications issues.
• Manage incidents through identification, prioritization, documentation, escalation, and resolution tracking.
• Utilize Linux system administration knowledge to support network-related systems and operational tools.
• Communicate clearly during active incidents and provide timely status updates.
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, incident records, and knowledge articles.
• Support mission-critical environments where reliability and responsiveness are essential.
• Participate in shift handoffs to ensure continuity across network operations.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

Routers & switches

Linux administration

Incident management

Vendor coordination

Onsite shift work

Job description

American Unit, Inc. in Omaha, NE is seeking a NOC Engineer / Network Engineer for a fully onsite role focused on incident management and network operations. You will monitor, triage, and resolve outages across routers, switches, WAN, and related telecom infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has strong networking fundamentals, Linux experience, and the ability to work fixed 2nd or 3rd shift Sunday–Thursday or Tuesday–Saturday, with effective communication during incidents and documented runbooks.