Network Operations Analyst (NERC/CIP)

Employment Eligibility Statement

Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (s). Sponsorship is not available at this time.

Danta Technologies evaluates all candidates in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and EEOC guidelines. All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Job Title: Network Operations Analyst (NERC/CIP)

Location: Syracuse, NY 13202 - Onsite position

Contract: 6+ Months & Extendable

Pay rate - $30/hr on W2/Danta Technologies payroll

Job responsibilities:

• NERC/CIP Clearence Required (We are looking for candidates who have this clearance or who can obtain ASAP)
• Shift timings: Here are the shift timings (Night shift – 12 hours shift).

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

Notes:- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits: Danta offers a compensation package to all W2 employees that are competitive in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, the option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision), Major holidays and Paid sick leave as per state law.

The rate/ Salary range is dependent on numerous factors including Qualification, Experience and Location.