Position Title: Senior TOC Analyst - Tier 3
Location: Richmond, VA (Remote)
Clearance Requirements: None
Pay Rate: $55/hr on W2
Position Description:
Join a dynamic team as a Senior TOC Analyst - Tier 3, focusing on advanced troubleshooting, incident management, and monitoring optimization within a fast-paced technology environment. This REMOTE position offers an exciting opportunity to lead major incident responses, fine-tune monitoring tools like SolarWinds, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure operational excellence. Work with leading edge monitoring and observability solutions, develop documentation, and mentor junior analysts. This contract-to-hire role is ideal for experienced IT professionals seeking to make a significant impact in banking and financial services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Tier 3 escalation point for complex issues detected through monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, Splunk, and telemetry.
- Lead technical triage during major incidents, utilizing tools and logs to diagnose and resolve outages effectively.
- Optimize monitoring dashboards, alert thresholds, and service maps for proactive detection.
- Identify gaps in existing monitoring setups and collaborate with engineering teams to onboard new systems.
- Develop and maintain runbooks, diagnostic guides, and network topology documentation.
- Coordinate incident resolution efforts with Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, and Application teams.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to Tier 1 and Tier 2 support teams.
- Support disaster recovery exercises and validate monitoring readiness.
- Maintain thorough documentation and communicate incident updates clearly.
Top Requirements:
- 5+ years of IT operations or TOC/NOC experience.
- Extensive hands-on SolarWinds experience (NPM, NTA, SAM, alert tuning, dashboards).
- Proven Tier 3 troubleshooting expertise across networks, servers, cloud environments, virtualization, and applications.
- Strong incident management skills, including leading outages and technical triage.
- Deep observability expertise using SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, Splunk, telemetry, and analytics.
- Broad understanding of infrastructure troubleshooting across the entire stack.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills (runbooks, escalation procedures, incident reports).
- Experience mentoring Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Banking or financial services experience.
- Relevant certifications such as ITIL v4, CCNA, Network+, SolarWinds SCP.
- Scripting and automation skills.
- Familiarity with SIEM and security event correlation.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and occasional travel; rotating after-hours on-call support.
About Seneca Resources
At Seneca Resources, we are more than just a staffing and consulting firm, we are a trusted career partner. With offices across the U.S. and clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government organizations, we provide opportunities that help professionals grow their careers while making an impact.
When you work with Seneca, you re choosing a company that invests in your success, celebrates your achievements, and connects you to meaningful work with leading organizations nationwide. We take the time to understand your goals and match you with roles that align with your skills and career path. Our consultants and contractors enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plans, and the support of a dedicated team who will advocate for you every step of the way.
Seneca Resources is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
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