NOC Analyst

We are looking for NOC Analyst for our client in Syracuse, NY

Job Title: NOC Analyst

Job Location: Syracuse, NY

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $24hr - $29hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• 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.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to prioritize alarms and incidents in order to fulfill SLA commitments.
• Deliver proactive technology monitoring and implement corrective action to ensure optimal performance.
• 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 the NOC team and have the ability to work shift patterns.
• 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 turnover 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.