Network Operations Centre (NOC) Engineer

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Thrive IT Systems Ltd

Position: Network Operations Centre (NOC) Engineer

Location: Cheltenham, UK

Duration: Permanent

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Technical NOC Engineer role, responsible for supporting the Network Infrastructure and associated DC services. This includes operational and administrative tasks under an ITIL framework to deliver support for two Data Centre’s. The role is to deliver Network Service Requests, Incident resolution, and Change execution for the Data Centre’s network environments.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Candidate must have valid Security Clearance.
• Strong Network Data and Security knowledge. CCNA Level networking knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of configuring Router, Switches, and Firewalls.
• Prior experience of NoC/Incident Handling and supporting Network technologies such as routing/switching, Firewalls, load balancers, and proxies that underpin multiple data centres.
• Experience working with alerting and monitoring tools such as CISCO DNA-C, Prime, Nagios etc.
• Experience working with any ITSM tool such as Service Now.
• ITILv3/ITIL4 certified or recent relevant experience working in ITIL controlled environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Role includes P1 Operational on-call support, subject to scheduling.

Essential Responsibilities

• Operational support of Network environments across two UK Data Centres.
• Support in-house ticket analysis, workgroup management and escalations.
• Support Service utilities that underpin regional IT operations, including Monitoring & Alerting products.
• Technically support any requirements across the Cyber Security, Application, and Infrastructure groups in region.
• Follow and promote change control processes to ensure compliance and protect service.
• Follow asset management processes in region and improve CMDB accuracy.
• Document and control Standard Operating Procedure (SOP’s) for IT processes.
• Promote and demonstrate an Automation First thinking. Deliver best fit use cases for automation.
• Collaboration with other teams across Linux, Windows, and DB teams.