
Network Operations Specialist
- Erlanger, KY
- $70,500-95,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide escalated technical support
- Proactively identify, research and resolve technical problems
- Responsibility for monitoring and completing tickets in assigned queues
- Deploy network configuration items into production environments, collaborating with internal departments and external vendors.
- Identify and ensure telecom and network service level requirements are met across all regions.
- Participate in after-hours maintenance and on-call support
- Ability to work in a secure datacenter environment (including lifting up to 50 lbs.)
- Facilitate the acquisition and integration of new technology into the environment
- Identify and recommend new technology value to the organization
- Research technical concepts and educate other team members as needed
- Present research / proposed projects to IT management
- Participate in technology evaluations
- Collaboration with other design teams within IT
- Develop quality documentation of technical processes and procedures
- Document all ticket and project work
- Ensure documentation is sufficient to yield reproducible results
- Identify, track, any resolve gaps in existing documentation
- Review automated infrastructure monitoring systems and escalate appropriately
- Review allocation of system resources to identify usage trends
- Recommend improvements to systems and IT support process
- Recommend implementation standards
- Ensure all applicable infrastructure is patched to meet defined standards and identified vulnerabilities are remediated in a timely manner
- Ensure infrastructure configurations, processes, and procedures are aligned with information security standards
- Track and complete assigned IT projects
- Complete tasks in a timely and quality fashion
- Adhere to implementation, quality control, and change control standards
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification in computer science, information technology, or related technical field
- 3 years experience in the implementation and support of large-scale network systems
- Subject matter competency in managing LAN/WAN communication services
- Subject matter competency in service level agreements, building process and procedures, and knowledge management
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Experience working in a knowledge management platform
- Experience interacting with external vendors and contractors to deliver solutions
- Strong verbal communication and presentation skills
- Result driven, shows initiative, attention to detail, and customer service orientation
- Familiarity in contract and vendor management and business/IT practices
- The ability to physically interact with and manage IT equipment in a data center, MDF, or IDF
- Experience working in a 24 X 7 environment
- This position may require travel on an as-needed basis to domestic and international company locations and training events
- Subject Matter Familiarity with DevOps practices and OKR framework
- Experience working with a distributed team in a large campus environment
- Experience with Network/Systems Management products such as Cisco DNA, and SolarWinds.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to manage network infrastructure components, including power and cabling.
- Current Cisco Certification