Networking Managed Services Engineer (L2)

Networking Managed Services Engineer (L2)
Minimum Requirements:
Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in IT/Computing (or demonstrated equivalent work experience).

• CCNP or equivalent certification.

• Certifications relevant to the services provided (certifications carry additional weightage on a candidate's qualification for the role).

Required Experience:

• Moderate level of relevant managed services experience.

• Moderate level knowledge in ticketing tools preferably Service Now.

Job Description - Knowledge and Attributes:

• Ability to communicate and work across different cultures and social groups.

• Ability to plan activities and projects well in advance, and takes into account possible changing circumstances.

• Ability to maintain a positive outlook at work.

• Ability to work well in a pressurized environment.

• Ability to work hard and put in longer hours when it is necessary.

• Ability to apply active listening techniques such as paraphrasing the message to confirm understanding, probing for further relevant information, and refraining from interrupting.

• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

• Ability to place clients at the forefront of all interactions, understand their requirements, and create a positive client experience throughout theclient journey.

• Additional skills proficiency such as (but not limited to) -
• Pulse Secure SSL VPN / Virtual Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet Firewalls / Cisco Nexus switches, ASR and ISR routers / Cisco ACS, ISE / Meraki switches and access points / Enterprise network architecture / Common routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP / Network address translation / Configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting uplinks to ISPs for DIA, MPLS and P2P circuits / Familiarity with common network management and monitoring tools such as SecureCRT, Logic Monitor

Responsibilities:

• Proactively monitors the work queues.

• Performs operational tasks to resolve all incidents/requests promptly and within the agreed SLA.

• Updates tickets with resolution tasks performed.

• Identifies, investigates, and analyzes issues and errors before or when they occur, and logs all such incidents promptly.

• Captures all required and relevant information for immediate resolution.

• Provides second-level support to all incidents, and requests and identifies the root cause of incidents and problems.

• Communicates with other teams and clients to extend support.

• Executes changes with clear identification of risks and mitigation plans to be captured into the change record.

• Follows the shift handover process highlighting any key tickets to be focused on along with a handover of upcoming critical tasks to be carried out in the next shift.

• Escalates all tickets to seek the right focus from CoE and other teams, if needed continue the escalations to management.

• Works with automation teams for effort optimization and automating routine tasks.

• Coaches Service Desk and L1 teams for technical and behavioral skills.

• Establishes monitoring for client infrastructure.

• Identifies problems and errors before they impact a client's service.

• Leads and manages all initial client escalation for operational issues.

• Contributes to the change management process by logging all change requests with complete details for standard and non-standard including patching and any other changes to Configuration Items.

• Ensures all changes are carried out with proper change approvals.

• Plans and executes approved maintenance activities.

• Audits and analyses incidents and requests tickets for quality and recommends improvements with updates to knowledge articles.

• Produces trend analysis reports for identifying tasks for automation, leading to a reduction in tickets and optimization of effort.

• May also contribute to / support project work as and when required.

• May work on implementing and delivering Disaster Recovery functions and tests.

• Performs any other related task as required.

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