Missile Defense Agency (MDA) NOC Technician III
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Job description
*Create and update tickets utilizing Service Now. *Monitor network events and element management failures in real-time on a 24x7x365 basis across multiple monitoring tools. *Incident Correlation and Fault Analysis: o Proactively analyze alarms o Provide detailed analyses leading to resolution of the alarm conditions, including filtering and correlating fault information o Identifying the fault condition and its impacts o Isolating root causes o Coordinating correction of fault situations regardless of the fault in the infrastructure. *Notify necessary points of contacts based on essential or heightened awareness networks, circuits or location incidents. *Incident Analysis (Fault Isolation): o Support the fault isolation process o Diagnoses and troubleshoot utilizing procedures to isolate where the fault occurs o Identify failed network element(s) i.e. systems, hardware, software, circuits, or facilities. o Activities include: testing, fault troubleshooting, fault localization, fault logging and assignment *Support all customers to include providing global situational awareness support. *Fault Correction: o Correct/replace faulty network elements, coordinating with other service providers as necessary. *Verify that service has been restored upon resolution of all customer-initiated tickets. *Network/Service Restoration: o Restore networks and service to full operation o Coordinate with other service providers as necessary to track service restoration and meet the DISN SLA and customer negotiated SLAs. o Identify failures that are attributable to a different causes and impacts o Conduct reroute and normalization of services and circuits due to outages, degradation, or Authorized Service Interruptions (ASIs). o Reroute routine circuits within 24 hours of notification o Documenting reroute in the configuration management database (CMDB). o Provide updates on outages from technicians and/or government incident tickets until a resolution or path to resolution is identified and documented in ticket. *Provide 24/7/365 sustainment support for outages, degradation of services and Tier 1/Tier 2 support *Provide timely situational awareness to leadership and the impacted community within discovery and ticket creation using approved communication methods as outlined. *Works directly with Shift lead and O&M leadership for guidance *Incident Escalation: o Fault escalation, customer coordination and communications, and ticket system updates and status reporting utilizing procedures between Tier I and Tier II. *Record, assess, track, and monitor incident tickets escalated to operational infrastructure. *Demonstrate knowledge of training, standard operating procedures, and tools within O&M. *Evaluates and provides feedback for training, standard operating procedures, and tools. *Assist in training Network controllers within O&M. *Effectively communicates with the O&M team and the customer. *Provide technical advice and insight to peers and customers to assist in resolution of complex issues. *Demonstrate proficiency in several functions within the DISN: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, Video Services, Promina, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, Optical Switching, etc.
Requirements
*Must have DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (Security+ CE, or equivalent) at start date. *Ability to work in a 24/7 operation. *Experience with one or more of the following: alarm surveillance, fault management, LAN maintenance, performance management. *Expertise in three or more of the following: routers, switches, crypto devices, routing, DSN/DRSN, Video Services, Promina, CISCO, Juniper, MSPP, DWDM, Optical Switching. *General understanding of network topologies, both transport and IP. *Currently possess an active Secret security clearance and be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
*High school and 2-4 years of experience.
Essential Requirements:
US Citizenship is required.
Benefits & conditions
I2X Technologies is an Engineering and Information Technology Company focused on providing Services to the Federal and State Government. I2X offers a competitive compensation program and comprehensive benefits package to our employees.