Tier II Engineer - Tucker, United States - Hotwire Communications

    Hotwire Communications
    Hotwire Communications Tucker, United States

    4 weeks ago

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    Description
    RESPONSIBILITIES

    1. Monitor production network environment using a combination of monitoring tools to ensure availability.
    2. Work with Business customers, Residential customers and techs in the field installing new services via phone.
    3. Troubleshoot issues remotely with customers and technicians in the field
    4. Coordinate onsite dispatch of Telecommunication vendor repair services.
    5. Respond to automated alerts from monitoring tools according to procedure. Use diagnostic tools to ascertain level and criticality of problem. Discover faults and conditions in a proactive manner. Diagnose cause where appropriate and resolve expeditiously.
    6. Escalate issues and problems according to procedures and best judgment.
    7. Perform periodic health checks of systems.
    8. Use judgment and knowledge of networking, systems, and SMS applications to identify problems as they occur and decide on best course of action to resolve.
    9. Diagnose problems and resolve in an expeditious manner.
    10. Work with Engineers to resolve production problems.
    11. Responsible for configuring and maintaining monitoring tools.
    12. Answering direct phone calls from customers
    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
    • Knowledge of TCP/IP.
    • Knowledge of ISP.
    • Knowledge of Routers and Network Protocols (Cisco) such as OSPF, BGP, MPLS.
    • Specialties NOC / Process writing skills or training a plus
    • Experience in Monitoring Theory / Implementation a plus
    • Experience in Customer Service.
    • Experience in current Internet network hardware and software technologies.
    • Diagnostic experience of a variety of monitoring applications such as SolarWinds, Nagios
    • Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a Help Desk or high volume call center preferred.
    • Minimum of 2 years of experience working in IT Operations including knowledge of common tools, methods, and techniques
    • Minimum of 2 years of progressively responsible work experience in networks and/or server monitoring Skills
    Preferred qualifications include:
    • Experience with routing protocols, specifically OSPF and BGP
    • Experience with Optical Platforms, configuration and/or troubleshooting
    • Experience working within a cable provider environment
    • Experience working with third party circuit providers
    • Industry recognized certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, and/or CCDP
    • Vendor certifications on any Optical platform (ie: Motorola, ZTE, Alcatel etc)
    • Scripting ( shell, expect, php, python)