Senior NOC Engineer

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Schaumburg, IL

Connection

<strong>Founded in 1982, Connection delivers valuable IT services and advanced technology solutions to business, government, education, and healthcare markets. Today, we serve our customers through our staff of highly trained Account Managers, our team of on-staff experts, and our efficient procurement websites. We are also proud to offer custom-configured computer systems from a ISO 9001:2015 certified technical configuration lab at our distribution center in Wilmington, OH.</strong><br /><br /><strong>Our company has over&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connection.com/content/about/certifications-and-authorizations?cm_sp=content-_-about-us-_-certifications-and-authorizations">2,500 technical certifications</a>&nbsp;that ensure our experts can solve any customer need, no matter how complex. Additionally, our GlobalServe offering delivers global procurement solutions through our network of 500 suppliers in 174 countries.</strong> https://www.connection.com/

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Full Time

Overview: <p>Connection has an excellent full time, permanent position in our technical services division. We are looking for a&nbsp;<strong><u>Senior NOC Engineer</u></strong>&nbsp;to support our customers' IT environments. Our office is located in Schaumburg, however, this role can be done from home. Yep, this is a REMOTE position.</p> <p>Shifts (Work from Home): M-F; 2 pm-11 am</p> <p>M-Sat; 11pm-8am</p> <p><strong>WE OFFER...</strong></p> <ul> <li>A generous PTO package -- up to 15 days a year plus 7 paid holidays.</li> <li>401k matching program with full health, dental, and other benefits as well.</li> </ul> <p><strong>ARE YOU...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Familiar with a variety of technical environments?</li> <li>Highly experienced with Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP?</li> <li>Able to understand vulnerability scanners on a network and implement appropriate solutions?</li> </ul>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>You are a key stakeholder in incident response, troubleshooting, network planning, and procedures development.</li> <li>Perform system network and design in order to conduct high-level system analysis.</li> <li>Planning and coordinating installations and deployments.</li> <li>Identify ways to improve existing systems, determine cost benefits, and recommend solutions.</li> <li>You will be supporting a variety of Connection customers who have various technical environments, SLA's and technical needs.</li> </ul> <div id="gtx-trans" style="position: absolute; left: -43px; top: -20.0028px;">&nbsp;</div>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Strong familiarity with ITIL best practices while working from a ticketing system as part of a larger team.</li> <li>Clearly communicating and following expectations of all firewall, server, and networking engineering tasks.</li> <li>Conduct network audits; perform network testing (regression, functionality, and performance).</li> <li>Expert understanding of networking principals (IP addressing, subnets, routing, and switching.</li> <li>Understanding of server O/S (Windows) and of Microsoft SCCM.</li> </ul>