Ascendion · 1 day ago
Network Operations Center Lead
Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company that powers growth and delivers captivating experiences. The NOC Lead is responsible for managing day-to-day command center operations across hybrid IT environments, ensuring alerts are monitored and resolved within SLAs while mentoring the team and driving improvements in standard operating procedures.
Responsibilities
Oversee real-time monitoring of infrastructure, platforms, and services using Datadog, Splunk, Zabbix, Grafana
Own adherence to SLA for alert acknowledgement, triage, and ticket lifecycle management
Lead severity assessment, impact analysis, and ensure appropriate escalation to L2/L3 teams or vendors
Drive end-to-end incident communication with stakeholders, business leaders, and client teams
Perform deep triage of alerts across network, compute, storage, firewall, and application layers
Execute SOP-defined remediation steps, trigger automation workflows, and validate outcomes
Review and update SOPs, runbooks, and triage guides for accuracy and efficiency
Support agent deployment on internal agentic / automation platforms
Guide the team in building/maintaining scripts (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation tasks
Identify repetitive processes and prioritize automation opportunities
Review code/scripts delivered by engineers and ensure version control and documentation standards
Mentor senior engineers and engineers; own training plans, skill upliftment, and shadowing models
Monitor daily operational KPIs (MTTA, MTTR, SLA adherence, volume, patterns)
Prepare and present weekly/monthly operational dashboards, health reports, RCA summaries
Maintain shift rosters, ensure coverage, and act as escalation point during critical incidents
Qualification
Required
Onshore: 8+ years
Mandatory 24x7 rotational shift readiness
Strong hands-on experience with Datadog, Splunk, Zabbix, Grafana, and ITSM tools (ServiceNow preferred)
Strong understanding of network fundamentals, OS (Windows/Linux), cloud basics (AWS/Azure/GCP), firewalls, storage systems
Ability to guide and review automation using Python/PowerShell/Bash
Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills
Benefits
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Long-term disability insurance
Shortterm disability insurance
5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State
10-15 days of paid vacation time
6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year
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