NOC Engineer - Conway, Arkansas

This position is a fully onsite position in Conway, AR

Purpose

The NOC Engineer will be responsible for evaluating, configuring, and supporting desktop hardware, desktop applications, and user administration. They must also maintain current and thorough knowledge of customer environments. Strong communication skills are a must with a specific focus on verbal interaction.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate intuitive problem-solving skills and allow for flexible scheduling.
• Support, configuration, and maintenance of desktops and applications.
• Assist in technical analysis of system issues and outages as they occur across customer enterprise networks.
• Assist in research to troubleshoot and resolve the issue or, depending upon complexity, escalates the issue to
  
  

higher-level systems administrators and network engineers.

• Prioritize remediation of issues in a 24 x 7 environment with critical uptime requirements.
• Perform and/or assist with digital forensic analysis post-incident.
• Configuration/Administration support for Mobile Device Management and cloud applications
• Work closely with the other teams to assess risk and provide recommendations for improving our security
  
  

posture.

Additional Responsibilities

• Implement new technologies and roll-out new products and systems in coordination with Senior Engineering
  
  

staff.

• Performs trend analysis on monitoring alarms, incident reports, and service tickets, to resolve identified
  
  

issues.

• Provide timely response to all incidents, outages, and performance alerts. Categorize issues for escalation to
  
  

appropriate technical teams.

• Collect and review performance reports for various systems and report trends in hardware and application
  
  

performance to assist senior technical personnel to predict future issues or outages.

• Monitor a wide variety of information and network systems that include, but are not limited to routers,
  
  

switches, firewalls, VoIP systems, servers, storage, backup, operating systems, and core applications.

• Document all actions in accordance with standard company policies and procedures.
• Perform basic systems testing and operational tasks (installation of patches, network connectivity testing,
  
  

script execution, etc.).

• Monitoring, maintenance, diagnostics, and repair of computer equipment and downloading of client products.
• Other Responsibilities as assigned by management.
  
  

Minimum Skills, Education And Experience

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Must have strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
  
  

Preferred Skills, Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Computer Science or 1 years applicable help desk role preferred.
• Experience with Zendesk is a plus
• Experience with a Managed Service Provider (MSP) is a plus
• MS-900 M365 Fundamentals
• AZ-900 MS Azure Fundamentals
• CompTIA Server
• CompTIA Network
• CompTIA Security
• ITIL 4 Foundation Training
  
  

Starting Compensation: $45,000/year

CORE VALUES

We are seeking highly motivated individuals who have the willingness and ability to demonstrate Ascend core values:

• Committed to Client Success: Our actions and our words always align with the best interest of the client.
• One Team: We work collaboratively to overcome challenges with humility and respect and do what it takes to
  
  

find innovative solutions.

• Integrity: We are unquestionably committed to doing the right thing even when it is hard.
• Accountability: We hold ourselves and each other accountable for keeping our commitments to our clients, our communities, and one another.
• Transparency: We create open lines of communication with each other and our clients, fostering relationships
  
  

founded on candor and trust.

Physical Demands

Must be able to sit, stand, and bend for the duration of shift. The position is mainly sitting, with occasional lifting up to 50 lbs, such as laptop, server equipment, and, driving to the work site to meet with client(s).