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BDO USA, LLP

NOC Manager

BDO USA, LLP, Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, 60523

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Job Summary: The Network Operations (NOC) Manager will lead the NOC Team within Managed Services practice. This position is a multi-faceted, challenging role that requires excellent attention to detail, the ability to effectively communicate and influence clients, develop relationships with technical and business contacts, coordinate delivering, operations and project resources, and follow tasks through to completion. The Firm provides comprehensive managed services to growing mid-market organizations. Our solutions range from cloud/infrastructure managed services, to end user service desk, to full outsourcing of IT.

Job Duties:

Acts as contact regarding all questions and information, including progress, challenges encountered, and issues identified within the NOC

Provides exceptional client service and develops deliverables and/or solutions to issues

Identifies, grows, and maintains relationships with client personnel, including members of client management

Prepares formal and informal presentations for various internal meetings

Reviews and participates in project plans for the improvement of service delivery

Facilitates the project plan making updates as directed by the management team

Manages tasks closely to make sure they are being completed and in a timely manner

Documents information from internal project meetings

Escalates any issues to senior management, as needed

Provides regular status updates on the implementation

Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude and client service mentality with staff and seniors

Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervises the day-to-day workload of team members within the NOC

Ensures teams are trained on all relevant software

Evaluates the performance of team members and assists in the development of goals and objectives to enhance professional development

Delivers periodic performance feedback and completes performance evaluations for teams in accordance with Firm guidance

Acts as mentor to team members, as appropriate

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Education:

High School Diploma or GED, required

Bachelor's degree, with a focus in Information Technology or Computer Science, preferred

Experience:

Five (5) or more years of professional experience in Service Delivery, IT or Professional IT Solution Services, required

Five (5) or more years of experience within the Microsoft operating system environment and suite of products, and web/networked computing environments (Windows Server and Desktop, MS Exchange, Active Directory, etc.), required

Three (3) or more years of experience leading small teams within the network operations center, service desk or help desk environment, required

Experience troubleshooting issues, identifying solutions, and appropriately escalating, required.

Experience with project planning, scoping and management skills, required

Business process analysis & design experience, required

Client facing consulting experience, preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

Project Management Professional, (PMP), preferred

ITIL V3/V4, preferred

Software:

One of the following, required:

Microsoft Operating Systems suite of products such as: Office 365, Active Directory, Azure, Exchange, Windows Server

Remote Management or Monitoring/Observability Solution Software. Ex. N-Central, Auvik, PRTG, Nagios, NetFlow

FortiOS or other Firewall Software Experience

Complimentary experience with Microsoft Windows systems and other network adjacent systems (VoIP, SAN, Hypervisors, etc), preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to troubleshoot issues, identify solutions, and appropriately elevate issues, required

Strong analytical, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills, required

Strong project planning, scoping and management skills, required

Strong business process analysis & design and process flow skills, required

Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills

Capacity to work in a deadline-driven environment while handling multiple projects/tasks simultaneously with a focus on details

Capable of successfully multi-tasking while working independently or within a group environment

Capable of working well under pressure while dealing with unexpected problems in a professional manner

Ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment preferred

Must have excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills

Keywords:

Network Operations Center, NOC, Manager, Azure, Service Delivery, Lead, Active Directory, AD, IT Solutions, Professional Services, Service Desk Lead, Escalate, Facilitate, Supervise.

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

Illinois Range: $90,000 - $135,000

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