| Location | Washington, DC |
| Industry | Telecommunications Services |
| Salary | $28.50–$31.50 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 1,500 to 1,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence!
Overview
TNS has an amazing opportunity in our Network Operations Center for a NOC Technician! In this role you will answer incoming phone calls from customers and document, isolate and resolve network and customer specific incidents.
Responsibilities
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Monitor network surveillance systems, respond to alarms and error conditions, as well as monitor email and manage a phone queue taking direct support calls from our customers and vendors.
Manage and resolve assigned incident tickets.
Provide direct support to internal and external customers to mitigate service impact resulting from network events.
Perform complex troubleshooting, fault isolation, root cause analysis, and incident management supporting SS7, SIP, and Diameter Signaling Platforms as well as IPX and IP networks.
Perform troubleshooting for BGP peering and IP connectivity alarms
Troubleshooting Ethernet, DS0, DS1, DS3, and optical circuits and connectivity utilizing -Switches, Routers, STPs, DACS, DNX, DSR's and other muxing equipment
Interface with TNS customers, telecommunications carriers, and equipment vendors. -Perform routine and corrective maintenance on network elements
Work a rotating shift as required to support 7x24x365 Operations
Must be able to perform shift work including nights, weekends and holidays as required
Good communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.
Qualifications
Desired Competencies
Experience in a Network Operations Center or similar Operational Support environment in a technical support or engineering role
Working knowledge of LTE technologies including Diameter, S8, S6a
Working knowledge of SIP message calls flows and platform interworking.
Working knowledge of IP networking technologies and troubleshooting.
Cisco IOS and JunOS experience
Experience troubleshooting IPX networks
Experience troubleshooting BGP peering issues
Desired Skills/Experience:
Verbal and written English skills essential.
Experience / knowledge of IP networking and WAN network protocols.
Experience with telecommunications hardware, circuits, and digital cross connect systems including testing, turn-up, and troubleshooting
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio)
Ability to type 40+ words per minute
Basic proficiency working in a Unix/Linux environment
Ability to multi-task and excel in a fast-paced environment
Direct Experience with MetaSwitch Perimeta SBC is highly beneficial
Working knowledge of ticketing systems such as Remedy and Salesforce, monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Splunk and Netreo.
A working knowledge of the ITIL framework, or ITIL foundation certification.
Education: Bachelors degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
Our people make all the difference in our success.
If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!
TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Transaction Network Services (TNS) has been delivering industry-leading solutions for the payments, financial and telecommunications industries since 1990. TNS is the preferred supplier of networking, integrated data and voice services to many leading organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of extensive telecommunications network solutions to service providers.
TNS is a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TNS) listed company with a healthy balance sheet, secure assets and a loyal customer base that includes some of the largest global blue-chip companies in the world. Many of the world’s leading companies continue to count on TNS as their primary provider of a range of networking and communication services, enabling them to expand regionally, nationally and globally. TNS provides services to customers in over 60 countries throughout the world.