Technical Operations Manager

Job Description

Job description:

When it comes to reliability and security of the network, company offers no compromise. Our network is monitored 24/7 by an Integrated Operations Centre and supported by a technically competent Technical Operations team (TechOps) that is well-versed in the various domains of IP & Transport, InfoSecurity, IoT & Cloud Ops, and Network Management & Support Tools.

The candidate should possess strong leadership with resolution and technical problem identification skills and passionate in solving customer's issue by putting the Customer First.

They are required to manage and lead the TechOps team in supporting proactive Change Management of the active infrastructure, Incident and Problem Management from all incoming escalation or technical escalations and provide great service experience in recovery of customer services in the shortest possible time.

Candidate must also apply the urgency and quick in response to any network anomaly in the operation. To build the trust and confidence with customer through quick restoration of services.

Responsibilities:

Lead and manages a team of engineers in the TechOps team.

Manage Incident Management and Problem Management Process and Escalation to meet SLA.

To be contactable 24 x 7 as an escalation contact.

Trending analysis and identify gap areas with recommendation for Change Requests raised or implemented by TechOps, where applicable.

Incident Review & Improvement, including strategies in improvement of the active network and driving down fault cases.

Vendor management for fault tickets and maintenance.

Budget and forecast Department expenditures.

Requirements

Degree or Diploma in Engineering or equivalent.

Candidates with at least 7 - 10 years of leadership and technical support experience in a Telco Technical Tier 3 environment is preferred.

Knowledge of Fibre, Carrier IP and Transport Networks providing Metro-E, IPVPN, DWDM, IoT, Private Cloud and cyber-security services.

Forward thinking on technology, keeping current with best practices and industry trend.

Good understanding of Public, Hybrid Cloud configuration, diversity across platforms.

Strong understanding of networking technologies (routers, switches, TCP/IP)

Experience with different platform technologies (Windows, Linux, VMware, MacOS)

Experience with security technologies (IDS, IPS, FW, AV, Proxies, DLP, PKI, SSL/TLS, SSL visibility, VPN)

Good analytical skills with experience of various OSS platforms and Network Management System (NMS).