Network Operations Center Technician

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Job Summary:

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is an exciting and dynamic work environment grounded in organizational principles that include family and personal life/work balance; an inclusive, respectful, and supportive work environment; professional development opportunities; innovation; and alignment with the campus's teaching, learning, and research missions.  DoIT provides core IT infrastructure services to the university, develops and implements services for the university and in some cases, for the Universities of Wisconsin, plays a major role in managing the state-wide higher education network and regional networks.

We are seeking a motivated individual who enjoys real-time problem solving and wants to make a meaningful impact every day. As part of our Systems and Networking Control Center team, the Network Operations Center Technicians serve as the frontline guardians of UW-Madison’s digital environment. Our technicians monitor hundreds of critical IT systems and networks—responding quickly and help ensure seamless connectivity 24/7/365.

In this role, you’ll oversee the health and performance of services and infrastructure that supports support students, faculty, researchers, and partners across Wisconsin and beyond.

This position is scheduled to work third shift, Monday through Friday, from 11:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. An initial training period of up to six months is required, during which flexible scheduling may be available Monday through Friday. Annual holiday shift assignments and participation in on-call rotations may also be required.

This position is eligible for any of the following: 100% remote work; partial remote work; or fully on-site. Remote work requires an approved flexible work arrangement (FWA), which is reviewed and approved annually. An FWA requires successful candidates to possess their own high-speed internet and phone to perform the work on a university provided computer. Per University policy, transportation between home and assigned work location is not payable/reimbursable and will be at the expense of the employee.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Monitors hosted systems using a variety of vendor supplied, off-the-shelf, and custom built tools and addresses alerts according to established protocols

• Monitors multiple communications channels including chat rooms, email, and telephones for information and updates related to incident response or planned state changes to systems that would require adjustments to normal response procedures

• Makes necessary changes to the campus domain name system (DNS) system following established industry standard Hostmaster protocols based on customer requests

• Makes necessary changes to enterprise storage systems based on established protocols and requests

• Monitors local and wide area networks using a variety of vendor supplied, off-the-shelf, and custom built tools and addresses alerts according to established protocols

Department:

Division of Information Technology, Systems Engineering & Operations (SEO),

SEO is the infrastructure and operations unit for DoIT. SEO provides physical and virtual hosting, storage, backup, and database infrastructure for campus needs as well as research computing resources. Additionally, our Digital Publishing and Printing Service (DPPS) provides full-service digital media and a wide range of printing services for campus.

The Systems and Network Control Center team is responsible for the manning and Operation of the 24×7 data center including monitoring over 400 central servers and the network operations control for the Campus backbone network.

Compensation:

Starting salary will be based on experience and qualifications. Well qualified applicants can expect to earn an hourly rate between $26.44 - $31.25, with final hourly rate based on experience and qualifications.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/). 

Required Qualifications:

• Foundational networking knowledge, including an understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP, subnets/VLANs, and routing/switching concepts.
• Basic familiarity with major server operating systems, but primarily Linux and Windows Server environments, including command-line comfort and routine troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of ITIL or similar principles ( ISO/IEC 20000,  COBIT, etc.) and hands-on experience using IT service management platforms (such as Cherwell, ServiceNow, Ivanti Neurons, etc.) to handle system monitoring and service request processing.
• Strong operational awareness, including the ability to follow runbooks, monitor complex infrastructure, escalate appropriately, and communicate clearly in a 24×7 operations setting.
• Hostmaster fundamentals, including familiarity with DNS concepts (zones, records, delegation), DHCP basics, and the ability to perform routine updates and troubleshooting in enterprise DNS/DHCP environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Operational knowledge of working in a large and complex IT environment, with highly specialized and decentralized service delivery departments, and a wide variety of constituent stakeholders at all levels of the organization (departmental technologists up to the CIO).

Education:

Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum

How to Apply:

Click on the "Apply” button to start the application process.

You will be prompted to upload the following documents:

-Resume
-Letter of Qualifications

Applicants should attach a letter of qualifications and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process.

Please note that successful applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship, on or before the effective date of appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.

Contact Information:

DoIT Human Resources, doit-hr@doit.wisc.edu, 608-263-1790

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Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodation for any step in the hiring process (e.g., application, interview, pre-employment testing, etc.), please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR) in the division you are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct, including sexual violence and sexual harassment. 
 
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7). 
 
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