NOC Supervisor (Overnight)

NOC Supervisor (Overnight) Location: Quincy, MA (HQ) Job Code: 5178 # of Openings: 1 Description

Granite Background & History

Granite is one of the premier communications services providers to businesses across the United States and Canada. We provide exceptional customized service with an emphasis on reliability and outstanding customer support and our customers include over 85 of the Fortune 100. Granite has over $1.8 Billion in revenue with more than2,300 employees and is headquartered in Quincy, MA just off I-93 and directly next to the North Quincy T Station on the Red Line. Our mission is to be the leading telecommunications company wherever we offer services as well as provide an environment where the value of each individual is recognized and where each person has the opportunity to further their growth and achieve success.

o Granite has been recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one of the "Healthiest Companies" in Massachusetts for the past 14 consecutive years

o Our Quincy office has an onsite dining facility and a fully equipped state of the art gym that offers daily Cross Fit, Mixed Martial Arts, and Yoga classes available to employees at zero cost.

o Granite's philanthropy is unparalleled with over $200 million in donations to organizations such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute, The ALS Foundation and the Alzheimer's Association to name a few.

o We have been consistently rated a "Fastest Growing Company" by Inc. Magazine.

o Granite was named to Forbes List of America's Best Employers 2022

o Granite was recently named One of Forbes Best Employers for Diversity

If you are a highly motivated individual who wants to grow your career with a fast paced and progressive company, Granite has countless opportunities for you.

EOE/M/F/Vets/Disabled

General Summary of Position:

This role requires managing a team of network technicians and engineers who are responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving network issues as they arise.

As a NOC Team Lead you will be responsible for ensuring that your team is meeting established SLAs and adhering to standard operating procedures for incident response, problem management, and change management. You will also be responsible for monitoring the performance of the network and proactively identifying potential issues before they become major problems.

To be successful in this role, you should have a strong technical background in networking, with a thorough understanding of networking technologies, protocols, and architectures. You should also have excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and manage a team of technical professionals in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

The position will require strong organizational skills to effectively case manage critical issues from account management and customers to provide excellent communication and leave customers confident in Granite's support.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervision and oversight on a team of NOC technicians under the Networking, Security, or Voice Applications practice.
• Being available and approachable to direct reports
• Monitoring and enforcing team goals and performance objectives
• Assessing and improving intra-departmental workflow
• Developing internal talent and training processes
• Providing coaching and actionable feedback to reports
• Escalating and communicating at a high level with customers and varying levels of Granite management
• Approving time cards and other time keeping functions
• Identifying areas of improvement and creating growth plans

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to effectively multi-task and delegate
• Proven and effective leadership skills
• Aptitude for learning and adapting to new support procedures and processes
• Excellent communication skills and grammatical aptitude
• 1-2 years of experience leading/supervising/instructing
• Ability to work cooperatively and complete tasks as assigned
• Strong background in networking
• Bachelor's Degree
• Ability to qualify for P2 Public Trust Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of industry equipment and operating systems including but not limited to: Fortinet, VeloCloud, Juniper, Cisco/Meraki, AdTran.
• 2+ years Telecommunications industry experience
• 2+ years technical troubleshooting background
• Experience working in a high-demand proactive response environment
• Experience working with the Connectwise Manage CRM tool
• CCNA certification
• Project management experience