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Job Title: NOC Technician
Location: Louisville, KY (Onsite Data Center)
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled NOC Technician to join our monitoring team. In this critical role, you will provide Level 1 to Level 1.5 support, ensuring continuous oversight and operational excellence across our enterprise infrastructure. You’ll be the first line of defense in detecting, analyzing, and escalating incidents across networks, applications, and systems infrastructure—helping maintain the stability and performance of both remote and on-premises data center environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide “Eyes on Glass” monitoring and first-response support for our enterprise applications, networks, and systems.
- Use a variety of monitoring platforms (e.g., Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Splunk, ThousandEyes, ServiceNow) to detect and respond to system events and anomalies.
- Triage incidents based on detailed SOPs, working toward resolution or escalating to higher-level teams with clear documentation.
- Initiate and manage incident response processes, including hosting technical bridges and engaging appropriate support teams via platforms like PagerDuty.
- Monitor and participate in MS Teams channels to remain informed and report on real-time issues.
- Perform basic infrastructure support tasks, including IIS resets, application pool recycles, load balancing updates, log analysis, server reboots, and more.
- Deliver hands-on operational support across both Windows and Linux environments, supporting tasks such as software installations, NetScaler changes, and event log/data capture.
- Collaborate with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and development teams to support application performance and availability.
- Document incidents, actions taken, and resolutions in the ServiceNow platform to ensure knowledge transfer and process transparency.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of monitoring capabilities and incident response procedures.
Required Qualifications:
- 1–3 years of experience in a NOC, data center, or IT operations monitoring environment.
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Splunk, and ThousandEyes.
- Working knowledge of Windows and Linux server environments.
- Basic troubleshooting experience with web infrastructure components (IIS, load balancers, app pools).
- Experience with ITSM tools like ServiceNow and incident management tools like PagerDuty.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage issues in a high-pressure environment.
- Willingness to work in a 24/7 operational support environment, including weekends and holidays as part of a rotating shift schedule.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Exposure to DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
- Familiarity with network fundamentals and troubleshooting tools.
- ITIL Foundation certification or similar a plus.
Work Schedule
· Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 6am-6pm
· Week 2: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday 6am-6pm
*Weekly schedule rotates back and forth between these two schedules
NOC Technician Louisville, KY
For over 16 years, Brooksource has established and maintained relationships that are designed to meet your IT staffing needs. Whether it’s contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent placement work, we customise our search based upon your company’s unique initiatives, culture and technologies. With our national team of recruiters placed at 21 major hubs around the nation Brooksource finds the people best-suited for your business. When you work with us, we work with you. That’s the Brooksource promise.
Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
Benefits & Perks:
Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.
Pay Disclaimer:
The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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