NTT DATA Recruitment Drive 2024 | Apply Now

Qualifications

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in IT/Computing (or demonstrated equivalent work experience).
• CCNP or equivalent certification.
• Certifications relevant to the services provided (certifications carry additional weightage on a candidate’s qualification for the role).

Required Experience:

• Moderate level of relevant managed services experience.
• Moderate level knowledge in ticketing tools preferably Service Now.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Ability to communicate and work across different cultures and social groups.
• Ability to plan activities and projects well in advance, and takes into account possible changing circumstances.
• Ability to maintain a positive outlook at work.
• Ability to work well in a pressurized environment.
• Ability to work hard and put in longer hours when it is necessary.
• Ability to apply active listening techniques such as paraphrasing the message to confirm understanding, probing for further relevant information, and refraining from interrupting.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to place clients at the forefront of all interactions, understanding their requirements, and creating a positive client experience throughout the total client journey.
• Additional skills proficiency such as (but not limited to) –
  • Pulse Secure SSL VPN / Virtual Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet Firewalls / Cisco Nexus switches, ASR and ISR routers / Cisco ACS, ISE / Meraki switches and access points / Enterprise network architecture / Common routing protocols: BGP,OSPF, EIGRP / Network address translation / Configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting uplinks to ISPs for DIA, MPLS and P2P circuits / Familiarity with common network management and monitoring tools such as SecureCRT, Logic Monitor

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively monitors the work queues.
• Performs operational tasks to resolve all incidents/requests in a timely manner and within the agreed SLA.
• Updates tickets with resolution tasks performed.
• Identifies, investigates, analyzes issues and errors prior to or when they occur, and log all such incidents in a timely manner.
• Captures all required and relevant information for immediate resolution.
• Provides second level support to all incidents, requests and identifies the root cause of incidents and problems.
• Communicates with other teams and clients for extending support.
• Executes changes with clear identification of risks and mitigation plans to be captured into the change record.
• Follows the shift handover process highlighting any key tickets to be focused on along with a handover of upcoming critical tasks to be carried out in the next shift.
• Escalates all tickets to seek the right focus from CoE and other teams, if needed continue the escalations to management.
• Works with automation teams for effort optimization and automating routine tasks.
• Coaches Service Desk and L1 teams for technical and behavioural skills.
• Establishes monitoring for client infrastructure.
• Identifies problems and errors before they impact a client’s service.
• Leads and manages all initial client escalation for operational issues.
• Contributes to the change management process by logging all change requests with complete details for standard and non-standard including patching and any other changes to Configuration Items.
• Ensures all changes are carried out with proper change approvals.
• Plans and executes approved maintenance activities.
• Audits and analyses incident and request tickets for quality and recommends improvements with updates to knowledge articles.
• Produces trend analysis reports for identifying tasks for automation, leading to a reduction in tickets and optimization of effort.
• May also contribute to / support on project work as and when required.
• May work on implementing and delivering Disaster Recovery functions and tests.
• Performs any other related task as required.