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As part of the Priority Incident Response team, this a critical role drives effective operational restoration in an L3 capacity for our properties located in US and Canada. This position covers Second or Third Shift, generally 4PM to 1AM or 12AM to 9AM, respectively (shifts will overlap for hand-off). Leverages network engineering capabilities to supports the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of network services that support core property management functions (guest Wi-Fi, back office, POS etc.) for US/Canada hotels. The function of Priority Incident Response is 24x7x365 in nature. Where capacity exists, this role also helps to perform research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of innovative, high performing, property network solutions to meet current and future critical network needs in terms of problem management.
Job Responsibility:
Provide Network support for priority incidents as directed by US/Canada Incident Commander
Collaborates through the incident with key team members (infrastructure, application, etc.) to engage service providers and other stakeholders to identify problem root cause and drive service restoration (examples: Property Management Systems, Point of Sales, File and Print, Key Servers, etc.)
Operates as the liaison between Properties, Continent teams and Corporate IT
Provides closure to incidents or initiates a process-based, hand-off to next shift
Works with support vendors and providers to ensure proper global coverage, phone support, parts replacement and smart hands
Work to create and mature incident response processes
Drive the objectives associated with Problem Management
such as customer communication and Root Cause Analysis reports
Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate
Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery, operations and continual service improvement processes
Identifies solutions that may contribute to greater stability and reliability of property infrastructure
Develop implementation plans, test plans, and timelines for projects and tasks
Create and enhance administrative, operational and technical policies and procedures, adopting best practice guidelines, standards and procedures for employees, contractors and vendor engagements
Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk
Establishes cadence of communication with US/Canada and other organizations to stay abreast of deployment and production support activities
Works in a concerted effort with application development and engineering teams to resolve complex network issues
Provides oversight, collaboration, provisioning, management and maintenance of technology products and service alternatives that improve the production services environment
Responsible for the establishment and continuous development of monitoring and alerting for all production environments
Contributes to continuous improvement of internal processes
Attends training to ensure skillset and tools support the production environments and deliver on project commitments
Performs quantitative and qualitative analyses for operational availability to promote a zero-defect environment
Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers
Assists operational teams in system updates & upgrades
Provides consultation for routine systems development
Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels
Actively coordinates with IT service providers and vendors to bring incidents to resolution
Manages Service Providers with a focus on continuous service improvement and service restoration
Monitors, manages and leads Service Provider outcomes required to ensure operational availability and a zero-defect production environment
Consults with internal Service Management & external Service Providers on performance, business reporting, analytics metrics and business value dashboards
Submits reports in a timely manner, ensuring delivery deadlines are met
Promotes the documenting of project progress accurately
Provides input and assistance to other teams regarding projects
Manages and implements work and projects as assigned
Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems
Provides timely, accurate, and detailed status reports as requested
Provides technical expertise and support to persons inside and outside of the department
Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes
Demonstrates knowledge of function-specific procedures
Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job
Uses computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to enter data and/ or process information
Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders
Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work
Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to ensure completion of any projects on schedule
Collaborates with internal partners and stakeholders to support business/initiative strategies
Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand
Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field experience/certification
5+ years' progressive experience as a network engineer
3+ years' experience in some or all of the following: Implementation of WAN, LAN, and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical, customer-facing applications and services
Technical knowledge in networking (Cisco and non-Cisco, load balancing, firewalls, security design (intrusion detection and prevention), DNS, NTP, Network Tools & Management
Technical knowledge common routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP), IPv6, VPN, etc. across a global distributed network hands-on experience with the datacenter fabric platforms (Cisco, Arista, or equivalent) hands-on experience with common routing and switching platforms (Cisco, Juniper, HP/Aruba etc.)
Ability to work non-standard hours and days in a 24x7x365 environment
Occasional travel required
Nice to have:
ITIL V4 certification
Experience in WAN and LAN design and implementation, preferably with a focus on hotel property networks
Understanding of legacy networking routing protocols and the interaction with cloud interconnect
Technical knowledge and experience with telco and ISP networks, ensuring diversity and managing availability
Experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams
Strong technical knowledge of foundational networking technologies and solid understanding of the software-defined networking (SDN) ecosystem
Strong understanding of network infrastructure automation, instrumentation, and monitoring platforms and the emerging technologies in this area
Experience driving operational performance through defining and enforcing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Service Level Agreements (SLAs)