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Network Operations Center Manager

United States, Annapolis 109275.00 - 182125.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 31, 2026
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Job Description

The Network Operations Center Manager will lead a 24x7 operations center, ensuring effective network performance and compliance with SLAs. The role requires strong leadership in managing a team, incident management, and implementing process improvements. Candidates should have extensive experience in network operations and a solid understanding of ITIL best practices.

Job Responsibility

  • Direct daily operations of the 24x7x365 NOC
  • Ensure all incidents, service requests, and outage events are handled in accordance with SLAs
  • Maintain operational discipline, documentation accuracy, and real-time service visibility
  • Supervise NOC staff, shift leads, analysts, and escalation resources
  • Oversee monitoring coverage, alert accuracy, and event correlation
  • Approve and enforce NOC SOPs, alerting rules, and ticketing workflows
  • Coordinate with Engineering, Service Assurance, Firewall teams, ISP/OSP field teams, and DoIT
  • Lead response efforts for Priority 1 and Priority 2 incidents
  • Deliver operational reports, KPIs, and executive dashboards
  • Oversee NOC training programs, certification paths, and competency development
  • NOC and Team Leadership - Manage and schedule 24x7x365 NOC and maintenance staff, ensuring training, readiness and performance accountability
  • Incident Management - Direct detection, escalation and resolution of incidents, lead incident bridges and coordinate restoration efforts
  • Service Continuity and SLA Compliance - Facilitate uninterrupted network operations and maintain service levels through proactive monitoring and issue mitigation
  • Maintenance and Change Management - Plan, coordinate and execute scheduled maintenance activities, lead change management process with proper approvals and testing
  • Problem Management - Conduct Root Cause analyses (RCAs) and implement permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence
  • Provisioning and Implementation Oversight - Manage deployment of new services, circuits and network devices and ensure quality and timeliness
  • Performance Monitoring and Reporting - Track and analyze network KPIs, maintain performance dashboards for internal and customer reporting
  • Continuous Improvement - Implement process improvements and introduce tools/automation to enhance operational efficiency

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years as an IT Operations Center Manager
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in network operations, including at least 5 years managing a Net Operations Center (NOC) or similar 24x7X365 operations team
  • Minimum 5 years monitoring and managing configuration of 500+ network devices
  • Minimum 5 years monitoring and managing a virtual server environment
  • Strong technical expertise in networking and fiber technologies
  • Current ITIL Foundation certification
  • Must possess a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related field. Equivalent work experience of five (5) years may be substituted for a degree
  • At least five (5) years of experience in network operations, monitoring, troubleshooting and/or provisioning, including at least two (2) years in a managerial or supervisory role
  • Proven leadership of 24x7x365 enterprise-class operations
  • Strong understanding of ITIL best practices, incident management and service operations

Nice to have

  • PMP (Project Management Professional) or PgMP (Program Management Professional)
  • Cisco Certifications (CCNP, CCIE)
  • CompTIA Network+, Security+, or CySA+
  • Fiber Optic Technician Certification (CFOT or equivalent)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP) for network environments
  • Knowledge of network automation and orchestration tools (e.g., Ansible, Python scripting)
  • Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture and advanced cybersecurity frameworks
  • Strong vendor and contract negotiation skills for fiber and networking services
  • Ability to manage multi-site network deployments and large-scale fiber rollouts
  • Experience with large-scale network migrations, upgrades, and service transitions

What we offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution
  • Flexible spending or health savings account
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Paid time off
  • Employee assistance
  • Participation in a 401k program with company match

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