Operations Center Manager (NOC Manager)

Thinkahead

Gurugram, Haryana Hybrid permanent

Posted: February 24, 2026

Quick Summary

This Operations Center Manager role requires a proactive and process-driven manager who can lead a command center team and ensure high availability and seamless performance of critical infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have experience in infrastructure monitoring and ITIL framework, and be able to detect issues before they impact the business. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring high availability and performance of the IT environment and exercising a high level of technical expertise in infrastructure monitoring.

Job Description

We are looking for a proactive and process-driven Operations Center Manager to lead our command center team. In this role, you will be the "pulse" of our IT environment, ensuring high availability and seamless performance of our critical infrastructure. You aren't just watching screens—you are an Incident Commander and a Process Architect. We need someone who lives and breathes the ITIL framework to bring structure to chaos, and who has deep experience with infrastructure monitoring to detect issues before they impact the business.

Key Responsibilities:
• 1. Operations Center Leadership
• Manage the daily activities of the Operations Center (NOC), ensuring 24/7 coverage and rapid response to alerts.
• Lead, mentor, and train a team of System Administrators and L1/L2 Support Engineers.
• Manage shift schedules, handovers, and on-call rotations to ensure zero coverage gaps.

• 2. Infrastructure Monitoring & Tooling
• Oversee the health of the entire IT estate: Servers (Windows/Linux), Networks (LAN/WAN), Cloud (AWS/Azure), and Virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V).
• Tool Ownership: Administer and tune monitoring platforms (e.g., SolarWinds, Nagios, Datadog, Zabbix, Logic Monitor, Elastic, Splunk etc).
• Refine alert thresholds to reduce "alert fatigue" and ensure the team focuses on actionable signals.
• Design and maintain real-time dashboards for leadership, visualizing uptime, latency, and system health.

• 3. Reporting & Compliance
• Generate weekly/monthly operational reports (uptime, MTTR, ticket volume).
• Ensure patching schedules are executed on time and compliant with security policies.

Qualifications :
• Required Experience
• 12+ years of experience in IT Operations, Infrastructure Support, or NOC environments.
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership or team lead role.
• Deep understanding of the ITIL Framework (Certification is highly preferred).
• Hands-on experience with Monitoring Tools: Proficiency in configuring and managing tools like Logic Monitor, Elastic, SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios, Datadog, or New Relic.
• Solid technical background in Server Administration (Windows/Linux) and basic Networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, Firewalls).

Soft Skills :
• Crisis Management: Ability to stay calm and decisive during high-pressure outages.
• Communication: capable of translating complex technical issues into clear business updates for executives.
• Analytical Thinking: A data-driven approach to identifying trends and inefficiencies.

Preferred (Bonus Points):
• ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation/Intermediate Certification.
• Experience with ITSM tools like ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, or BMC Remedy etc.
• Basic scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python) for automation.
• Experience in a Hybrid Cloud environment (On-prem + Azure/AWS).

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