Network Operations Center (NOC): Three Levels of Support

Tier 1 Support

  • Alarm Monitoring and Incidents Handling
  • Performance Monitoring
  • First point of contact for client's issues
  • Managing all requests and providing coordination services
  • Categorizing issues and assigning issues to appropriate groups
  • Problem diagnosis, categorize and assign issues
  • Providing issue tracking and reporting
  • Performing basic level of problem determination
  • Issue escalation and communication
  • Trouble Ticket Management (responsible for opening, updating/managing and closing site issues, trouble tickets, and enhancement requests)
  • Routine System Maintenance
  • Changing Request Handling
  • Trouble ticket escalation and follow up

Tier 2 Support

  • Functional and Technical build specifications
  • Change Control
  • Proactive system management
  • Troubleshooting including performing hardware and fault detection (working closely with system and software engineering)
  • Maintenance activities
  • Troubleshoot day to day technical issues
  • Infrastructure Operations support
  • Reporting (including daily, weekly and monthly performance reports)
  • Basic system configuration and troubleshooting

Tier 3 Support

  • Installation and maintenance of OS
  • Installation and maintenance of basic applications
  • Application administration
  • Application troubleshooting
  • Backup Installation and configuration
  • Data restoration from backup
  • Hardware troubleshooting
  • Database administration and configuration
  • Database upgrades and patching
  • OS upgrades and patching
  • Network components management
  • Network performance and troubleshooting
  • Performance tuning
  • Hardware and Infrastructure setup
  • Development of monitoring tools and enhancement to existing products