Associate NOC Engineer — Vesu, Surat (Part-Time)
This is a part-time, on-site Associate NOC Engineer opening in Vesu, Surat, Gujarat 395007, paying ₹33,000 a month on a flexible in-office schedule. You'd join a network operations team that keeps an eye on the infrastructure supporting several client sites, working reduced hours without a reduced level of responsibility once you're on shift. The team covers a mix of small business clients and a couple of larger accounts, so the day-to-day variety is usually wider than a single-network setup would offer.
What the job involves
- Configuring and maintaining network hardware, including routers, switches, and firewalls across the sites this team supports.
- Troubleshooting connectivity issues as they come in, from a single office losing internet to a broader outage touching multiple locations.
- Monitoring network performance and security throughout your shift, watching for slow links, unusual traffic, and anything that looks like the start of a security incident.
- Planning capacity for future growth, flagging when a site's bandwidth is trending toward a ceiling before it becomes a problem.
Part-time here doesn't mean light. During your hours on shift, you'd carry the same monitoring and escalation responsibilities as a full-time NOC engineer, just for a shorter stretch of the day. Because of that, coordination with the next shift matters more, so a clear handoff at the end of your window is part of doing the job well. Most shifts pass without a major incident, but monitoring still needs someone paying attention the entire time, since a NOC's value largely comes from what it catches before a client notices anything wrong.
Experience and education
18 months of relevant network operations experience is required. A bachelor's degree is the minimum qualification, with electronics or computer science being the most common backgrounds for people in this line of work, though we don't require a specific branch beyond that. Someone coming in from a general IT support role, provided they've had real exposure to routing and switching along the way, would also be a reasonable fit.
Skills required
- Network monitoring tools. Comfortable reading dashboards and configuring basic alerts, not just watching a screen passively.
- Incident response. Working an issue from first alert through resolution, keeping the right people informed as it progresses.
- Troubleshooting. Systematic diagnosis of connectivity and hardware problems, comfortable escalating cleanly when something is beyond associate-level scope.
A CCNA or equivalent foundational networking certification will help an application stand out, as will any exposure to a specific monitoring platform such as SolarWinds or PRTG. Neither is required. Candidates who've worked a helpdesk or support role before moving into networking often adapt well, since much of the job is calm, methodical communication as much as technical diagnosis. Basic scripting knowledge, even something as simple as automating a repeated status check, is a small extra that tends to impress during the technical round.
Pay and benefits
Along with the ₹33,000 monthly pay, this role includes:
- Pro-rated paid leave, scaled to the part-time schedule.
- Flexible in-office scheduling, with shift timing worked out between you and the NOC lead rather than fixed rigidly in advance.
- Performance-based incentives tied to shift reliability and incident handling quality.
- Relocation assistance and accommodation support for candidates moving to Surat, which employers around Vesu commonly extend even to part-time on-site hires.
How the shift works
The part-time schedule here typically covers a defined block, usually either mornings or evenings, agreed on a monthly basis rather than fixed permanently, which gives some room to work around study or a second commitment. You'd report to the NOC shift lead and coordinate handoffs with whichever engineer takes the following block. Naukri Mitra features this listing among several part-time technical roles that have become more common in Surat's IT sector as companies look to cover extended monitoring hours without staffing full-time shifts around the clock.
Handoff notes at the end of a shift are taken seriously here, not treated as an afterthought. A poorly written handoff has caused real confusion in the past when an issue was still being monitored, and the next engineer didn't have the full picture, so this is one of the things new hires get coached on early.
Because the role is part-time, growth here tends to look a bit different from a standard career ladder. Several associate NOC engineers who started part-time in this kind of setup have moved into full-time positions once their availability opened up, and that path is genuinely open rather than a talking point used to fill the role.
How to apply
Send your resume along with your availability, specific days and time blocks you can commit to, since scheduling fit matters as much as the technical screen for a part-time role like this. The interview process has two stages: a technical conversation covering networking fundamentals and a couple of troubleshooting scenarios, followed by a short discussion with the NOC lead about scheduling and shift coordination. Both stages are held on-site in Vesu, and the process usually wraps up within a week of the first contact. Candidates who are flexible on which block they can cover, mornings or evenings, tend to hear back faster simply because there's more schedule flexibility to work with on our end.
