ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The Incident Manager will have experience managing incidents in a Network Operations Center or equivalent 24x7x365 operations center supporting the resolution of Major Incidents for an enterprise or Government agency. This position supports evenings and weekend as needed. Key duties include:
1) Performs all functional duties independently.
2) Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments. Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks. Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems. Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable.
3) Monitor and support Incident management in production, development, and test environments in all data centers used by the client.
4) Provide a central point for coordination of incidents that arise in all environments. Establish and orchestrate bridge calls with emphasis on restoring service to users as quickly as possible, facilitate and troubleshoot toward resolution of incidents, and manage incidents to completion.
5) Coordinate, escalate, and/or resolve operational system/application/network events that have the potential of negatively impacting system and application availability to the user community.
6) Define and document metrics to judge efficiency and effectiveness of Incident Management Process. Examples: Mean Time to Repair, Mean Time Between Failures, Repeat Incidents
7) Create, update and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, Technical User Guides, Troubleshooting Guides, and Customer Contact Database. Conduct quarterly reviews of all documents.
8) Populate Knowledge Management Database with known troubleshooting procedures. Develop "lessons learned" on all escalated incidents.
9) Escalate incidents in accordance with established escalation procedures.
10) Report on previous business day's Enterprise Operations Center call volume and SLAs to be incorporated into the CIO Morning Meeting report slides. Content may change as the Government reporting requirements change over time. Due daily by 7:30am.
11) Report monthly on outstanding tickets dependent on third party action. Report to include ticket, item awaiting action, third party, duration and if known estimated resolution time.
12) Proactively identifies opportunities for process and/or documentation improvement.
13) Supports the development of monthly Enterprise Operations Center reporting for SLAs and KPIs.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

* 3+ years of experience and a B.S. degree. Bachelor of Science (BS) can be substituted with an additional 4 years of related experience.
* 3 years of strong experience with Fault and Performance monitoring and reporting tools such as: IBM Netcool Omnibus, AppDynamics, HP Operations Manager
* 3 years of experience with working with incident management tools such as BMC Remedy
* 3 years engineering experience within a large-scale, complex Manager of Manager (MoM) type monitoring environment
* 3 years exposure to Service Management/ITIL framework and concepts (incident, problem, change management, RCA)
* 2+ years of proven demonstrated troubleshooting skills; highly skilled in the implementation, integration, testing and support of distributed applications
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills: experience working with technical and functional resources; experience presenting information to client / senior leadership
* Excellent problem solving skills: proven ability to resolve issues and explain complex problems
* US Citizenship

EEO Requirements

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All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.