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Job Location drjobs

Vienna, VA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY TO AVOID REJECTION.

  • Eligibility: Open to both C2C and W2 options.
  • This is a multiyear contract position.
  • Bachelors Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education training and experience required.
  • Extensive IT experience in hardware infrastructure protocols or key areas like mainframe networking middleware or Azure.
  • Green card/USC Required no sponsorship.

Shift Details:

  • Night shift position (6:00 PM 6:00 AM).
  • Rotating twoweek schedule:
    • Week 1: Work MonTues Off WedThurs Work FriSun.
    • Week 2: Off MonTues Work WedThurs Off FriSun.
  • Contractors are expected to work every other weekend and some holidays.

Role Overview:
The Major Incident Manager will coordinate and recover major outages impacting IT systems and services. Operating within a 24x7 team the role focuses on monitoring incident resolution communication and continuous improvement of incident management processes. The position requires active collaboration with IT teams vendors and management to ensure efficient recovery and minimize the impact of outages.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Monitor Service Desk ticket queues system alerts and escalations to identify trends or outages.
  • Act as the primary contact for incident escalations and service issues.
  • Lead incident management processes determining impact and prioritization.
  • Communicate operational issues and recovery updates to stakeholders.
  • Coordinate troubleshooting and recovery efforts with support teams and vendors.
  • Document issues recovery activities and resolutions in incident timelines.
  • Update outage information in management tools for tracking and reporting.
  • Provide suggestions to reduce incident severity and frequency.
  • Participate in PostIncident Review Meetings and technical change advisory board meetings.
  • Manage and communicate weekend maintenance windows and military pay bridge activities.
  • Prepare and publish operational status reports and morning updates.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • Extensive IT experience in areas such as mainframe networking middleware (Websphere) or Azure.
  • Proven experience leading incident bridge calls from triage to recovery.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead in fastpaced large enterprise environments.
  • Strong research analytical problemsolving and organizational skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills.
  • Practical experience in incident management processes.

Desired Qualifications:

  • ITIL v3 or v4 Foundations Certification.
  • CCNA or networkingrelated training and certifications.
  • Middleware or Azurerelated training and certifications.

Employment Type

Full Time

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