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The Major Incident Manager will oversee the Major Incident Management process, acting as the primary contact for all major incidents. This role requires strong leadership and communication skills to coordinate with various stakeholders and ensure timely resolution of incidents. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred, along with 1-3 years of relevant experience. ITIL certification is a plus.
Job Responsibility:
Inviting all relevant parties, including fault clearance teams, affected areas, and stakeholders, to the Major Incident Conference or Call, ensuring adherence to the client's fault clearance criteria
Announcing incident dates to all involved parties via telephone
Ensuring a seamless process for the swift resolution of major incidents while maintaining high-quality incident processing standards
Providing transparency from the beginning of the incident, covering business impact, incident history, current analysis status, and ongoing updates throughout the fault clearance process
Designing and activating notifications to keep the client's staff informed
Conducting risk assessments, making decisions, and prioritizing troubleshooting measures while ensuring visibility of potential or actual effects
Actively monitoring and following up on agreed incident resolution measures, initiating escalations when progress is insufficient
Evaluating and analyzing all resolved major incidents
Developing and documenting measures for integration into downstream processes such as problem management, change management, availability management, and cybersecurity
Reviewing and approving Major Incident QuickCodes
Implementing sustainable stabilization strategies for the client's system landscape based on major incident management findings
Conceptualizing and preparing a monthly major incident management quality report, measuring incident resolution quality using mutually agreed criteria, and presenting findings
Supporting ongoing efforts to reduce major incident resolution times
Creating, maintaining, and enhancing a knowledge database containing incident insights, solution approaches, known errors, system relationships, and client system landscape details, ensuring alignment with client expectations
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field preferred
Minimum 1-3 years of experience in a similar role
Strong understanding of the ITIL framework and best practices, with ITIL certification (v3 or v4) preferred
Ability to analyze complex technical issues across IT domains, including infrastructure, applications, networks, and security
Basic knowledge of IT operations tools and systems, including Monitoring Tools & Console, PowerShell on Command Line, SAP & SAP ChaRM, Job Control, and Server Operations across Unix, Windows, and Azure environments
Familiarity with key technologies supporting system integrity, including Network & Network Security, Storage, Middleware, File Transfer & Archiving, Application Support, Database Management (Oracle, MSSQL), and Java Platform (PKS) for deployment and integration
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to engage with technical and non-technical audiences
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills for effective stakeholder interactions
Leadership and coordination skills to guide cross-functional teams and ensure efficiency under pressure
Excellent command of both spoken and written English
Excellent command of both spoken and written German
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