The IT Operations Sr. Manager will be part of the Information Technology team and will report to IT Sr. Director/IT Head. This position is responsible for working with other IT vertical leaders/teams, HQ IS, Workstream Operations Leadership and as required, with 3rd-party partners, vendors, and providers.
Responsibilities:
- Management of IT support operations
- Responsible for designing the roadmap, directions, and strategies for IT Operations
- Responsible for creating the overall budget for IT Operations with full coverage of scope that includes but not limited to support headcount, asset replenishment/replacement/upgrade, operational systems/tools, and team-related activities.
- Responsible for providing guidance to the team and ensuring that each member is aware of what he/she needs to deliver and the success measure of the deliverables.
- Closely coordinate and provide direction to IT managed services leadership - SDM and supervisors.
- End-to-end management and tracking of issues, problems and tasks ensuring full visibility from an IT standpoint.
- Prioritization of incident and request tickets and delegate the same to IT Support for proper action, elevate as necessary.
- Conduct regular review and analysis of tickets with the managed IT Support services team to determine burning issues, strategize mitigation and monitor/track mitigation effectiveness.
- Perform follow ups with end users to measure satisfaction with issue resolution and as needed, determine areas of concern, and implement corrective actions.
- Manage compliance-related activities from testing, analysis, remediation, and closure in coordination with Information Security and IT Support teams.
- Support Project Management Office in the fulfillment of IT-related projects from an IT Operations perspective.
- Periodically analyze IT support strength in alignment to the operational need of the business and recommend changes e, g, people movements, or augment as deemed necessary.
- Conduct periodic performance review meeting with managed IT Support services team; Review relevant reports and recommendations on individual member’s scorecards/KRA, and as necessary, implement improvement plan.
- Drive and lead regular touchpoint with managed IT Support services team, and quarterly business review with leadership teams of vendors and internal IT team
- Conduct regular touchpoint with workstreams leaders to understand their IT Support needs, make follow ups to on-going tasks, and discuss issues and recommend plan to remediate the same.
- Continuously assess the needs of the team and recommend improvements as necessary.
- Plan training strategy for IT Support members in alignment to the team’s set goals.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to IT Support members through periodic one-on-one touchpoint.
- Ensures IT asset-related processes are sacredly followed, performed, and periodically audited.
- Works closely with ITAM team on IT asset-related activities that includes but not limited to planning, assignment, distribution, warranty claims, repairs/maintenance, cost recovery and disposal.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of Windows Systems, Database System, Email System, Active Directory, NS Service, VM System, Citrix, Remote App/Monitoring System, Backup Management, and server/storage hardware (sizing, design, troubleshooting)
- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Systems (Windows Platform, MS SQL, MS Exchange, WSUS, Active Directory, DC/DNS/DHCP), VMWare, Citrix, Backup System, Storage System, Antivirus System (McAfee, Symantec, Cylance) and related devices/technologies
- Advanced understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft cloud solutions e.g., O365, Teams, One Drive, SharePoint, etc.
- Advanced knowledge of Networking, LAN/WAN basics and its interplay with the entire IT ecosystem
- Advanced knowledge in IP, TCP/UDP, ICMP, SNMP, SMTP, VoIP, SIP, VPN
- Knowledgeable in information security controls and compliance as applied to the end-user computing environment e.g., machine hardening, anti-virus, system patching, etc.
- Knowledgeable of IT Service Management system such as ServiceNow or equivalent solutions.