Incident Manager - Secret Clearance

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunhill Government Solutions is seeking an Incident Manager to own end-to-end incident management for the Service Desk in a government-contract environment. You will ensure ITIL-aligned processes, timely escalation, and SLA compliance across teams.

The role requires strong communication with executives, MVP of KPI reporting, and coordination of cross-functional resources during major incidents. A active Secret clearance is preferred and compensation ranges with experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field (or equivalent).
• 2+ years ITSM/Service Desk or Incident Management experience.
• ITIL Foundation certification required; Practitioner preferred.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Remedy, or Jira Service Management.
• Strong incident triage, prioritization, and escalation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with executives.
• Proven cross-functional leadership in time-critical incidents.
• Experience establishing and reporting KPIs, SLAs, XLAs.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the Incident Management process per ITIL.
• Coordinate major incidents and drive bridge calls to resolution.
• Classify, prioritize, and assign incidents by severity and impact.
• Monitor queues, escalate breaches, and produce remediation plans.
• Lead post-incident reviews and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain and improve incident management docs and workflows.
• Produce incident metrics/KPIs for leadership.

Skills

ITSM

ITIL

Incident management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

KPI reporting

Root cause analysis

MTTR monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field

Associate degree +2 years experience

4+ years relevant experience

Tools

ServiceNow

BMC Remedy

Jira Service Management

Job description

The Incident Manager owns the end-to-end incident management process for the Service Desk, ensuring service disruptions areidentified, prioritized, escalated, and resolved within SLA. This role drives cross-functional coordination during major incidents, minimizes business impact, and leads post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute the Incident Management process in alignment with ITIL best practices.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination during major/critical incidents, driving bridge calls and coordinating technical resources across teams until resolution,includingTier IV/OEM vendor escalation and 24/7/365 emergency response for declared Critical (PL1) incidents
• Classify, prioritize, and assign incoming incidents based on severity, business impact, and urgencyusingdefinedpriority levels (P1-4).
• Monitor incident queues and escalates breaches or at-risk tickets per SLA thresholds;flaganyKPIsconsistently abovethresholdand produce a remediation plan.
• Communicate incident status, impact, and resolution timelines to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead post-incident reviews (root cause analysis / RCA) and drivecorrectiveAfter-Action Reviews and Problem Resolution Action Plans for high-impact or recurring issues
• Maintain and continuously improve incident management processes, workflows, and documentation.
• Partner with Problem, Change, and Service Level Management to reduce repeat incidents.
• Produce and present incident metrics/KPIs (MTTR, SLA compliance, incident volume/trends) to leadership.
• Ensureaccurateincident logging, categorization, and closure in the ITSM tool (e.g., ServiceNow, Remedy, Jira Service Management).
• Mentor and provide direction to Service Desk analysts on incident handling and escalation procedures.
• Maintain and test the major incident response plan/runbook.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).Associate degree +2 yearsadditionalrelevant experience, or 4 yearsadditionalrelevant experience can be substituted.
• 2+years of experience in IT Service Management, Service Desk, or Incident Management role.
• Solid understanding of ITIL framework (ITIL Foundation certificationrequired; Intermediate/Practitioner preferred).
• Experience with ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, Jira Service Management).
• Strong incident triage, prioritization, and escalation judgment under pressure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience communicating with executive stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams during high-pressure, time-sensitive situations.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in root cause analysis and reporting.
• Must have experienceestablishing, managing, and reporting Performance Measures (KPIs, SLAs, and XLAs) in support of government defined Performance Requirements. These Performance measures include SLAs that measure operational performance such as system availability, response times, and resolution times, based on the priority level of the service request, and XLAs that measure the quality of the end-user experience, including Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and Customer Effort Score (CES). Ideal candidates have experience inestablishingbaselines for SLAs and XLAs producing automated reports, and dashboard capabilities/technologies with near real-time visibility into all KPIs, SLAs, and XLAs.
• Familiarity with ISO/IEC 20000-1 service management alignment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government clients/contracts.
• Familiarity with monitoring/alerting tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Datadog, Splunk).
• Experience with Problem and Change Management processes.

Clearance: Active Secret clearance required.

Compensation: $75,000 - $120,000 per year, depending on experience.

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