Operations Analyst

Encore Technologies; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Encore Technologies in Cincinnati seeks an Operations Analyst to lead real-time incident governance across client and internal IT environments. You will own incident management processes and coordinate response during high-impact events.

As the initial Incident Commander, you will drive structured communications, align cross-functional teams, and ensure end-to-end ownership from detection through restoration, while upholding SLAs, documenting timelines, and contributing to post-incident reviews

Qualifications

• Experience in IT operations, service desk, NOC, or command center environments.
• Strong understanding of ITIL incident management frameworks.
• Experience in real-time operations, escalation management, or crisis coordination.
• Ability to lead calls and coordinate teams under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain real-time governance and incident coordination.
• Act as primary responder and incident commander.
• Lead technical bridge calls and track progress.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, service desk, and vendors.
• Provide executive-level incident updates and timelines.
• Ensure end-to-end ownership and runbook adherence.
• Analyze incidents for patterns and preventative measures.

Skills

Incident management

Real-time operations

Crisis coordination

Leading calls

ITIL knowledge

Tools

LogicMonitor

Datadog

Zabbix

Job description

The Operations Analyst serves as a process and engagement leader within the IT Operations Command Center responsible for real-time operational governance, critical incident coordination, and service health oversight across client and internal environments. The role extends beyond traditional monitoring and triage by owning execution of incident management processes, facilitating major incident response, and ensuring cross-functional alignment during service disruptions. The Operations Analyst acts as the initial Incident Commander, driving structured response, communication, and activities in high-impact situations. This role reports to the Operations Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain continuous presence in the designated telephony queue during assigned shifts to ensure immediate response to incoming priority and high priority incident reports.
• Continuously monitor enterprise environments (network, infrastructure, cloud, applications) using centralized observability platforms.
• Proactively identify anomalies, service degradation, and early indicators of critical incidents.
• Correlate alerts and events to reduce noise and identify actionable incidents.
• Maintain situational awareness across all environments within the ITOCC scope.
• Act as the primary responder and coordinator for incidents, following defined processes and procedures.
• Perform incident classification, prioritization, and severity determination.
• Drive timely triage and escalation aligned to runbooks and service level objectives.
• Ensure incidents are owned end-to-end until resolution or proper handoff.
• Maintain strict adherence to defined incident management workflows and governance.
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams (i.e. engineering, service desk, vendor, client stakeholders).

Major Incident & Crisis Leadership

• Serve as Incident Commander for Major/Critical Incidents.
• Initiate and lead technical bridge calls, ensuring structured participation and progress tracking.
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams (i.e. engineering, service desk, vendor, client stakeholders).
• Provide real-time executive-level updates and situational summaries.
• Deliver clear, concise, and timely incident communications to internal and external stakeholders.
• Communicate impact, status, risks, and estimated restoration timelines.
• Serve as the single source of truth during active incidents.
• Ensure communication aligns with both internal and external expectations.
• Execute against and continuously improve incident management runbooks and SOPs.
• Identify gaps in existing processes and recommend enhancements.
• Contribute to standardization of ITOCC operating procedures.
• Ensure Consistency and auditability of response actions.
• Maintain detailed and accurate incident timelines, actions, and decisions.
• Support post-incident reviews and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure all incidents meeting documentation and compliance standards.
• Analyze incident patterns and recommend preventative measures.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on problem management initiatives.
• Participate in process maturity advancements within the ITOCC.
• Support automation and tooling improvements for event and incident handling.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 2-4+ years’ experience in IT operations, service desk, NOC, or command center environments.
• Strong understanding of incident management frameworks in ITIL.
• Experience in real-time operations, escalation management, or crisis coordination.
• Ability to lead calls and coordinate teams under pressure.

Preferred:

• ITIL Foundation or higher certification.
• Experience with a monitoring/observability tool (i.e. LogicMonitor, Datadog, Zabbix, etc,).
• Exposure to enterprise infrastructure (network, server, cloud).
• Experience supporting external clients in managed service.

Certifications (nice to have)

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Occasional walking between facilities.
• Occasional lifting, pushing, pulling up to 15 lbs.