As a Sr. Problem Manager, a Typical Day Might Include the Following:
- Manage Problem Management queue to address underlying cause for incidents and drive continued improvement in service availability.
- Keep appropriate stakeholders up-to-date with latest information through timely and regular written and verbal communications.
- Conduct technical research, analyze and evaluate existing systems (operating systems, architecture, database, hardware platforms, network) to drive investigation on any reported problem.
- Martial the appropriate resources and serve as liaison between Operations Team and the infrastructure, development and business groups to resolve critical problems in the environment.
- Drive continued improvement on problem management processes across geographically dispersed development and operations teams.
- Drive continued improvement in system availability through problem identification and resolution.
- Monitor KPIs that indicate effectiveness of the Incident / Problem Management process.
- Keep knowledge up-to-date with technical architecture developments across the platform
- Follow the company Code of Ethics and NICE policies and procedures at all times.
- Communicate in an effective and professional way with customers in and outside of NICE.
To Land This Gig You'll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent work experience required
- 7+ years of incident management experience
- Strong background in the root cause analysis toolkit – KT diagrams, Ishikawa diagrams, 5 Whys, etc.
- Strong documentation skills including written documentation and diagrams
- Strong customer communication skills with the ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical customers; able to improvise and persuasively communicate ideas/positions on an ad hoc basis.
- Proven skills at cultivating strong working relationships and driving collaboration across multiple business and technical teams.
- Ability to organize resources across different teams to drive resolution of system critical issues.
- Ability to apply technical analysis of application issues to solve customer reported problems.
- Ability to work well within a team to learn and share knowledge.
- Experience with different web platforms
- Experience with web technologies (JavaScript, HTML / XML, Cookies, FTP / SFTP).
- Experience working in a customer-centric environment.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Broad and deep understanding of the complex roles that technology plays in business systems.
- ITIL Foundations and/or Six Sigma certification