ITSM Consultant

Job Description

Incident Management:  

• Provide end-to-end management of all major IT incidents across clientTechnology Group on a 24x7 basis, ensuring resolution within established SLAs.

• Provide command and control throughout incident resolution processes, managing escalation protocols and maintaining clear communication channels with stakeholders including senior leadership.

• Perform quality reviews of incident tickets, analyse trends to identify potential major incidents, and spearhead improvement workstreams

• Carry out problem management activities including facilitating blameless postmortems, identifying root causes, and tracking remediation actions through to closure Change Management and service Request management:  

• Chair Change Advisory Board meetings, facilitate change approvals, and drive process improvements for unsuccessful changes

• Manage service request management processes, including the development of service catalogue items and automated workflows within ServiceNow Strategic ITSM Operations:

• Develop and implement ITSM strategies, policies, and processes aligned with organizational goals and industry best practices

• Operationalise ITSM processes through comprehensive training programmes and knowledge transfer sessions.

• Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices to ITSM process executions and drive workstreams for improvement

• Partner with ServiceNow Tools team on the enhancement requirements to support strategic needs of ITSM processes

Job Requirements

•Minimum 5 years of experience in IT Service Management or a similar role, preferably in a banking environment.

• Comprehensive knowledge of ITIL framework and ITSM best practices

• Experience in managing major incident responses and facilitating investigation activities

• Proven ability to manage communications during high-pressure incident situations.

• Experience facilitating cross-functional meetings and presenting to senior management.

• Strong documentation skills for creating process guides and post-incident reports.

• Demonstrate strong coordination abilities and stakeholder management skills

• Proficiency with ServiceNow platform for managing Incident, Problem, Change, and Service Requests

• Experience in developing service catalogues in ServiceNow.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and time management abilities.

• Relevant professional certifications in ITIL or ITSM are desirable.

• Knowledge of SRE best practices would be advantageous.

EA License # 14C6941