
Problem Manager
Leidos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $92,300 - $166,850 per year
About the role
- Lead end-to-end problem management activities for high-impact or recurring service issues.
- Coordinate and facilitate root cause analysis efforts using evidence from incident records, monitoring tools, bridge notes, logs, vendor inputs, and stakeholder interviews.
- Build clear timelines, identify contributing factors, document a single confirmed root cause when supported by evidence, and track open unknowns when evidence is incomplete.
- Produce high-quality post-incident and problem analysis reports for technical, operational, and leadership audiences.
- Drive corrective actions, preventive actions, lessons learned, and follow-up improvement work to closure.
- Partner with Incident Management, Change Management, Operations, Engineering, and service owners to reduce repeat failures and improve resilience.
- Monitor trends across incidents and problems to identify recurring patterns, systemic weaknesses, and opportunities for service improvement.
- Support service review discussions and help ensure performance, availability, and operational commitments are being met.
- Contribute operational insight to change planning, service improvement initiatives, and related program efforts as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 6–10 years of relevant experience.
- Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Experience in Problem Management , Major Incident Management , Service Operations , or related ITSM functions in a complex enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating root cause analysis and driving corrective actions across multiple teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present technical issues clearly to leadership and stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration, coordination, and conflict management skills.
- Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment while maintaining strong follow-through and accountability.
- Practical technical familiarity with enterprise infrastructure and operations, with working knowledge in several of the following areas: Windows, Linux, UNIX, networking, firewalls, middleware, storage, mainframe, cloud operations, or data center operations.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Problem ManagementMajor Incident ManagementService OperationsRoot Cause AnalysisCorrective ActionsPreventive ActionsPost-Incident AnalysisTechnical DocumentationEnterprise InfrastructureCloud Operations
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationCollaborationCoordinationConflict ManagementAccountabilityIndependent WorkFollow-ThroughDynamic Environment AdaptabilityStakeholder Engagement