Leidos

Problem Manager

Leidos

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $92,300 - $166,850 per year

Job Level

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