
Incident and Problem Manager
Shield
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $45 - $52 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AzureCitrixCloudITSMJamfVMware
About the role
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a geographically distributed Incident and Problem Management team, fostering accountability, quality, and a positive, collaborative environment.
- Demonstrate strong leadership in remote team settings: set clear expectations, facilitate regular virtual check-ins, and promote knowledge sharing across locations and time zones.
- Oversee the end-to-end incident lifecycle: monitor ticket queues, triage incidents, coordinate escalations, and ensure timely resolution in line with SLAs.
- Manage the problem management process: identify recurring issues, facilitate root cause analysis, and drive implementation of permanent solutions.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex technical and client-impacting incidents during assigned shifts.
- Coordinate change requests and scheduled maintenance activities with after-hours teams to minimize client disruption.
- Develop, track, analyze and publish incident and problem metrics, prepare shift reports, and communicate critical updates to daytime leadership and the Senior Service Manager.
- Collaborate with other managers and after-hours teams to ensure seamless handoffs and knowledge transfer between shifts and global teams.
- Champion continuous improvement in incident and problem management processes, documentation, and client satisfaction.
Requirements
- 3+ years in an IT support or service management leadership role (MSP experience highly preferred).
- Demonstrated success leading remote and distributed teams, including setting goals, providing feedback, and driving engagement in virtual environments.
- Strong technical background in Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), networking (Cisco, Sophos, SonicWall), cloud platforms (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Azure AD), and remote troubleshooting.
- Proven ability to lead distributed/remote teams effectively.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on clarity and inclusivity in virtual settings.
- Experience with ITSM tools and incident/problem management processes.
- Experience with endpoint and device management tools (Microsoft Intune, Datto RMM, CrowdStrike Falcon, JAMF Pro, Apple Business Manager).
- Familiarity with virtualization and VDI platforms (VMware Horizon, Citrix, Hyper-V).
- Ability to coordinate effectively with after-hours and overnight teams.
- **Preferred:**
- ITIL certification or equivalent process knowledge.
- Experience managing cross-time-zone teams and facilitating virtual collaboration.
- Familiarity with MSP performance metrics, SLA reporting, and continual service improvement.
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, PCI, SOC2).
- Experience with backup/recovery (Veeam), MFA (Duo, Microsoft), and security monitoring (NIDS, DLP).
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Hard skills
Windows Servernetworkingcloud platformsremote troubleshootingITSM toolsendpoint managementvirtualizationVDI platformsbackup/recoverysecurity monitoring
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationgoal settingfeedbackengagementaccountabilityquality assurancecontinuous improvementknowledge sharing
Certifications
ITIL certification