Vista

Senior Incident Manager

Vista

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Spark

About the role

  • Develop and maintain an incident management process that aligns with industry best practices and company objectives
  • Coordinate and lead the incident response process, ensuring rapid triage, escalation, and resolution across cross-functional teams
  • Monitor and respond to all incident tickets and escalate as necessary to ensure timely resolution
  • Identify and analyze incident trends to proactively prevent future occurrences
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, support, and other teams to identify root causes and implement long-term fixes
  • Communicate updates and progress to stakeholders, including senior management and customers
  • Facilitate post-incident reviews and ensure follow-up actions are documented, tracked, and completed
  • Develop and maintain incident management documentation, including runbooks, standard operating procedures and incident reports
  • Conduct post-incident reviews and provide recommendations for process improvements
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends and developments related to incident management
  • Analyze incident trends and metrics to identify systemic issues and propose proactive improvements

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in incident management or similar field, preferably in a software or technology company
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to clearly explain complex or technical issues to a wide range of audiences
  • Confident decision-maker with a calm, organized approach under pressure
  • Technically curious — able to understand system architectures, application flows, and infrastructure at a high level
  • Strong understanding of incident response workflows, communication protocols, and coordination best practices
  • Familiarity with ITIL principles, SRE concepts, or similar operational frameworks a plus
  • Proven track record of successfully managing and resolving complex incidents
  • Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple incidents simultaneously
  • Experience with tools such as Jira, PagerDuty, AI, Slack, or other incident management platforms a plus
  • ITIL certification is a plus